TCMA past and present...

[brian1961]

I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting it. Your father looks just as I remember him at the Midwest Show at Troy, Michigan in July of '72.

Be that as it may, I would sure appreciate it if you would pump your Bronx-born father for any information and memories he may still have of the local 1953-55 Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards, as well as the hot dogs themselves. How much did they cost at the Polo Grounds?

---Brian Powell

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brian1961

I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting it. Your father looks just as I remember him at the Midwest Show at Troy, Michigan in July of '72.

Be that as it may, I would sure appreciate it if you would pump your Bronx-born father for any information and memories he may still have of the local 1953-55 Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards, as well as the hot dogs themselves. How much did they cost at the Polo Grounds?

---Brian Powell

Enjoyed the article a lot too. I think I have some very original and early corrspondance and will try to post some soon. Thanks for sharing.

[cubsfn01]

I have found this thread to be fascinating. I can't imagine finding negatives and starting my own card company! I am collecting cards of players who went to high school in my home state of Indiana. I found out there is a guy named Bob Kahle, who played eight games for Boston and went to Morton High School in my home town of Richmond, Indiana. Imagine my surprise when he shows up in the 1972 1930's set! Does anyone know of a good place to find one? Sadly, my normal sources seem to be lacking.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by cubsfn01

I found out there is a guy named Bob Kahle, who played eight games for Boston and went to Morton High School in my home town of Richmond, Indiana. Imagine my surprise when he shows up in the 1972 1930's set! Does anyone know of a good place to find one? Sadly, my normal sources seem to be lacking.

Bob Kahle is card #451 according to the Standard Catalog. I would try contacting Pete or Bruce at Baseball Nostalgia in Cooperstown 607 547 6051. They may have one for you .

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by brian1961

I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting it. Your father looks just as I remember him at the Midwest Show at Troy, Michigan in July of '72.

Be that as it may, I would sure appreciate it if you would pump your Bronx-born father for any information and memories he may still have of the local 1953-55 Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards, as well as the hot dogs themselves. How much did they cost at the Polo Grounds?

---Brian Powell

Brian, I will absolutely ask my father when we are together this week for the holidays .

[brian1961]

Thank you, sir. You've made my day. It is a rare opportunity to encounter someone who might know some things about Stahl-Meyers, cards and the frankfurters themselves.

Some questions I had were:

How much was a Stahl-Meyer Frankfurter at the Polo Grounds?

Were they any good? What was their reputation?

Compared to other hot dogs sold at the Polo Grounds, how did Stahl-Meyer rate?

What grocery stores carried the Stahl-Meyer Frankfurters?

Were they expensive, as compared with other brands such as Armour or Hygrades? How expensive?

Did you personally collect the Stahl-Meyer baseball cards?

Do you recall any friends and acquaintances who collected them?

How did one find out about the Stahl-Meyer baseball card promotion?

Were there any TV commercials or newspaper ads that you remember?

The sets were small; nine cards in 53, 12 in 54 & 55. Were all the cards issued at once, or was a different player for each team issued periodically?

Here's a good one. Do you remember what you and your chums used to do with the Stahl-Meyer cards you got?

Well, at least this isn't 20 questions, though I'm just getting warmed up. Since the subject could be considered a little daunting (well, what does he want to know????????????) Just thought I'd chime in with a few savory questions on the matter. Thanks most awfully again. ---Brian Powell

[brian1961]

Hello, Andrew Aronstein. Were you ever able to have a chat with your Dad about Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards? Recall my frantic pleas and the "simple" (*!?) questions I gave you to give him to guide his mind? LOL ---Brian Powell

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Hello, Andrew Aronstein. Were you ever able to have a chat with your Dad about Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards? Recall my frantic pleas and the "simple" (*!?) questions I gave you to give him to guide his mind? LOL ---Brian Powell

Wish I had more info for you but my father says he only bought Kosher franks . I will prod him for more info about the cards though. We talked about them briefly but I need to follow up with him on those.

[brian1961]

Hello Andrew. I completely understand regarding your Dad only eating Kosher. Thank you for your determination to follow up on this plea of mine. Again, note my questions from several days ago, with an obvious disregard for the quality and taste of the frankfurters themselves. I am very moved for you and your father's willingness to try to enlighten me on these rare, beautiful baseball cards from 1953-55.

Wishing you the very best during the eight days of Chanukah! --Brian Powell

[DaClyde]

Hello, Andrew. I have another possible TCMA question for you. Did TCMA have anything to do with the Sports Photo Association 3" pin back buttons that were issued starting in 1978? I recently posted about the set on my blog as I attempted to compile the checklist, and someone commented that TCMA had supplied photos for Fleer's 1981 baseball set. Lots of those photos also appear on SPA buttons from the same time period.

Admittedly I haven't really done much research on this subject, I've just been trying to compile the checklist for the set. But if you (or anyone else here) could shine any light on this I would greatly appreciate it.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Hello, Andrew. I have another possible TCMA question for you. Did TCMA have anything to do with the Sports Photo Association 3" pin back buttons that were issued starting in 1978? I recently posted about the set on my blog as I attempted to compile the checklist, and someone commented that TCMA had supplied photos for Fleer's 1981 baseball set. Lots of those photos also appear on SPA buttons from the same time period.

Admittedly I haven't really done much research on this subject, I've just been trying to compile the checklist for the set. But if you (or anyone else here) could shine any light on this I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi Jason, that would definitely be a question for my father. I'll check in with him tonight and see what he remembers regarding those .

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Hello, Andrew. I have another possible TCMA question for you. Did TCMA have anything to do with the Sports Photo Association 3" pin back buttons that were issued starting in 1978? I recently posted about the set on my blog as I attempted to compile the checklist, and someone commented that TCMA had supplied photos for Fleer's 1981 baseball set. Lots of those photos also appear on SPA buttons from the same time period.

Admittedly I haven't really done much research on this subject, I've just been trying to compile the checklist for the set. But if you (or anyone else here) could shine any light on this I would greatly appreciate it.

Jason, I just looked at your blog post and read the comment at the bottom. My gut tells me TCMA was not involved with these but I will dig deeper. Regarding the comment at the bottom, it's true that TCMA was the exclusive distributor for Donruss in 1981. Those buttons may have been advertised in Baseball Quarterly and sold through TCMA but that does not necessarily mean TCMA helped produce them. Will get back to you this evening .

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Hello, Andrew. I have another possible TCMA question for you. Did TCMA have anything to do with the Sports Photo Association 3" pin back buttons that were issued starting in 1978? I recently posted about the set on my blog as I attempted to compile the checklist, and someone commented that TCMA had supplied photos for Fleer's 1981 baseball set. Lots of those photos also appear on SPA buttons from the same time period.

Admittedly I haven't really done much research on this subject, I've just been trying to compile the checklist for the set. But if you (or anyone else here) could shine any light on this I would greatly appreciate it.

Ok, spoke to father about this. Bottom line is he just doesn't remember . I think we can figure it out with a bit more research though. The Monte Irvin image shown in your blog post was in-fact a TCMA image so it'd be hard to believe TCMA would be selling these via mail order if the manufacturer of the buttons was stealing their photos. Do we have verification the buttons were being sold through a TCMA publication?

[TCMA]

Hey guys, I finally got around to starting up a proper facebook page for TCMA Ltd. Come check us out at the following link :

https://www.facebook.com/tcmaltd

[Exhibitman]

Fished this out of a box at the National; really brought back memories of my ten year old collecting self.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Fished this out of a box at the National; really brought back memories of my ten year old collecting self.

Nice! I spotted some TCMA cards here and there but I'm still trying to track down ONE card to complete my "The 1930's" set. Card #481 Dutch Leonard.

[mrmopar]

I envy you to have access to all that cool stuff. I enjoyed the page too.

Originally Posted by TCMA

Hey guys, I finally got around to starting up a proper facebook page for TCMA Ltd. Come check us out at the following link :

https://www.facebook.com/tcmaltd

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I envy you to have access to all that cool stuff. I enjoyed the page too.

Thanks! Let me know if you'd like to see me cover anything in particular on the facebook page and I'll do my best.