Please Help Identifying "Bazooka" back on 1957 Topps (with F Robinson)

[jcmtiger]

Looks like it is cut from a box.

Joe

[Tripredacus]

Advertising Panel/Salesman Sample
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=132990

BUT yours is different where it says "Order today" and it looks that store is stamped on there and would have originally been blank. The panels in the linked thread do not have that space nor say Order Today.

[horzverti]

Here is the back of a different three card salesman sample panel which has the same space beneath "ORDER TODAY!". Sorry for the fuzzy image.

[KC Doughboy]

Thanks for all of the input. I wondered about the salesman samples when I got it, but when I checked the PSA pop report, none of the listed samples had either Zuverink or Frank Robinson.

I had only compared the names but didn't think about checking the other part of the card. Thanks to your input, I see it is an exact match of the Salesman Sample backs, excluding the grocers stamp.

Is there anyone who is recognized as an expert on '57 Salesman Samples?

[ALR-bishop]

Don't know about 57 specifically but if I have questions about Topps Salesman Samples I go to Griffins( Anthony) who posts on this board. You could contact him through a pm

[Griffins]

Here's the back of my '57 panel. Looks like they did different back printings, interestingly.

[toppcat]

Topps had two major ways to distribute cards. The most well known method was to the old tobacco jobbers, who had branched out into confectionery wholesaling. The stamped Zuverink was distributed to the likes of these jobbers.

The second way was direct to retail accounts like department stores and groceries, although usually through a centralized system. They would need point of sale advertising and I suspect that's why two different type panels exist.