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

[Volod]

Dave - Do you know of - or perhaps post at your website - any detailed information on Topps' retail distribution in the company's early years, such as 1951 - 53? I would really enjoy reading about that subject.

[KC Doughboy]

Wow, you guys are flippin' amazing!

Anyone know of a database of all known '57 Topps Salesman Sample Panels? PSA Pop Report only lists five variations. Obviously there are more since Griffin/Anthony posted one above and I have the Frank Robinson.

[Rrrlyons]

I have 57 salesman sample of Piersall

[Rrrlyons]

Here's the back

[ALR-bishop]

This is my 57 panel. I think Anthony should collect all variations from all years

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Volod

Dave - Do you know of - or perhaps post at your website - any detailed information on Topps' retail distribution in the company's early years, such as 1951 - 53? I would really enjoy reading about that subject.

In addition to a reference to Rexall Drugs on the West Coast buying large amounts of 1952's I have somewhere if you click the link to my blog I have posted a bit more, including a 1949 order form for Consolidated Merchants Syndicate, which had 3,000 member stores.

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-dimesthey-are-changin.html

Topps also used two different unions to ship product. One to the old tobacco/confectionery jobbers and one to the retail accounts like Consolidated. At one point in the mid 70's one union went on strike while the other one didn't!

[CurtisFlood]

Interesting and for me a timely thread. At the Chicago Fanatics Show I picked up what appeared to be two cards cut from a salesman sample as described above. The gentleman who sold me the group of cards was a walk in from Wisconsin. They were Aaron and Clemente, and the narrative appeared to be continued from one card to the next. Unfortunately they were cut by an apparent 6 year old kid and are more of a novelty than a rare collectible. Fun to look at though.