Jay Publishing question

[mikesplace30]

There are three sets from 1962 Jay publishing that have the two font styles. As you know the Yankees are one with the Giants and Twins the others. I don't know the explanation for this smaller font .

[Rich Klein]

The owner of Jay Publishing perished in a plane crash in 1965. That is why the sets stop at that year

Rich

[Exhibitman]

Someone needs to research and publish a comprehensive guide to team issues because there is a ton of confusion.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by mikesplace30

There are three sets from 1962 Jay publishing that have the two font styles. As you know the Yankees are one with the Giants and Twins the others. I don't know the explanation for this smaller font .

Mike, thanks for the input. I wasn't aware that three sets from 1962 had different font styles. Did you learn this from experience or did you read it somewhere?

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Someone needs to research and publish a comprehensive guide to team issues because there is a ton of confusion.

I totally agree!

[mikesplace30]

i own the Yankees and Twins. i have seen the Giants but the price the owner wanted ($250) was outrageous so I declined. As noted, the font for all three are identical and are not 1961's. The photos for the Twins and Giants are identical to the "regular font" sets of 1962.
To the best of my knowledge there are no other teams issued with this font variation.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by mikesplace30

i own the Yankees and Twins. i have seen the Giants but the price the owner wanted ($250) was outrageous so I declined. As noted, the font for all three are identical and are not 1961's. The photos for the Twins and Giants are identical to the "regular font" sets of 1962.
To the best of my knowledge there are no other teams issued with this font variation.

Again, thanks for the info! I'm glad the Kubek picture was different in the Yankee photo pack. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten the set and then noticed the different font and the different photo cropping of the pictures.

[carlsonjok]

Bumping an old thread.

Are there any Jay collectors out there that can advise how the discern years of publication? I have a Johnny Antonelli player collection and I am trying to make heads or tails out of what I have and what I am missing. I have pulled down what is shown on TCDB and the 1955, 1956 Picture Pack 10 subjects, and 1956 Picture Pack 12 subjects appear identical.

I downloaded the three images, cropped out the borders and created an animated GIF so you can see what I mean:



There is an obvious change in darkness, but that could be an artifact of scanning rather than actual differences in the several issues. Is there a way to differentiate or do I just throw up my hands and say if I have one that I have them all?