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[JollyElm]

No coloring outside of the lines in those proofs. The registration is spot on. I wonder what happened between that stage and the actual printing of the cards.

[laughlinfan]

Last cool items related to the 1978 set! Been fun talking about one of my favorite issues - thanks Elm for starting this thread! This is the original paste up board done for the fronts of the 7 new cards. Second photo shows the color guide overlays that Bob put together for the Fleer printers. I have to thank my friend Chris for allowing me to add this Fleer factory stuff to my collection several years ago. I think he liked them too, but knew that this stuff was right in my wheelhouse! Took some time to negotiate them, but we were both happy in the end!

Happy collecting!

[toppcat]

Killer stuff-wow!

I took a not too intense spin through several 1979 TTS issues but did not see any reference or ads for the update set.

[JollyElm]

Ummm...Marty...how are we mere mortals supposed to compete with you?? Any one of us are more than happy just to find one of the update cards at a decent price, and you're throwing around proofs and mockups and what not??? Holy freakin' cow!!!!!!

[JollyElm]

I posted this card in a new (with a tongue-in-cheek title) May pickups thread, but, strangely enough, someone decided to start a different May pickups thread for some reason. Bizarre. Oh well, so I guess I'll put it here instead (followed by a couple of other key 1967 Laughlin World Series cards that I was able to grab) to ease this thread forward a little bit. Card #61 Mantle with the address on back...


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The paper stock is so thin on these guys that it amazes me they've survived in relatively decent shape for over a half a century.

[ALR-bishop]

I attended games in the 64 and 67 Series

[brewing]

What an educational thread. It appears there is a significant difference from the releases.

If anyone has doubles, I'm interested in any WS that features the Tigers.

[Exhibitman]

I checked my stash and found one so far:



I might have another somewhere.

Now that someone mentioned it, I do recall buying a few packs of these way back when I was a little kid.

[laughlinfan]

Hey Adam - that's a really nice 1967 card of Honus and Ty!

Here is the "matted" card and art I have. Similar to how Bob matted them, but I am thinking he didn't do this one, unless he was in a hurry and used a bad pair of scissors. Still love the original artwork!

[toppcat]

More Laughlin fun, an ad for his Inside Pitch newsletter, October 1975 Trader Speaks. There's a banged up copy on eBay right now but the content looks pretty basic. Still pretty cool though and dig the subscription extra!

[laughlinfan]

[laughlinfan]

Not a lot of the newsletters left out there, but they are a really great source of information about Bob and some of his issues. He included the oversized card, but he folded the newsletter for mailing, so most of the few oversized Mattys that exist would likely have a nice fold down the middle. I picked up the full run of newsletters quite a few years ago that were folded (no Matty!) as mailed, and then later picked up another set that wasn't mailed out with an unfolded Matty (above). I think he had a lot of fun with the newsletters, but they got to be too much work at the end of the run.