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Old 03-20-2021, 08:16 AM
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Thank you for posting! Those are beauts! Where did you get them?

Also, did Dave Parker have an unissued proof in 77 Hostess? I saw a card number 119 assigned to him?
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Old 03-20-2021, 11:29 AM
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Also, did Dave Parker have an unissued proof in 77 Hostess? I saw a card number 119 assigned to him?
Yes, there was someone who posted it years ago on the forums but unfortunately the image is now gone https://forums.collectors.com/discus...rd-help-please. The 77 Hostess Parker had a dark background and it was difficult to see him in the photo. I believe someone at Hostess rejected the card for that reason and replaced him with the backup #159 Reuss, which was the purpose for having those backup proofs from 1976 to 1979.
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Old 03-20-2021, 09:41 PM
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This is what the unissued 75 Brett looks like.
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Old 03-23-2021, 07:00 PM
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Thanks Cliff! A 77 Parker just sold on eBay...
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Old 03-23-2021, 07:18 PM
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Holy smokes! You're right. Now I'm curious who was the original 1977 Hostess #65 that was replaced by the backup proof #153 Ken Brett.
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Old 03-23-2021, 09:07 PM
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I think I figured out who was replaced by the backup proof #153 Ken Brett, I found a proof sheet of the 1977 Hostess set including the ten #151-160 proof cards from a Huggins & Scott auction from 2013. It has the unissued Dave Parker on it so I knew that it would include whichever card was replaced by the Ken Brett. At first I figured it was probably a White Sox player but the six on the sheet were all in the issued set. After that I looked at all of the cards for any that didn't look right. I noticed that Ken Reitz was pictured as a Giant but I knew that he got traded back to the Cardinals that year so I checked him out and sure enough he wasn't in the issued set. Apparently Reitz was traded after his card was mocked up so Hostess decided to replace him with the backup Ken Brett since there wasn't a Giant in the ten player backup proof run.
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Old 03-24-2021, 05:49 PM
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Great thread. Here is my one and only Hostess proof.

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Great thread. Here is my one and only Hostess proof.

Very cool!
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I think I figured out who was replaced by the backup proof #153 Ken Brett, I found a proof sheet of the 1977 Hostess set including the ten #151-160 proof cards from a Huggins & Scott auction from 2013. It has the unissued Dave Parker on it so I knew that it would include whichever card was replaced by the Ken Brett. At first I figured it was probably a White Sox player but the six on the sheet were all in the issued set. After that I looked at all of the cards for any that didn't look right. I noticed that Ken Reitz was pictured as a Giant but I knew that he got traded back to the Cardinals that year so I checked him out and sure enough he wasn't in the issued set. Apparently Reitz was traded after his card was mocked up so Hostess decided to replace him with the backup Ken Brett since there wasn't a Giant in the ten player backup proof run.
Great work Cliff, thanks for posting
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Thank you for posting! Those are beauts! Where did you get them?
I picked them up on eBay for $169 on 3/6/2003.
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Old 03-22-2021, 05:57 PM
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Here is my only one...


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Old 03-22-2021, 05:58 PM
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I picked them up on eBay for $169 on 3/6/2003.
Wow Bob that's a nice pickup for those babies!

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