Conlon Baseball Cards

[robinsonmantle]

Great photos of HOFs, great set!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[ALR-bishop]

Three of the 4 promos from 91 had been on my list for a long while. They had a limited production and while most Conlon prototypes or promos had a large back stamp indicating that status, these had no stamp and could only be distinguished from the regular set cards by the lack of a copyright line on the bottom back. A recent ebay auction allowed me to get the 3 I was missing but only by purchasing an uncut sheet with 6 copies of all 4 of the promos

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126532737488

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Three of the 4 promos from 91 had been on my list for a long while. They had a limited production and while most Conlon prototypes or promos had a large back stamp indicating that status, these had no stamp and could only be distinguished from the regular set cards by the lack of a copyright line on the bottom back. A recent ebay auction allowed me to get the 3 I was missing but only by purchasing an uncut sheet with 6 copies of all 4 of the promos

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126532737488

Al:

Thanks for the tip but in doing the COMC work the biggest difference to me is one line of copyright info on the back for the promos and two lines for the regular (base) cards

If you have something else please let me know

Rich

[ALR-bishop]

You are right Rich but that is what I in artfully meant by the lack of a copyright line. They had only one of the two lines on the regular cards. The link to the eBay listing shows what the backs look like. All the other promos, including a couple of others from 1991 have prototype or promotional or 13th National or All Star Fan Fest or some other slogan stamped on them. Looking for no copyright cards would be easier than looking for one of two lines


The Conlon blog site in the link I gave is the best source I know for all the Conlon card issues from 83 to 95, including the scarcer material. The Standard Catalog, back when it did post 80 listings, missed a lot of stuff and had it in different locations pursuant to the main sponsor of the sets for each year

[Rich Klein]

Not relating to the thread but just as an FYI, Megacards which produced these sets were always incredibly helpful to us at Beckett and cataloguing these cards were a lot of fun because they actually, ahem, answered any questions we might have.

Rich

[Section103]

Great cards, though a bit hard to peg them down as they are modern productions, but distinctly not modern. Along those lines, someone was reproducing high quality photos of Conlon images about 10-15 years ago. I should have snatched up photos of the players I collect but are also relatively low-profile players. They werent particularly cheap (worth it, just not cheap) and I waited much too long. Anyway, goes without saying that George Conlon was a master who provided great things with his talent.

[Bigdaddy]

I collected a couple of these sets, including the World Wide Sports issues. While most of the players were deceased, I was able to get a few autographs on them and a few of the TSN issues. The TSN issues were glossy and some of the guys ended up signing on the back.