1931-32 Ty Cobb Ledger

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

I still think it's cool. I hope a collector gets it. I believe Topps is the only manufacturer with an MLB licence to make cards so if they are in the mix then someone else wants it too. Hopefully its a museum in so. cal

Topps is the only company licensed by the league. I believe that any company can still make cards. Just not with mlb logos and the such. Draft picks and minor leaguers in their college uniforms or plain clothes are still fine to make as long as you have permission from the player and/or player's union. I'm not quite sure how that works with retired/deceased players, but any company can insert an autographed cut card into any of their products. I believe even you, me or anyone else here could legally make a card out of these, simply by using an old non-copyrighted photo or original artwork(without team logos and/or pinstripes in the case of the Yankees) and some cardboard, and package it with whatever the hell we want to.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Topps is the only company licensed by the league. I believe that any company can still make cards. Just not with mlb logos and the such. Draft picks and minor leaguers in their college uniforms or plain clothes are still fine to make as long as you have permission from the player and/or player's union. I'm not quite sure how that works with retired/deceased players, but any company can insert an autographed cut card into any of their products. I believe even you, me or anyone else here could legally make a card out of these, simply by using an old non-copyrighted photo or original artwork(without team logos and/or pinstripes in the case of the Yankees) and some cardboard, and package it with whatever the hell we want to.

David

I think if someone tries to do that, he will face considerable push-back from CMG Worldwide http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/cobb/faq.html, acting on behalf of Cobb's estate.

Max

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by baseballart

David

I think if someone tries to do that, he will face considerable push-back from CMG Worldwide http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/cobb/faq.html, acting on behalf of Cobb's estate.

Max

Like I said, I wasn't sure about how they handled retired/deceased players.

[roarfrom34]

I'm surprised the consignor didn't consign these with Coach's Corner