1974 Laughlin Old-Time Black Stars - A Set Ahead of its Time

[paleocards]

True, those '78s are tough to find. Here's the Sol White (HOF 2006) RC:

[Rickyy]

I picked up the Josh Gibson recently. Its really a great set in terms of its content and design too.

Ricky Y

[bigtrain]

In the mid eighties I had an opportunity to pick up uncut sheets of both issues. Not buying them was one of the earliest of my many mistakes in the hobby.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Tom:

Those uncut sheets would have been cool, never seen any of those available.

[ghostmarcelle]

Because there was no reference material at the time

[laughlinfan]

Bob did a lot of research for those sets, as well as the Indianapolis Clowns set - he talked to several of the players as well.

Based on what I know about Bob's printing of sets, I would guess that he made 1500 or so of the 74 set, and maybe 250 or 500 of the 78s. Just as you guys said, the lack of "stars" in the 78 set greatly reduced demand. I think the 74 set is just a nicer looking set, too.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Interesting info on the production numbers, I never heard that information released before, thanks for sharing.