Hostess Unissued Proofs

[Sportty1]

Has anyone seen the 79 Hostess proof of Jim Slaton? Or a 77 Hostess Jerry Augustine? I’d love to see what these look like! For that matter, what any of the unissued Hostess proofs look like.

Thanks

Chris

[swarmee]

Welcome to the boards. This is probably a great question for the Post-war (1945-1979) forum further down. This one is generally for discussion of Pre-war (1800s-1944).

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Welcome to the boards. This is probably a great question for the Post-war (1945-1979) forum further down. This one is generally for discussion of Pre-war (1800s-1944).

Thank you for moving this post!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Sportty1

Has anyone seen the 79 Hostess proof of Jim Slaton? Or a 77 Hostess Jerry Augustine? I’d love to see what these look like! For that matter, what any of the unissued Hostess proofs look like.

Thanks

Chris

Here's a Brewer.

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Here's a Brewer.

Cliff-That Murphy is sweet! Well, they all are! Where did you find them?

ChrIs

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Sportty1

Cliff-That Murphy is sweet! Well, they all are! Where did you find them?

ChrIs

That treasure trove of scans, WorthPoint.

[BaltOrioles]

Here are my Scott McGregor progressive proofs from 1979.

1979 Hostess Unissued Proofs.jpg



Bobby Grich from 1975

1975 Hostess Proof.jpg

[Sportty1]

Where are you guys finding these for purchase? They are awesome. I’m obsessed with hostess baseball cards.

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Here are my Scott McGregor progressive proofs from 1979.

Attachment 404705



Bobby Grich from 1975

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Alan:

Love these!

Bill

[4reals]

Here’s a 76 Hostess sheet proof with a Ron Cey reversed negative


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[steve B]

And a couple totally different ones.

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by steve B

And a couple totally different ones.

Steve-thanks for sharing. Do you have any context on the color scheme?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Sportty1

Steve-thanks for sharing. Do you have any context on the color scheme?

Well, I can tell you all I know or remember about them.

A Highschool friend of mine had a neighbor whose father if I remember it right worked at the packing shipping plant in Natick Mass.
One day he called and said his neighbor had some weird Hostess cards, This would be well after they were made, maybe 1979?
I went over, played a bit of whiffleball, looked at the cards, and they were cool. Crazy colors, reversed negatives, a couple numbered over 150. He wanted a McCovey Washington Natl card as trade. Probably the first time outside of card flipping in 5th grade I traded away a card I didn't have a duplicate of.
Being a dumb kid, I immediately traded half of them to the local card shop for another McCovey Washington.....

I'll have to scan the rest and the backs. I forget how many I kept, but it's maybe 10 cards.

They've all got damage like they were roughly cut from a box, or maybe a sheet that was rescued from the trash. Not faded for sure.
Which makes little sense, since I don't think Natick printed the boxes themselves.

Overall some really weird cards, and I've never seen any others.
The local place did sell one a few years later in one of their auctions, Luzinski I think.

[Sportty1]

Thank you for the background. Unique to say the least!

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by 4reals

Here’s a 76 Hostess sheet proof with a Ron Cey reversed negative


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That is neat. You have a great eye for detail. Thank you for sharing!

Chris

[mybestbretts]

This is interesting I found this. I have a 1977 Hostess panel I have had for
some time I suddenly realized it is a proof panel. I inquired of PSA about
having it reholder and labeled as what it is and they refused.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by mybestbretts

I inquired of PSA about having it reholdered and labeled as what it is, and they refused.

Color me shocked.