R441 Clark Bar How to Play Baseball Wrappers

[aelefson]

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I recently purchased the uncut sheet below at an antique shop in Vermont. It contains Clark Bar, How to Play Baseball, wrappers. I found they were listed in an ACC update as R441 (I got that information from vintagebasketball.com) and they are from circa 1953-1954 (also from vintagebasketball.com). How many are in the set? These are supposed to be a set of 16 and my sheet only has 12 unique designs. Does anyone have any examples not on my sheet? Any other information about this or the related basketball and football wrappers? Please feel free to show your own.

Alan

[swarmee]

Really great piece. Not a lot of vintage collectibles in Florida...

[aelefson]

Thank you John! I have had some luck in FL but nothing compared to up here. I am amazed at what comes out at flea markets and antique shops still. In the past two weeks I have purchased an 1843 book with a small section on baseball, an 1856 full year Yankee Clipper newspaper bound volume (with plenty of baseball content), a cigar box with Buck Ewing, Buffalo Bill, and other notables, and a salesman sample Reach mini mushroom bat. About a month ago I purchased an 1871 trophy ball from a different Vermont antique shop. I have built more than 90% of my collection from antique shopping.

Alan