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1977 Hostess Twinkies Uncut Sheet
More and more of my friends have found out that I have been collecting baseball cards as a pretty serious hobby(or obsession) recently. As a result I have inherited some cards or other memorabilia from different folks.
A few weeks ago our friend Susan donated the above item to the
Phungo Museum.
You may have seen some of these cards cut or on a
3 Card Panel. They were issued with
Hostess Twinkies. This is a Full Sheet of
90 cards.
At the top of the Photo, I placed some Topps Gold Cards from the last few years for a size comparison. The Hostess Sheet cards would measure 2.5 x 3.5 if cut evenly. Each individual "card' has a smaller dotted line that could be used to cut a smaller card.
Also at the top of the sheet you can see the Color Marks that are probably used as part of the printing process to insure color processing quality.
The 90 players on the sheet represent 60% of the
150 card set.
There are some great names in the collection featuring several major stars and
Hall of Famers from the 70s.
Here is a couple of the cards that sit next to
Mike Schmidt.
Yep those are Hall of Famers
Gary Carter, Jim Rice, and Dave Winfield in addition to the Mike Schmidt card.
The
Steve Carlton card is also in a pretty nice neighborhood.
According to the
Stardard Catalog of Baseball Cards the six cards above make up
panels 38 and
39. Cards
112-115 (
Richard's Row) and cards
116-118 (Hernandez/Nettles/Lefty)
The sheet is in good condition at best and I doubt that it would generate a lucrative offer if I were to sell it. I would guess
$20, perhaps
$40 to the right buyer.
However, there is one remarkable aspect to the sheet:
Pardon the display angle of the cards - for some reason some of my photos are rotating when I edit them and upload them to blogger.
At any rate for whatever reason
there are two cards on the sheet that are swapped. The
Rod Carew card above is
Typically #9 in the 77 Hostess Set. while....
Reggie Jackson is usually #3.
The
Standard Catalog mentions this and notes that the
#3 Carew and
#9 Jackson cards are
Unissued Proofs. Which I imagine explains why this is an entire sheet - it was a proof.
The fact that we are dealing with a "rare"/short printed Reggie Jackson item here, may influence the value of the card sheet, but I doubt it would significantly.
Unless somebody out there absolutely has to have the sheet, I believe I will look into framing the cards. I haven't measured it, but given the size and number of cards. I would estimate the size at roughly 26x42 inches - including about 4-5 inches of clear spaces at the top of the sheet.
I think it would make a great conversation piece in the center of my man cave/card collection room when I have one.
What would you do - Frame it, Sell it, Cut it and sell the Reggie?
Sources and Links
Phungo Rod Carew HoF Index
Reggie Jackson HoF Index
