Saturday, August 27, 2022

Legendary oddball

An oddball treat today - a card that doesn't appear on Baseballcardpedia. These cards were apparently issued with a magazine called Legends Sporting Memorabilia, supplied in uncut sheets of 9 cards inserted in the magazine. Stars from several different sports were represented. (Info source)

Card Number 1034: Legends Sporting Memorabilia, 1991; #53


Even in the free-for-all frontierland that was the peak junk wax era in 1991, I'm surprised a magazine would produce cards without any kind of licensing. As a media outlet they could well have owned the rights to the photograph, but the copyright claim on the back is unusual even among oddball cards.


From the write up on the back, it would be reasonable to expect Tony to have won the batting title in 1991. He didn't. He won his fifth batting title in 1993. Although 1991 was a pivotal year as he met Ted Williams and switched to a heavier bat after talking to his personal batting hero. 

Total: 1034 cards

3 comments:

  1. I really like the cards that Legends Sport Memorabilia came out with over the year. Not only did they release standard size cards, but post cards as well. I can't tell which variation you have here, but there is a silver bordered and a gold bordered one.

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  2. I love the Legends magazines. They had really cool post cards too. Gwynn was featured on one of the covers... and even signed a limited number of those magazines. Last time I checked it was a really affordable way of adding his signature to your collection. I think they sell in the $25 to $35 range.

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