Will do a two for one today, with the Shakey's Pizza sets from both 1975 and 1977. The 1974 set featured PCL stars since the cards were put out by a few Seattle-area Shakey's.
The 1977 set was called "All-Time Superstars" and the Cap Anson was the lone Cub in the set.
I wonder how they got their hands on his autograph, or did they just have someone in the print shop sign the card and call it good.
I've been filling in some holes in my National Baseball Card Day sets and I've got the 2016 Cubs completed.
The set consists of 49 cards given away at the first Baseball Card Day, held in 2016. Packs of six cards were given away free at hobby shops on August 13. The was also a 50th card, but you had to make a purchase of $10 or more to get it. That special card was of the NL's reigning Rookie of the Year, Kris Bryant.
In addition to the Bryant card, there were four other Cubs.
Topps held their annual National Baseball Card Day giveaway on Saturday, August 7. The cards were available for free from participating hobby shops. The set consists of 30 cards, one player from each team.
Javy Baez was the featured Cub.
Topps also has team-specific sets that were given away one of the team's home games. The schedule shows that the Cubs giveaway took place on August 8. Although that was over a month ago, I have yet to see a single one of the cards listed on Ebay. I wonder if the giveaway actually happened. It just seems very odd that none of the cards have shown up. Anyone know anything else about the team set giveaways?
I love learning new hobby-related things!
I learned from a recent 70's Saturday post that there were two Bill Madlock cards in the 1975 Hostess set.
This bit of information was included in the 1936 scorecard. Wouldn't you like to go to a ballgame and pay a dime for a draft beer? I find it amazing that you could get a beer, a hot dog, or the scorecard for the same price of 10¢. Peanuts and ice cream too.
Now lets take the 1936 prices and adjust them for inflation
Beer in bottles...$3.98
Beer in cans...$3.98
Draught Beer... $1.99
Hot Sandwiches... $2.99
Lemonade... $2.99
Cigarettes... $2.99
Photographs... $4.98
Miniature bat... $4.98
All Soft Drinks... $1.99
Peanuts.... $1.99
Popcorn ... $1.99
Red Hots ... $1.99
Coffee ... $1.99
Ice Cream ... $1.99
Cushions ... $1.99
Pencils ... $0..99
Candy and gum ... $0.99
These prices are not even close to what you're going to pay at a ballpark today. The only price I remember from my two trips to Wrigley this year is the price of beer - $12.00. I remember the price but I wasn't going to spend that much for a beer! The cost of a beer is triple the adjusted inflation price.
Let's try another comparison. The 2021 scorecard cost $1. We will use that to see what other concession items would cost using the 1936 price proportions between the scorecard and everything else:
Beer in bottles...$2
Beer in cans...$2
Draught Beer... $1
Hot Sandwiches... $1.50
Lemonade... $1.50
Cigarettes... $1.50
Photographs... $2.50
Miniature bat... $2.50
All Soft Drinks... $1
Peanuts.... $1.00
Popcorn ... $1.00
Red Hots ... $1.00
Coffee ... $1.00
Ice Cream ... $1.00
Cushions ... $1.00
Pencils ... $0.50
Candy and gum ... $0.50
I was wondering if the 1936 prices were low due to the depression. I looked up the prices in 1942 and found that they were unchanged. It was still a dime for a scorecard, hot dog, or draught beer. Bottled beer was still 20¢. I guess it was a simpler time, a time when the owners didn't feel then need to gouge the fans.
I've added an 85-year-old scorecard to my collection!
It's yellowed up, but that's expected of something that old. The card itself is in pretty good condition, though. I'm happy with the condition and the price I had to pay for the card.
You don't see too many butter companies serve as the main scorecard sponsor any more. That seems like an odd combination - butter and baseball.
Two beer ads take up the space on the back of the card. That's more like it!
The inside has the lineup for the game but was not scored otherwise.
As I said, the card has yellowed over the past 85 years. I wondered what it would have looked like in its original condition. I fired up Photoshop and brightened things up.
I've got 19,482 Cubs cards from 285 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
