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New in the Gallery: 1959 Bell Brand Rams
Yesterday I added the 1959 Bell Brand Rams set to the Vintage Football Card Gallery. Like the 1960 Bell Brand Rams, these cards were distributed in packages of Bell Brand potato chips and corn chips,...
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New Cards for Sale: PSA-Graded Regional Issues
Today I listed a bunch of cards from scarce regional issues: 1959 Bell Brand Rams, 1960 Bell Brand Rams, 1961 Lake to Lake Packers, and 1968 KDKA Steelers. What I like most about these sets is that...
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New Cards for Sale: PSA-Graded 1940′s and 1950′s
Yesterday I put a nice group of PSA-graded 1940′s and 1950′s football cards up for sale, including a nice collection of 1959 Bell Brand Rams cards. One of them is this Sid Gillman pre-rookie card. PSA...
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Sites I Like: Ed Meador Tribute
Earlier this week, via the Remember the Rams blog, I came across the Eddie Meador Hall of Fame Nomination site. The site is well-done and thorough–did you know that he worked in an Arkansas pickle...
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Leon Clarke, Rams, Browns, and Vikings Receiver
Leon Clarke, a receiver for the Rams, Browns, and Vikings from 1956 to 1963, died on October 5th. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1956, his rookie season with the Rams. Clarke played college ball at...
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K is for KDKA Steelers–and Other Regional Sets
Regional sets feature cards of players from only one team, and they were distributed in that team’s region by a local business, usually a food company. Because they cover only a single team, regional...
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John Guzik, Rams and Oilers Linebacker
John Guzik, who played linebacker from 1959 to 1961 for the Los Angeles Rams and Houston Oilers, passed away on January 22. Guzik was a first team All-American guard at the University of Pittsburgh,...
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Undocumented Error: 1959 Bell Brand Rams Jon Arnett
This might be the worst spelling error I have seen on a card, but it is not marked in the major price guides: on the back of Jon Arnett’s 1959 Bell Brand Rams card, his last name is misspelled...
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