1954 Quaker Oats Sports Oddities # 1 Johnny Miller Incredible Punt (Footbal
The lowest PSA-8 was $49 on eBay. Brilliant illustration highlights this nice card from this very interesting early 1950's mixed sports set.
| Grade |
PSA-7 NEAR MINT |
| Book Value |
n/a |
| Our Price |
$ 19.95
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1952/1953 Bowman
TV/Radio Stars of NBC
(R701-14 and R701-15)
1952 and 1953 Bowman "TV & Radio Stars of NBC" card sets captured the
culture of the early television/radio era, featuring NBC's most popular
and entertaining names of the day. The cards were a slightly taller 2.5 x 3.75 inches.
1952 card backs were horizontal while the 1953 backs were vertical.
After the success of their 1952 set, Bowman released a much larger 1953 set
with including more TV stars like Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Sid Casear, Dinah
Shore and others. The set also included a card for a child actor Ronnie Walken.
You may know it better as Christopher Walken's ROOKIE card !!!
Another popular card is chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs ROOKIE card.
The Today Show started in 1952 and when it was under-performing, they brought in J. Fred Muggs
as a co-host. Jim Fleming, the newsreader for the show, quit in protest.
Muggs the chimp was quite worldly and knew over 500 words and had a wardrobe of 450 outfits.
Producer, Richard Pinkham, once estimated Muggs brought his network $100 million.
Muggs was also an artist and in 1958 one of his finger paintings became the cover of Mad Magazine #38.
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1954 Quaker Oats Sports Oddities
Checklist & Values
The 27-card 1954 Quaker Oats Sports Oddities multi-sport set was
available card by card in boxes of Quaker Oats "Puffed Wheat and Rice"
or if you weren't patient, you could purchase a complete set through
the mail for all of 15 cents and two box tops from Quaker Puffed
Wheat or Quaker Rice !!!
The very colorful cards measured 2-1/4 x 3-1/2 inch and came with rounded
corners honoring special moments in sports history. Each card featured
a portrait and action illustration.
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1954 Quaker Oats Sports Oddities card values and prices
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How do I keep cards in top condition ?
A: There is a wide variety of storage supplies available to help you keep your
cardsin the best condition possible. They range from hard thick acrylic screw-down
holders to "penny" soft sleeves for individual cards to cardboard boxes
that can hold from 100 cards upto "monster boxes" that hold more than 5,000 sportscards.
We have a large selection available on our web site with quantities from 1 to 1,000.
