August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
Offered is a fascinating grouping of card strips, boxes and other premiums from a wide range of national and regional advertisers like Topps, Pepsi, Drakes and Squirt, among others, with the Hall of Fame third sacker featured in each and every piece, often alone but in many instances on two- and three-card strips, sometimes with multiple examples. It’s the kind of collection that is difficult to amass and likely required decades of perseverance and resourcefulness from a dedicated fan. The strips, boxes and premiums are typically largely as issued, generally Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with a few below but overall a simply outstanding tribute to one of the greatest players of the 1970s and 1980s with difficult-to-find, often unique items. The breakdown: 1) 1977 Pepsi-Cola Baseball Stars (19) carton inserts (3 3/8-inch disc, unperforated in larger, 9-by-4 ½-inch premium), with five color variations and various advertiser stamping on the backs – (5) Light Blue, (5) Sky Blue, (5) Green, (3) Orange and (1) Purple; 2) 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989 Topps two-card strips (4); 3) Keller’s Butter flattened box with Schmidt card; 4) Nestle and Drakes three-card strips (3); 5) 1981 Kellogg’s Superstar 3D Sheet; 6) 1983 Kellogg’s Superstar 3D sheet; 7) 1988 Score four-card sheet; 8) Superstar Credit Card sheet; 9) Metal RC Cola can (2) sheets (8 ¼-by-5 inches); 10) 1975-78 Hostess three-card strips (4); 11) 1981 Squirt two-card strips (3); 12) 1978 All-Star Gallery Book with 27-card insert; 13) 1982 Squirt (4) – one two-card strip with Brett and three strips with Schmidt alone; and 14) 1978 SSPC Phillies sheet, 11-by-24-inch with 27 Phillies.
1970s and 1980s Mike Schmidt Card Strips, Boxes, Inserts and Premiums (46)
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