Cars..1950's???

1966CUDA

Hey..I'm new to this msg. board. I picked up this Corvette card and a few others and dont know what they are. The look like they are from the 50's...the Vette is a 53-55 (body-style change in '56). Any help would be appreciated...a closer look shows perforation tabs on the edges as if they were connected.
Thanks!! (ps: I'd attach a scan but dont know how..any help would be appreciated)

MorrellMan

I have the same card. Assuming it is the same issue, the back of your card tells you almost all you need to know about this set:

"Premier trading cards are made for use in vending machines manufactured exclusively by the Oak Manufacturing Company, Inc., Culver City, California".

According to Sport Americana, there are 5 sets of these vending machine cards (they were not distributed or marketed in packs or with gum): Airplanes, Animals, Antique Autos, Birds and Dogs. However, I think your card and a few of mine are a sixth set which might aptly be called Modern Autos. Besides the 'vette, I have a Studebaker, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Simca and Ferrari 250 Mille Miglia. I got these cards years ago ('80s?) in a group of cards that also included a half dozen or so Antique Autos, which led me to believe that they were both issued the same way. Parkhurst did issue some of these cards in Canada with the same format.

Here is a scan of the back of my Corvette card; is yours different? I think I heard where Parkhurst reissued some of these cards; BTW, none of my cards have perforations. These Premier cards were boxed and loaded into vending machines where you could get one or a few for a penny or a nickle - they would slide out of the machine as a little stack of cards or one at a time, depending on how the machine was set up.



Welcome to the board, by the way. What do you collect?

1966CUDA

Thanks for the help. Do you have an idea of the year of these cards? I checked the PSA pop. report and there are some Premiere cards listed in the 50's. The back of my card is identical to yours. I also have a Volkswagen, Allard-Lincoln, Austin-Healey 100, CistaliaLancia Aurelia b-10, and Lea Francis...all appear to be from the same series as the Vette. ...You asked what I collect....I sell a lot of on eBay but do also collect. I am putting a graded '59 Fleer Ted Williams set together (PSA & SGC NM or better) and also have completed a '55 Bowman Baseball raw set and now need to upgrade several that are in lwr. condition.