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digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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Ok, I'm trying to draw this out from a 20 year old memory that I just now thought about while seeing the recent thread about "canceled" and "uncaneled" 1960 Fleer cards...

I recall seeing a news piece about 20 years ago about some prewar card that was, at the time, "one of a kind". The only things I remember about that card was that it was an old card (probably prewar) that the company punched a hole through when they got it back, and the number of unpunched cards was so low, folks thought it was a one-of-a-kind rarity in the 80s, and it sold for a bundle of cash.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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  • pomobileclkpomobileclk Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    Was it the Lindstrom card from the 1932 US Caramel Set?
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  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    I am sure you have already found this thread.
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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I am sure you have already found this thread. >>



    did you not read his post?
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  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
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  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    Leave it to PA to have more than a vague memeory about something on these boards
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>Was it the Lindstrom card from the 1932 US Caramel Set? >>



    Quite possibly, what was the reason for it's scarcity? Did they punch holes in these cards?
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  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Kids turning in a full set of '32 (they were actually issued in '33) US Caramels got some sort of prize, possibly a baseball. US Caramel deliberately didn't release card #16, and until the early or mid '80's was totally unknown. At that time it was discovered to be Fred Lindstrom.
    There are either 2 or 3 in existence, I believe Larry Fritsch owns all of them. The last one went for about 160K in a SCP auction about 2001, and it was won by Fritsch. He then put it on ebay, and it didn't get the 75K opening bid. To the best of my knowledge it has not been offered since.
    Similarly, George C Miller did something similar with there '33 offering. While the chase card, Ivy Andrews, isn't as rare as Lindstrom, it's still really tough. GCM's were to be sent in, cancelled by the company, and returned with the prize to the submitter. Cards were cancelled either my trimming the bottom of the card, or punching a series of small holes in the front of the card.
    There are lots of cards rarer than the T206 Wagner, but none as reknown.

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