In my last post, I mentioned how I've been checking out some estate sales and auctions and showed some of the track and field Sportscaster cards I picked up. Today, I'll show you a huge lot of 1990 Collect-a-Books I was able to find at a really decent price.
Issued by the Collectors Marketing Corp. (CMC), a division of Impel, these "books" were patterned after the 1970 Topps Comic Book Inserts. While the Topps set measures 2-1/2" x 3-7/16," the CMC set measures 2-1/2" x 3'1/2. Also, the Topps set consisted of 24 cards, the CMC set had 36.
Each "book" has eight pages and easily fits into a penny sleeve or sheet. The inside pages feature photographs and stats, as well as biographical and personal information about the ballplayer.
The front has a nice color photo of the player, sandwiched between the "Collect-a-Books" logo at the top and the player's name at the bottom. The back has a caricature of the player, illustrated by Ken Vandervoort, a sports illustrator who drew a syndicated weekly sports feature called "Sports by Voort," and an informational blurb, just like the back of a baseball card. Players ranged from Bo Jackson, to Ted Williams, to Bob Feller.
The collection I picked up had only 21 of the 36 cards, and there were a few copies, but for the price, I didn't really mind.
These are very cool. I recently inherited a set... which motivated me to purchase the 1991 set. The goal is to pick up the basketball and football sets and throw them all into one binder. I feel like there might even be a hockey or racing set too.
ReplyDeleteI remember these, although I never owned any. The cartoons are awesome!
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