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I'm sure there's plenty of people on this board who knows about this product.
But since it's mostly modern collectors, here is something you all should know about because it shaped our hobby
Back in 1963, fleer entered the baseball card market despite Topps' monopoly.
It was a small set only featuring 66 cards but it included superstars of the day such as Clemente, Koufax, Mays etc.
Despite this the most expensive card is the short printed checklist and a slugger named Joe Adc.o.c.k (another SP) is in the same range as the mega stars.
And although fleer had no problems skirting Topps monopoly, they didn't issue gum with the cards instead inserting a cherry flavored cookie.
"It was pretty bad and looked ugly" said one time Fleer PR man Ted Taylor.
"You wouldn't feed it to your dog" he said.
Several years before the 1963 set was issued, fleer started signing minor-league players to exclusive contracts hoping they would make the majors and using those players in their sets.
But by '63, ninety percent of those minor leagues were still in the majors so Fleer decided to abandon this method and go head to head with topps.
The set is a very small at 66 cards, and the reason for it being so small is because Topps issued an injunction on Fleer for using Topps's exclusive players.
Not having the resources, Fleer conceded and stop production.
The original plans were to have 400 to 500 cards in the series.
The '63 set was dead after one series and Fleer had to sign a 15 year non competition contract.
One notable card is the Maury Wills rookie as he held out signing with Topps until '67 because a scout said u wouldn't make the majors topps didn't offer him a contract.
Once the fifteen year non competition contract ended, Fleer went to court again and this time won which lead to Topps' end of the monopoly.
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But since it's mostly modern collectors, here is something you all should know about because it shaped our hobby
Back in 1963, fleer entered the baseball card market despite Topps' monopoly.
It was a small set only featuring 66 cards but it included superstars of the day such as Clemente, Koufax, Mays etc.
Despite this the most expensive card is the short printed checklist and a slugger named Joe Adc.o.c.k (another SP) is in the same range as the mega stars.
And although fleer had no problems skirting Topps monopoly, they didn't issue gum with the cards instead inserting a cherry flavored cookie.
"It was pretty bad and looked ugly" said one time Fleer PR man Ted Taylor.
"You wouldn't feed it to your dog" he said.
Several years before the 1963 set was issued, fleer started signing minor-league players to exclusive contracts hoping they would make the majors and using those players in their sets.
But by '63, ninety percent of those minor leagues were still in the majors so Fleer decided to abandon this method and go head to head with topps.
The set is a very small at 66 cards, and the reason for it being so small is because Topps issued an injunction on Fleer for using Topps's exclusive players.
Not having the resources, Fleer conceded and stop production.
The original plans were to have 400 to 500 cards in the series.
The '63 set was dead after one series and Fleer had to sign a 15 year non competition contract.
One notable card is the Maury Wills rookie as he held out signing with Topps until '67 because a scout said u wouldn't make the majors topps didn't offer him a contract.
Once the fifteen year non competition contract ended, Fleer went to court again and this time won which lead to Topps' end of the monopoly.
Sent from my HTCONE using Freedom Card Board mobile app
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