A fun little odd ball fantasy card featuring golf. I don’t really know anything about the artist or company that produced these, but had to have a copy once I saw it. A little bit about how they were distributed: https://www.fpguniverse.com/james-warhola-fantasy-art-trading-cards TCDB Checklist: https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/145842/1995-FPG-James-Warhola Size: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2″ Country of Origin: USA
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Dressed in his typically outrageous fashion, HOFer Jimmy Demaret (pictured on the left) is waiting on his fellow competitors. I’ve always found reliably determining the year of issue for unused postcards to be quite difficult, so was really happy to stumble across this in my searches for this one: https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:44900/ While not the exact postcard, it is another from the
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I guess I’m on an Exhibits kick right now, so bear with me. I’m not sure why, but all of Max’s Exhibit cards misspell his last name with two ‘l’s and for some reason they decided to include of a heavyweight boxer walking with a golf bag and club on this one. The postcard back with coupon dates this one
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In 1948, the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago issued a multi-sport series of 32 “Champions” in black and white, followed by a reissue of the same 32 subjects in a green tint variety, and in 1949 a modified list with some of the subjects replaced in a blue tint variety. Full details of this set are available in Adam S.
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While it’s unclear how these were distributed, I was able to acquire several copies from a seller in San Diego a few years back. My best guess is these were distributed at a tournament in the Southern California area. This is also the only standard trading card size release by Cobra Puma that I’m aware of, with all of the
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From 1970-1975, Little Caesars Pizza issued a series of Sports Calendars highlighted by an athlete each month with artwork by caricaturist Tasco. The early years were dominated by local Detroit athletes, while the later started to include national favorites. For golf card collectors, 1974 is the key calendar since it includes none other than Jack Nicklaus, representing September that year.
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Golf Card Guide by the golfcardguy 