#1960 Fleer

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Ted Williams, 1960 Fleer

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Wilt Chamberlain 1961 rookie card

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∀ 1960 Fleer Joe Tinker #40 PSA 8 NM - Mint Chicago Cubs HOF Razor Sharp http://blog.collectingall.com/TBfC8g 👉 shrsl.com/4fuj5 👈

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Fleer Chewing Gum Company, in Philadelphia, had been searching for years to produce a formula that allowed bubbles to be blown that did not stick. In 1928, while Walter Diemer was testing new gum recipes, he noticed that his product was less sticky than regular chewing gum, and after testing it he found that he could create bubbles easily. After a year of attempts, he made the first successful batch of bubble gum. But the next morning when trying to recreate his successful concoction, he failed to reproduce the same results. After four months of trying to mimic his first success, he finally made a 300-pound batch of what would become Dubble Bubble. The only food coloring available at the factory was pink, so Diemer had no choice but to use it, and the color would go on to become the standard for gum for the world over. Using a salt water taffy wrapping machine, Diemer decided to individually wrap 100 pieces and brought the stock to a local candy store. The gum was priced at one penny apiece and sold out in one day. Before long, the Fleer Chewing Gum Company began making bubble gum using Diemer's recipe, and the gum was marketed as “Dubble Bubble” gum. Diemer's bubble gum was the first-ever commercially sold bubble gum, and its sales surpassed 1.5 million dollars in the first year. To help sell the new bubble gum, Diemer himself taught salespeople how to blow bubbles so that they in turn could teach potential customers.

The original gum featured a color comic strip, known as the Fleer Funnies, which was included with the gum. The featured characters, ‘Dub and Bub’, were introduced in 1930 but were replaced by the iconic Pud and his pals in 1950. Originally, Pud was much more rotund than the slimmed down version seen in the 1960s. The early comics were especially large and colorful. The comic also included Fleer Fortunes and Dubble Bubble Facts. The comics were sequentially numbered which made collecting them easy. They are not dated though, so it is difficult to know the exact year of release. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, Fleer Funnies shrank to the small size most people remember. More than 1,002 comics have been released over the years. During World War II, Dubble Bubble was distributed to the military. Sugar and latex became scarce due to the war and bubble gum manufacturing was halted in 1942. In 1951, Fleer resumed manufacturing of Dubble Bubble and the popularity of its gum grew steadily. Over time, Fleer extended its reach by adding new flavors and new formats like ball gum and expanded distribution of its products overseas. In 1957, Fleer introduced the first gum 6-pack with Dubble Bubble. In 1998, Dubble Bubble was purchased by Concord Confections and in 1999 they introduced Dubble Bubble as a gumball. In 2003, Tootsie Roll Industries acquired Concord. Since Concord's acquisition, Dubble Bubble has since used a different recipe and also discontinued the comic strips and fortunes on the wrappers, but continued to use Pud as its mascot.

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ぼくたちのおはなし(二枚舌と反間苦肉)

おはよう。

♪きっと最近がその証拠なんて

♪皮肉めいてわらった

「わらった」のところが敢えて漢字でないのが気になります。

本当は笑ってないのかもしれません。

「神様の間違い」への指摘が「最近がその証拠」とあります。

その証拠が何なのかというと、次の歌詞に続く「皮肉」にあるかもしれません。

皮肉屋といえば「イギリス人」です。

「英語」で考察してみます。

英語で「笑った」のなら「lol」と呼ばれる隠語にあるかもしれません。

lolは、Laugh Out Loudの略で「大きい声を出して笑った」という意味になります。

“2011年3月24日、LOLは他の頭字語とともに、オックスフォード英語辞典の更新版で正式に認められた。 彼らの研究では、頭文字としてLOLが使用された記録が最も古いのは1960年代の「小さな老婦人」であることが判明。 彼らはまた、現代的な意味での「大声で笑う」という意味での LOL の使用に関する最古の文書記録は、Usenet のアーカイブから、1980 年代にウェイン・ピアソンによってタイプされたメッセージであることも発見した。”

インターネットが一般に使用されるようになったのは90年代からなので、それ以前からlolのスラングは使われいていたようですね。

“これらの俗語や顔文字も生徒に「誤解されることが多く」、意味が分からない限り「解読するのが難しい」”

“インターネット スラングのさまざまな頭字語が便利であると説明していますが、「ますますあいまいな頭字語が出現するにつれて、むしろ混乱を招く可能性もあります」と警告しています。”

“「送信者にとってはキーストロークを節約できるが、受信者にとってはメッセージの理解をより困難にする可能性がある」と述べ、「特に国際的な状況では、言語は異なる意味を持ち、誤解を招く可能性がある」”

“これらの言葉は「相手が意味を知っていると確信できる場合にのみ」使用するようアドバイスしている”

インターネットに限らず、言葉の意味や重みは文化に於ける差異が顕著に出るものかもしれません。

日本で例を挙げると『部落』とか。

東日本と西日本では(差別によるタブーを含め)意味が異なるせいで、たまに論争になったりしてました。

ハンドサインを見ても、親指を上げるサムズアップは欧米辺りでは良い意味で使用されますが、中東やアフリカ辺りだと侮辱を意味します。

スラングも気軽に言ったつもりが、相手に意図が伝わらず、傷付けてしま���たり、第三者が勝手に勘違いして炎上させたりと、コミュニケーションにおける齟齬が発生し、人間関係に亀裂が入ることもあるので、現状の言葉の使い方が「間違った証拠」だと言っているのかもしれません。

わらった(笑ってない)

また「皮肉」についても考えてみます。

「皮を切らせて肉を切り、肉を切らせて骨を切る」という日本の諺があります。

意味は、自分自身も犠牲を払いながら、相手にはより大きな打撃を与えること。 

四字熟語の「反間苦肉」も対応するかもしれません。

意味は、スパイを送り込んで敵を仲間割れさせたり、自分の身を傷つけて信用させて敵を逆に内偵すること。

怖いですね。

前の歌詞の神様が英語のlord(君主、領主)だった場合、間違った政策をして、民衆に革命を起こされたとも読めるかもしれません。

英語の「笑う」にも種類がたくさんあります。

smile：微笑む

laugh：声を出して笑う

grin：満面の笑み笑う

chuckle：クスッと笑う

giggle：ふふふっと笑う

guffaw：ゲラゲラ笑う

sneer：冷笑する

beam：顔を輝かせる笑顔

smirk：ニヤニヤ笑う

leer：横目で微笑む

simper：作り笑いをする

cackle：キャッキャと笑う

snigger：クスクス笑う

fleer：嘲笑う

灰色の子はずっと無表情なので

笑っているのは

別の誰かなのでしょうね。

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Boo, Who, Baby?

[cerealkiller740]

New old stock vintage Fleer Dubble Bubble box with all the bubblegum still intact

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Fleer Lemon Bits Gum - 1960s https://flickr.com/photos/wafflewhiffer/8751669415/in/dateposted/

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1960 Fleer Neon Terror Harry Heilmann

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👉Will the hobby buzzing about the MLB licensing “changing of the guard, I thought I would bring us back through the years so we can see some vintage Topps baseball card packs!⚾️ 👉These images represent part of a history who’s era ends soon after 70+ years! 👉These images in the carousel represent packs from the 50’s, 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s (sorry 1960’s, couldn’t find any of your guys in my research)! 👉I notice that some people are upset about the new with Topps & MLB! Baseball is a sport of tradition and baseball fans are typically tranditionalist, present company included! However, I think change is good & Fanatics is a great brand, the leader in sports memorabilia for decades, & a company that can come into sports card production & shake up the hobby a little being that that many of the former sportscard companies have consolidated their reach into several sports cards brands instead of those brands operating independently of one another! 👉Personally I think this can be a good thing for the hobby, confident that Fanatics can handle the job, & feel like we should give Fanatics an opportunity to prove what they can do that Topps may have not been doing! Time will tell! . . . . #fanatics #mlb #topps #toppsbaseball #toppsbaseballcards #baseballcards #footballcards #basketballcards #hockeycards #soccercards #upperdeck #donruss #fleer #panini #select #score #tradingcards #sportscards #thehobby #vintagebaseballcards #whodoyoucollect #rookies . . . . . 👉Follow me for sportscard content, advice, & analysis: @mrpackripper 👈 ⚾️🏈🏀⚽️🏒 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxw-rvsZgS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Ted Williams, 1961 Fleer.

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∀ Heinie Manush PSA DNA Signed 1960 Fleer Autograph http://blog.collectingall.com/TB95bW 👉 shrsl.com/4fuj5 👈

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The History of Superhero Trading Cards

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For over 80 years, trading cards have been an essential part of collectors’ lives. Whether baseball cards or Garbage Pail Kids, the card collecting bug bites early and often. This seems doubly true when it comes to cards inspired by the beloved heroes and villains of DC and Marvel Comics, who have been the subject of countless non-sport lines across the decades.

These companies (and their independent peers) have released comic book characters into the pop culture landscape who have impacted our lives in ways that cultural anthropologists are still scratching their heads trying to figure out. And so we wanted to present to you a history of superhero trading cards via the genre’s most memorable offerings.

Just be warned that we can’t be held responsible for the desire that the following collectibles will stir deep within you.

1940 Superman Trading Cards

Price: $150 – $9,000

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… one of the coolest and most collectible non-sport card lines ever made! Originally printed by the Philadelphia-based Gum Inc. company – which subsequently was renamed as the Bowman Gum Company before being bought by Topps in the 1950s – this was the first-ever line of Superman cards. The decades have seen many sets based on the Man of Steel (Topps’ Superman in the Jungle line from the late 1960s is also well worth your time), but this specific line is a souvenir of an era when Supes was the biggest comic sensation in the universe. Since these were released in an age when pop culture was considered ephemeral and disposable, they are rather difficult to find in an acceptable condition, thus the astronomical prices for individual cards in the line. If you somehow manage to compile a complete set, congratulations, for you are truly a Superman of collecting!

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1966 Donruss Marvel Super Heroes

Price: $4.99 – $175.00 per card

Released just as Marvelmania was truly getting off the ground, Donruss’ 1966 set – which appropriately consisted of 66 cards – marked the first time that some of the House of Ideas’ most iconic characters were included on trading cards. As such, the prices for individual cards fluctuate wildly, and it’s best that you comparison shop various eBay sellers to get the best deal. What makes these cards stand out is the charmingly corny humor on display in many of the cards, as well as several entries that let you fill in the word balloons spoken by your favorite heroes. ‘Nuff said? Probably not, as we could talk about how much fun this set is for days…

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Batman 1966 Topps Trading Cards

Price: $60 – $250

As Marvel was just getting their feet wet in the trading card game, DC had already established themselves as the industry leader. It’s especially easy to understand why when you glimpse the Topps company’s tie-in line for the Batman TV show. Each card features stunning paintings from Topps legend Norman Saunders (the artist who also worked on iconic lines like Mars Attacks and Wacky Packages) featuring Batman and his rogues gallery of villains in action scenes that remain the purest example of how creative trading cards can get. FYI: This set was re-released in 1989 in conjunction with the Batman movie (more on that in a minute) and prices for the reissued cards tend to be lower.

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Marvel Comic Book Heroes Sticker Trading Cards

Price: $5 – $8

Iron Man flies through the air asking if anyone has an oil can. Dracula makes jokes about doing the Hustle. The Human Torch advises against getting a sunburn. Yes friends, Topps’ 1976 line of stickers featuring Marvel heroes and villains is easily the goofiest entry on this list. And if you love dad jokes and horrific puns, the best.

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Bubble Funnies

Price: $10 – $30

We’re flipping the script here for a second to clue you in on a line that may look like trading cards but isn’t exactly trading cards. Amurol’s 1981 Bubble Funnies line was an assortment of baseball card-sized comics with pocket-sized adventures from The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Spider-Woman, Archie, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Because they were somewhat hard to find and the retail cost was more than the average wax pack, the line died after its initial six entries. Bummer.

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Marvel Superheroes First Issue Covers Set

Price: $89 – $170

Discussions of non-sport cards tend to focus on the major distributors like Topps, Fleer, Donruss, Skybox, and Upper Deck, which is a shame because sometimes sets released by independent vendors get lost in the shuffle. Case in point, this 1984 release from the Fantasy Trade Company which showcased the first issues of Marvel’s most beloved comics. From Spider-Man to Werewolf by Night and everything in between, this series was packed with unforgettable covers on the front and trivia about their respective books on the back. This is a line that doesn’t have the popularity of its big league brethren, but it is unmatched in terms of its coolness cachet.

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Batman Movie Trading Cards Set

Price: $12 – $30

The two sets of cards based on Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film are the most easily available entry in this overview. As common as these things were, they also were the entry point into the world of card collecting for a generation of fans. If you’re one of them, then these are nothing short of priceless.

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1992 Skybox Marvel Masterpiece Set

Price: $39 – $75

The mind boggles at what contemporary trading card collecting would be like without Skybox’s 1992 Marvel Masterpiece line. This set gave a cool factor to non-sport cards that hadn’t previously existed, making long-time hobbyists feel vindicated and new fans eager to get each of the line’s 100 cards. The future began here, and we haven’t looked back since.

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1995 Fleer Marvel Metal Inaugural Card Set

Price: $200 – $350

Along with the various Skybox lines, the so-called Marvel Metal card sets from the Philadelphia-based Fleer Company helped usher in the comics-related trading card boom of the 1990s. These highly coveted collectibles weren’t made of adamantium, but for fans it was close enough. The talent involved in the production of the inaugural 138-card set included George Perez, Jim Lee, and Adam Kubert, adding an air of authenticity to the proceedings. Looking back at the iconic debut series of Marvel Metal cards nowadays offers a welcome flashback to the frenetic fun of collecting in the 1990s.

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Upper Deck Marvel Ages Lenticular Puzzle Spider-Man Cards

Price: $150 – $300

This four-card set from Upper Deck’s current Marvel Ages set recreates one of Spidey’s darkest moments by recreating a legendary scene from The Amazing Spider-Man #50 through four interconnecting lenticular 3-D cards. As you can see, these are absolutely stunning. More than that though, they illustrate how far the card collecting hobby has come over the last 80 years. Despite the technological advances that differentiate them from the earlier entries on this list, these cards share the same purpose as their bell-and-whistle-less counterparts – to dazzle anyone who holds them in their hands.

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  Recently I bought a large collection of various sports – basketball, hockey, baseball, football, and even some soccer tossed in. It came in big blue tubs full of storage boxes. There were also sets of 90 UD, 92 UD, 91 Topps, 88 Fleer. It was a blast going through cards from the late 80s on into the 2000s. There was literally over a decades worth of collecting history in this and thousands of cards. It’s really interesting seeing how rookie card designs changed. I’ll have some upcoming posts on what I find design change wise. That was a major focus for this collector. Rookies. I didn’t find anything too major. My biggist find was a 1959 ToppsJim Taylor rookie, in excellent condition. I haven’t decided if I’m selling it yet. That was the oldest card in the collection.

I also found some 1960s baseball and even some 60s football. Most of it was 90s-2000s, though. Some of my favorite finds are old prospect names like Ben Grieve, Todd Hollandsworth, Todd Van Poppel, Kevin Mass. I probably have a pretty decent Poppel RC collection now. This theme carried into football as well. I’ve got a very good collection now of Ron Dayne, Jake Plummer, Warren Sapp, and plenty others. It’s a strong lesson and reminder of just how many top prospects don’t make it. It’s helped me realize I’m not going to be much of a prospect hunter from now on. That can be fun but also tough to make money on. I really enjoyed going through this old collection. It made me feel like a kid again, getting excited for the inserts and names and subsets. I was able to find a few notable cards from back in the day that I’ve always wanted.

One is the Carlos Delgado Flair Wave is the Future insert. This was a hugely popular insert set from what I recall and Flair was on the high end of what I could get back then. This was a hot card back then. Not worth much now but happy to have it.  This collection helped me realize again that I do love 90s inserts. I’ll somehow make this part of my PC now. Not quite sure on the focus (teams or players maybe, or just fun designs.  I did also find a good number of Flair base and Topps Finest base cards in the collection, which I’ll keep as well. Again because of the design. I’m not sure either how they fit into a PC yet. Maybe because they were a big part of collecting history in the 90s.

Other fun finds included a stack of Bowman from 92, 93, 94, including some Bowman’s Best. Nothing too major again but there is an Orlando Cabrera Refractor (numbered to 400 I think or less).

The basketball was filled with a lot of Joe Smith, Glenn Robinson, Rasheed Wallace, Antonio McDyess, and names like David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, John Stockton, and other stars. I did find a McGrady RC. Took me back to  when I actually enjoyed the NBA. I found a good stack of Sonics cards from those entertaining years with Kemp and Payton.

Through the mail gold

So while there were not many huge finds money wise, there were a lot of sentimental ones. There was also another value to this collection. Cards of guys who sign through the mail. I’ve filled about 2/3rds of a 900 count box so far of guys who sign. All sports. I’ve still got a ton of cards to search for other TTM guys. My goal is to fill the 900 count box with guys to send to.  It’s got me excited again to get these out and in the mail. I got a few out in the past two weeks and already got a lot back. These are just some of the TTM cards I found.

Buying this collection has helped me focus how I want to collect. I’d rather buy old collections like this than new boxes. I feel like it’s the same risk as buying a box. Less so with my luck and boxes. Even if I don’t “hit” with a collection  there’s always the TTM angle. I usually try to send out a couple cards to guys, so I have one for trade. This can help build my PC.

One issue I’ve run into with this strategy though is organization. I need a good setup – a place to sort through cards (a nice big table or desk), shelving, and a place for supplies. It’s going to force me to reorganize my current space. I want to make it a relaxing and fun space for sorting these collections. What have others done? How have you set up your space? Any advice is appreciated!

Going through this old collection was a blast. There’s no price on that. Later this year (end of the summer or fall) I’ll be looking for other similar collections to buy and do this all over again. Once I get my zen collecting corner all set up. My shift will be from trying to keep up with modern to buying more collections like this, and more vintage, but slowly.

Has anyone else bought collections like this? What are your favorite finds?

A collecting shift and through the mail treasure hunting Recently I bought a large collection of various sports - basketball, hockey, baseball, football, and even some soccer tossed in.

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The urge to purge

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to get rid of stuff I no longer use, or want.

Give it away. Throw it away. Sell it, if possible.

So far, I’ve sold three items on eBay - a muzzleloader barrel, a shotgun scope and, most recently. a lot of 30 Spins and Needles trading cards.

Printed by the Fleer company in 1960, this 80-card set features pop singers like Pat Boon and Jimmy Dean. The most valuable card in the set is that of Dellla Reese - not because of her superior popularity, but because her card is No. 1, the card in any trading-card set that generally takes the most abuse from rubber bands, etc.

The cards were among a group of baseball cards I bought in the 1980s. I got 79 bucks for the Spins and Needles cards.