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1951 Bowman
Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle, and the 1952 Berk Ross,
 1952 Berk Ross Issue


  1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo
 
 1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo
1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo
Item Details
  • CIRCA - 1952
  • PHOTOGRAPER - Berk Ross
  • SIZE -  8" x 10"
  • PRICE GUIDE - $100.-$200.
    Excellent - Near Mint condition
    Because of rarity value is based on a small sample of a sales history.

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NOTES:
 
   Berk Ross was a photographer who took sports photos in the 1940's and '50s, and who produced two sets of baseball cards issued in 1951 and 1952. The 72 card sets were called "Hit Parade of Champions." Ross was believed to be the "official photographer" for the Bowman sets between 1948 and 1950. The 1951 and 1952 Hit Parade of Champions baseball cards included some of the same photography used for the Bowman cards. One example is the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle, and the 1952 Berk Ross, Hit Parade of Champions.

 A small number of photographs used to produced the cards have surfaced into the hobby over the years. A few, like the Jackie Robinson Berk Ross photograph features a white facsimile autograph, as it appears on the card. Other such photographs to surface include; Joe DiMaggio, Pee Wee Reese, and Duke Snider. There is no evidence indicating that these photos were used in any promotion or sold in the retail market. One possible explanation is that they are Photostats made, and used in the process in making the card.

 In the days before computer editing and Photoshop, the artwork for the card would have involved producing Photostats of the original photo would have been placed over the original photo (or a Photostat of the original) and a picture with the "signature" would be produced. Then they would crop it to size for the card and add the watercolor. the process is similar to the way they do animation. A number of these Photostat copies were produced and some might have been saved or, and sold as souvenirs as a test issue.

 A large 19.5" x 29.5" copy of the Jackie Robinson, Berk Ross photograph, with the white signature was salvaged in the 1973 renovation, of Yankee Stadium. It was believed to have hung in the halls of the stadium. Although there is no evidence that the 8x10's were sold as souvenirs, it cannot be ruled out. The cards were also used in a Popcorn promotion. A lawsuit involving members of the NY Giants, Theater Concessions Inc., a Popcorn firm, and the Hi Lo Packing Company, who distributed the cards in packs of gum was settled in 1953.

  The seven Giant players instituted action to recover $50,000. each on the grounds that their pictures were used without consent. The Supreme Court awarded the players $20. each and ended the distribution of the cards. The 1952 Berk Ross cards were the company's last issue. There was also a lawsuit involving Bowman and Topps on the rights to use the Mickey Mantle Berk Ross image. Topps purchased Bowman in 1955.

 
 
1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo
1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo 1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Card
1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Photo 1952 Berk Ross Jackie Robinson Card

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