Comments on: My Favorite Pose http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/06/19/my-favorite-pose/ News, trivia, and musings of interest to vintage football card collectors Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sites I Like: Bob Lemke’s Custom Cards | Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/06/19/my-favorite-pose/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Sites I Like: Bob Lemke’s Custom Cards | Nearmint's Vintage Football Card Blog Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:35:53 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=530#comment-101 [...] like the image Bob chose for this card; it’s the helmet-in-hands pose I described earlier this week. Bob has also created a 1966 Philadelphia Piccolo card using a [...] [...] like the image Bob chose for this card; it’s the helmet-in-hands pose I described earlier this week. Bob has also created a 1966 Philadelphia Piccolo card using a [...]

]]> By: nearmint http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/06/19/my-favorite-pose/comment-page-1/#comment-96 nearmint Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=530#comment-96 According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps#Artwork_and_photography), showing logos on football cards was indeed a licensing issue: "Throughout the 1970s until 1982, Topps did not have the rights to reproduce the actual team logos on the helmets and uniforms of the players; curiously, these could be found on the Fleer sets of the same era, but Fleer could not name specific player names. As a result, helmet logos for these teams were airbrushed out on a routine basis." According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps#Artwork_and_photography), showing logos on football cards was indeed a licensing issue:

“Throughout the 1970s until 1982, Topps did not have the rights to reproduce the actual team logos on the helmets and uniforms of the players; curiously, these could be found on the Fleer sets of the same era, but Fleer could not name specific player names. As a result, helmet logos for these teams were airbrushed out on a routine basis.”

]]> By: Ben http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/06/19/my-favorite-pose/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Ben Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:10:57 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=530#comment-95 I collected football, baseball and basketball cards as a kid in the mid to late 1970's and always wondered why the football helmets, with the occasional exception of the Rams, never had the logo on them. Why did Topps airbrush the logos off? It couldn't have been a licensing issue, right? I collected football, baseball and basketball cards as a kid in the mid to late 1970’s and always wondered why the football helmets, with the occasional exception of the Rams, never had the logo on them. Why did Topps airbrush the logos off? It couldn’t have been a licensing issue, right?

]]> By: Fred Goodwin http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/2009/06/19/my-favorite-pose/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Fred Goodwin Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:48:59 +0000 http://www.nearmintcards.com/blog/?p=530#comment-94 Awesome cards; I agree those are great poses. Awesome cards; I agree those are great poses.

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