ID HELP Pete Rose card

I got this Rose on consignment, any idea of the set it came from?



Thanks

Lee

That card is in the style of globe imports. Not sure if that is what it is. They are small, blank backed, crudely printed, and, as I recall, on cheap paper.

That describes the card pretty well. Were they factory cut?

Lee

1969 Globe Imports - Very common and very cheap

Playing card set, 52 + Joker. SCD lists the Rose at $6 in NM. Mantle is the most expensive in the set at $40.

This set has also been reprinted for some odd reason.

Thanks for the excellant info.

Lee

They are so cheap, that they would be easy to reprint and hand cut, I guess. The ones I purchased in the mid-1980s were sold in a deck. Not sure if the deck was 52, plus a joker, or slightly more, but I think we paid maybe $2 or so. The thing I recall, in addition to the law quality of the print, is that the paper was really cheap. I don't remember how sharp or exact the cut was, but I do not recall thinking that they were hand cut. But the paper, it was so cheap, I wondered if they bought it from a developing country, or if they used leftover surplus construction paper from my 1st grade class.

Your card looks about right to me - tanned paper with wear on the edges and tips. A diagonal of the photo relative to the edges seems about right to me, too. But someone else has, no doubt, handled way more of these and has a better memory and knowledge than me.

They were so low quality, and so crude, I was not concerned that they were reprints. For a deck of 52 or so, it seemed like a lot of work for only $2, even for 1984 or so.