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Specs
Year: 1953-54
Title: Briggs Meats
Size: 2-1/4″ x 3-1/2″
Number in Set: 40
Overview
The 1953-54 Briggs Meats cards are an incredibly expensive Washington, D.C. area regional oddball set. The cards came as two-card waxed-cardboard panels that were cut from a hot dog package.
The 40-card set has 28 players from the Washington Senators and 12 players from the three New York teams of the day (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and New York Yankees).
A “properly” cut card won’t show any of the bright red borders.
The cards show a posed photograph with a white strip under the image that has the player’s facsimile autograph and printed name. The Washington Senators cards have a bit more biographical data.
The cards are blank-backed and unnumbered.
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Key Cards
The tougher short-printed cards are Gil Coan, John Dixon, and Newton Grasso and the highest priced cards include Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.
Checklist
Hank Bauer
James Busby
Tommy Byrne
Gilbert Coan
John Dixon
Carl Erskine
Edward Fitzgerald
Newton Grasso
Mel Hoderlein
Gil Hodges
Monte Irvin
Jack Jensen
Whitey Lockman
Mickey Mantle
Conrado Marrero
Walter Masterson
Carmen Mauro
Willie Mays
Mickey McDermott
Gil McDougald
Julio Moreno
Don Mueller
Don Newcombe
Robert Oldis
Edwin Porterfield
Phil Rizzuto
James Runnels
John Schmitz
Angel Scull
Frank Shea
Albert Sima
Duke Snider
Charles Stobbs
Willard Terwilliger
Joe Tipton
Thomas Umphlett
Gene Verble
James Vernon
Clyde Vollmer
Edward Yost