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Specs
Year: 1971
Title: Jack in the Box California Angels
Size: 4’’ x 2-1/2″
Number in Set: 10
Overview
Not a lot is known about this 10-card set. The horizontal cards, printed on a manilla/tan paper stock with black ink, feature a player portrait on the left with the player’s name, team, position, and Jack in the Box logo on the right side. They look a lot like business cards.
The cards are unnumbered, and the backs are blank.
However, unlike the legitimate 1969 Jack in the Box California Angles set, this one is believed to be an unauthorized collector’s issue lacking an official connection to the team or fast food chain. Collector’s issues were usually sold as a set within shops or via mail order. If you have any more insight into this set, please e-mail me. I heard they may have been a product of the photographer.
You should be able to pick up a raw set for under $100 with a bit of patience; Clean Sweep Auctions sold a raw set for $105 in April 2023.
Also, a seller on eBay has a listing for nine cards (missing Conligiaro) for $99 or individual cards for $15 each as of early June 2023.
If you prefer graded cards, PSA has slabbed 59 cards across the set, with Fregosi having the most, with 9.
Example
Key Card
The set’s key card belongs to Tony Conigliaro.
Checklist
Sandy Alomar
Ken Berry
Tony Conigliaro
Jim Fregosi
Alex Johnson
Rudy May
Andy Messersmith
Lefty Phillips
Jim Spencer
Clyde Wright