Memorable cards: 1982 Squirt

Last week I wrote about a trade for 1982 Cracker Jack uncut sheets. Another part of that trade was a full set of 1982 Squirt panels. These panels are designed to be hung on bottles of Squirt, a citrus soft drink. The complete set stands at 22 cards. The card is at the bottom and intended to be torn off from the dangle part. The cards themselves are basically Topps on the back and a custom Squirt design on the front.  Without the hanger tab, the cards are a standard 2.5″ x 3.5″.

Here are some highlights.

Pete Rose and Dave Concepcion

Tom Seaver (front and back)

I wish I could remember what I gave up in the trade. Getting the Cracker Jack and Squirt sets was pretty good. I couldn’t have had much more than some late 70s Topps cards to offer in exchange.

Memorable cards: 1982 Cracker Jack sheets

When I was a kid, the younger brother of one of my friends collected cards. Actually, it was their dad who collected cards. I didn’t know enough to understand what he really had, but my friend told me that his dad had a 1869 Peck and Snyder Reds (scroll way down in link to see the Peck and Snyder). I’ll probably do another post on my friend’s dad later.

Anyway, the younger brother had some pretty cool stuff – cast-offs from his dad. On a few occasions I went over to their house to trade cards. Once we had a decently large trade. I don’t know what I could have had for him (Kellogg’s cards?), but I picked up the uncut sheets for the 1982 Cracker Jack set. I don’t know how these were distributed (mail-in offer?), but the sheets are very common. Mine have a nice corner crease in the upper left on both sheets. The cards were put out to promote the Cracker Jack Old Timers’ Game that year.