Peanuts from 1964

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[rj_lucas]

Like the old adage says, it's funny because it's true...

Rick
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[sox83cubs84]

This 1964 flashback is cool. If this strip were drawn late in Charles Schulz's life, Charlie Brown would also be buying a Joe Shlabotnik autograph ticket at a card show.;)

Dave Miedema

[frikativ54]

And here I thought you were talking about actual peanuts. I was going to suggest that you throw them to the squirrels. :o

[sammy]

The story of life.

Thanks Joel.


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[godwulf]

If this strip were drawn late in Charles Schulz's life, Charlie Brown would also be buying a Joe Shlabotnik autograph ticket at a card show.

That, and his five bucks would only be buying him a pack or two of cards.

Unless you're really hot on finding one of those "memorabilia" cards, I don't understand why anyone buys those packs now, as expensive as they are. I see dealers at the local card show selling the commons 15 for a buck, and, hey, you can even pick out the cards you actually want, instead of buying a pig in a poke.

It was different back in the day (and '64 was about the time that I was buying packs) when a pack was 5 or 10 cents, no one knew what a card show was, and Topps didn't sell factory sets, as far as I know.

When I first read the title of the thread, I, too, thought somebody was talking about some very old peanuts. ("Game-used", no doubt.) Somewhere around here, I have a container of sunflower seeds in the shape of a Louisville Slugger that they came out with a few years ago - anybody else buy one of those? I'd imagine that those are already on their way to being petrified or ossified, or whatever seeds do after so long. And a couple of sealed boxes of "Big Unit" breakfast cereal. And a box of Frosted Flakes from Puerto Rico with a picture on the front of Tony the Tiger with his arm around Carlos Baerga, which I got Baerga to sign.

What...derail the thread...me? :rolleyes:

[bronx_burner]

This 1964 flashback is cool. If this strip were drawn late in Charles Schulz's life, Charlie Brown would also be buying a Joe Shlabotnik autograph ticket at a card show.;)

Dave Miedema

There is absolutely a daily strip of just that event. I saved it but it might be a task finding it. I'd say it was from the late 80s. The characters standing on line talking about who was at the show and what they each cost with the ending shot of Charlie Brown saying he got Joe Shlabotniks autograph and gave Charlie Brown a dollar.

[trsent]

There is absolutely a daily strip of just that event. I saved it but it might be a task finding it. I'd say it was from the late 80s. The characters standing on line talking about who was at the show and what they each cost with the ending shot of Charlie Brown saying he got Joe Shlabotniks autograph and gave Charlie Brown a dollar.

That would be priceless if you found it.

Poor 'ole Charlie Brown, the players feel so sorry for him they give him money!

[godwulf]

My all-time favorite Peanuts strip:

Lucy is playing the outfield, and whiffs on a fly ball.

Charlie Brown: "You're the worst player in the history of the game. I don't know why I keep you on the team." Walks away.

Lucy: "Life is full of mysteries!"

[russyurk]

Too funny....way back in high school I photo copied this exact strip out of a peanuts paperback and had it hanging in my room. I felt his pain.

[camarokids]

Before clicking on the thread, I originally thought someone bought a collectible that had peanuts from 1964 in it.

My son was watching SpongeBob before school last week and the episode was very similar.

SpongeBob bought every pack in the display that he had enough money for, trying to score a $5000.00 card. Squidward comes up after, buys the last pack and scores the rare card.

[godwulf]

I'm beginning to think that maybe the whole "memorabilia" card thing has reached its nadir.

Leaf has a new "celebrity" set - "Leaf Pop Century" - for 2011, and the ultimate chase card in this set - 1/1, of course - is some kind of a fold-out card that contains a cut auto of JFK, a cut auto of Lee Harvey Oswald (!), and a swatch from the limo JFK was riding in when he was shot.

Really.

[godwulf]

Before clicking on the thread, I originally thought someone bought a collectible that had peanuts from 1964 in it.

I think we all know somebody who, on a dare, would actually eat one of those peanuts, too.

I know I'm not the only one on this board who, at some point in the last ten years, was opening up a bunch of wax packs from 1988-91, and decided to see how that gum tasted. :rolleyes:

[gingi79]

I think we all know somebody who, on a dare, would actually eat one of those peanuts, too.

I know I'm not the only one on this board who, at some point in the last ten years, was opening up a bunch of wax packs from 1988-91, and decided to see how that gum tasted. :rolleyes:

I have totally done that! Not harmful, sugar and gum paste don't ever actually go bad. It splinters and become dozens of pieces of gum that doesn't recombine.

Now that you have no more respect for me, I bid you adieu.

[sox83cubs84]

I know I'm not the only one on this board who, at some point in the last ten years, was opening up a bunch of wax packs from 1988-91, and decided to see how that gum tasted. :rolleyes:

You're not.

Back in the early 1990s, at a Cincinnati show, my wife, Shirley, took in over $50 in five dollar wagers from other dealers who didn't think she could eat 1970s pack gome without hurling it up.

We challenged Mr. Mint to a $100 bet on a stick of gum from a 1954 Bowman pack from his then just-discovered find. He wouldn't wager.;)

Dave Miedema

[both-teams-played-hard]

Alright tough guys. How much to eat a 48 year-old-cookie?

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[godwulf]

I have totally done that! Not harmful, sugar and gum paste don't ever actually go bad. It splinters and become dozens of pieces of gum that doesn't recombine.

The time I tried it, the gum just immediately dissolved and left a bad aftertaste.

[34swtns]

Hilarious. And why am I so amused/fascinated by someone eating decades-old gum?
You realize we are all mentally damaged by this hobby, right?:D

[bronx_burner]

This 1964 flashback is cool. If this strip were drawn late in Charles Schulz's life, Charlie Brown would also be buying a Joe Shlabotnik autograph ticket at a card show.;)

Dave Miedema


There is absolutely a daily strip of just that event. I saved it but it might be a task finding it. I'd say it was from the late 80s. The characters standing on line talking about who was at the show and what they each cost with the ending shot of Charlie Brown saying he got Joe Shlabotniks autograph and gave Charlie Brown a dollar.


That would be priceless if you found it.

Poor 'ole Charlie Brown, the players feel so sorry for him they give him money!

Well 8 months later and I located the strip that I had mentioned I clipped. Dated 8/14/1989, so 25 years after the strip in the original post above. Here it is:

[trsent]

Well 8 months later and I located the strip that I had mentioned I clipped. Dated 8/14/1989, so 25 years after the strip in the original post above. Here it is:

Wow - Thanks for pulling this thread up again with such a great addition!

I have a weakness for Peanuts cartoons and I have a small collection of Woodstock (Snoopy's pal) memorabilia and I miss the daily that was part of my life for so many years all the time.

You at least brought a smile to my face today. Need to find how to get that strip reproduced. They sell them now as collectibles.

[gingi79]

That is just awesome and in his usual manner, very clever.

In true GUU style, is anyone else groaning at the fact you could have met Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams and watch them sign a baseball for you and it cost a staggering $55! The agony! My dad paid $75 and I thought that was the steal of the century.

[trsent]

That is just awesome and in his usual manner, very clever.

In true GUU style, is anyone else groaning at the fact you could have met Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams and watch them sign a baseball for you and it cost a staggering $55! The agony! My dad paid $75 and I thought that was the steal of the century.

People compained back in 1989 how overpriced they were!

[joelsabi]

The strip after the pull.

[coxfan]

You could get a card with bubble gum for only one penny then; I bought quite a few from a small-town store I'd ride to on my bike. I still have the 1962 Roger Maris card I got for one cent. But a friend got a Mickey Mantle card for a penny. I tried everything to get him to trade it to me, but he refused.

[prichmond]

Guys
I will be at the Charles Schultz museum over the Christmas break. Been a couple of times. It is right next to the ice arena where he sponsored a tournament for adult players from around the country from the mid 60's until his death. Last time I checked his original daily strips were selling for around $15,000. No third party authentication. Let me know if you want me to pick one up

Pete

[trsent]

Guys
I will be at the Charles Schultz museum over the Christmas break. Been a couple of times. It is right next to the ice arena where he sponsored a tournament for adult players from around the country from the mid 60's until his death. Last time I checked his original daily strips were selling for around $15,000. No third party authentication. Let me know if you want me to pick one up

Pete

Haha, thanks, Pete. I personally was talking about the cheap reproductions they sell on comics.com for my wall. They are around $20.00.

That museum is in California, right? I keep telling my wife one day we are going to go there. A few summers ago we drove all around St. Paul looking for the Peanuts on Parade that were still left around the city. There was no real guide so we just had to stumble upon them.

I was surprised there was no Schultz museum in Minnesota.

[prichmond]

yes it is in santa rosa. which is were he was based. that is about a hour north of san fransico. Side note I believe Peanuts still generates about $50 million a year in income for all of the edorsments deals they have.

[OaklandAsFan]

I'm beginning to think that maybe the whole "memorabilia" card thing has reached its nadir.

Leaf has a new "celebrity" set - "Leaf Pop Century" - for 2011, and the ultimate chase card in this set - 1/1, of course - is some kind of a fold-out card that contains a cut auto of JFK, a cut auto of Lee Harvey Oswald (!), and a swatch from the limo JFK was riding in when he was shot.

Really.

There have been some really weird sets out recently they all come 1 card to a pack and each pack is over $100. The last one I read about was the horrors of war set and in it was an Adolf Hitler signature and the person that got it was just a tad to excited about what he got for me.

I bought a pack of Famous Fabric Hooray for Hollywood on sale at Blowout Cards (during their black friday sale) and got a Sigourney Weaver signature, not mind boggling and probably not worth what I paid for it but still pretty cool. All these Famous Fabrics sets, every card is 1/1.