This is not original Art, but in my mind a very cool item.

I bought this some years ago, probably 10 maybee or a little less.

Its split into 3 sheets, - a complete set , in mint grade condition in my opinion , they are the topps usa version and they are printers proofs of the fronts, the back of the sheets are plain. very nice item

i also have the same for civil war news, and a black and white set of a+BC printers proofs of civil war news.

I remember paying a lot for them at the time, not sure what they are worth today.

sorry about pictures will try and post some nicer ones if anyones interested.

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Hello to All ,

Hi Darren , nice piece . Was it cut when you purchased it ?

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Mark

Hi yes they were cut when i bought them. the third sheet has the last cards from the set.

Zowie. GREAT stuff...I'd love to see those CWN sheets when you get a chance.

Thanks for sharing!

wow thanks for sharing those gems, did you get the 3 uncut sheets framed?

well believe it or not no, they are in the flat holders from when i bought them, i had forgotten about them and re-discovered i had them this week. That sounds bad doesnt it, i will explain ....

I am basically a collector of many pop culture items, but historically have been in cards for 15 years +. I owned Cards Inc which was the UKs largets trading card distributor, until i merged it with some other companies and then it was all downhill from there. Over the years i have collected many interesting items, items many of which have been card, not in the class in most on here, but some nice items. Got quite a high grade set of HOW, and a few unreleased modern cards etc, but mostly 60's stuff really. I have quite a few soccer uncut topps sheets from the 70's as i have a huge soccer team dedicated collection, so bought those.

wow your taste in collecting pop culture 60s bubble cards mirrors mine as that's all i collect/am addicted to now haha, is there a 12 step program for us?

I guess these were uncut sheets from the 1980s reprint? When you say the backs are plain, do you mean they are blank? Or do they have the type and red arrows with the preview image, but no prismatic preview (1990s reprint) and only white stock instead of green background (also 1990s reprint)?

I can add the sheets, be they original or reprints are in the exact same order as the 1962 sheets. Each card and location on a 55 card sheet is the same.

Hello to All ,

Hi Bill , i must admit i was wondering about the sheets (just in case Darren was ripped) as there were e-bay sellers based in the UK selling photo copies of sets (MA & CWN) on sheets last year .
Then i checked the internet image i have of an uncut sheet and concluded they ran in the same order .(so i edited out my original worries from my post above)

Hi no they are original sheets, bought in a US action house. I also bought a run of Batman sheets and the CWN sheets as mentioned previously. They originally came from a topps sales rep through family decent into auction.