Curio: Bubblegum Card Oddities
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 9:00AM Alexa here. Everyone knows that there is a whole universe devoted to sports trading cards, with stories of someone selling their Mickey Mantle card for thousands. Of course a similar form of geekdom revolves around sci fi films, with Thor and Star Wars trading cards produced by the truckload. But occasionally I run across some vintage film trading cards that I find a little unexpected. Here are some I've enjoyed.
Yes, I bought this complete set of Saturday Night Fever trading cards about 15 years ago. You'll be happy to know that I didn't spend all that much; apparently a card of Tony Manero in his black briefs isn't worth much in the open market. The unopened packages still had gum! My favorite part was being able to assemble the poster image from the back of the set.
Although it makes sense that they produced Alien trading cards in 1979 (in a feeble attempt to ride the Star Wars sci fi wave) I find it hilarious that this means there are trading cards out there of Veronica Cartwright and Harry Dean Stanton!
But wait there's more: Marlon Brando, Mia Farrow and...