tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post4291890517218647646..comments2024-02-13T12:15:22.447-05:00Comments on Off Hiatus Baseball: Oddball & RobinTony Lehmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05204647806905827474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-42581349752701886382014-06-06T10:55:39.645-04:002014-06-06T10:55:39.645-04:00The best I could come up with on Star is this inte...The best I could come up with on Star is this interview with a top dealer in Star Co. basketball cards:<br /><br />http://jordancards.com/blog/the-real-star-co-cards-story-interview-with-renowned-star-cards-expert-steve-taft/<br /><br />There's also a story from 1997 at SFGate.com: http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/When-you-wish-upon-a-Star-look-out-3084535.php<br /><br />Basic gist of it was that Star started printing NBA sets in the late 1990s that purported to be from the 1980s. The owner then sold these on the "Shop At Home" channel in 1997. The reason it was an issue was that Star no longer had an NBA license. In investigating the matter, the owner was followed to the print shop and hit with a search warrant. The NBA eventually sued and won over $1 million.Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-79388068282110431032014-06-06T02:53:32.480-04:002014-06-06T02:53:32.480-04:00Nice. I not only love Yount, but oddballs and some...Nice. I not only love Yount, but oddballs and some of my favorite cards are his oddball cards. Nice find on the permagraphics ad. I always wondered about those "cards". Do you know anything more about the Star sets? I can't find any really good info on the company or what happened to it.<br /><br />And those all star inserts are interesting. I have a few as well, but I'm unclear as how they were inserted into the programs. Did you cut them out or were they already loose? <br /><br />Good stuff as always Tony.cynicalbuddhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459221069829023793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581749200282165841.post-19947063302586855202014-06-06T02:08:41.989-04:002014-06-06T02:08:41.989-04:00I wrote about the Perma-Graphics cards once in the...I wrote about the Perma-Graphics cards once in the very same fashion (I saw them in an ad in Baseball Digest and I wanted them in the worst way but didn't get any until decades later when I started a blog).night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com