Billy Sunday - Pittsburgh Pirates, Later a famous evangelist / NM+ FREE SHIPPING

Description: About this card: It is an original, 34 years old, not a reprint or copy of any existing card. Created on a printing press, not a homemade digital or inkjet product. 500 of this card issued in 1987, no "parallels" or variations were made. Designed and manufactured by disabled Vietnam veteran Dave Stewart of San Francisco, California.Scroll down for more details about Mr. Stewart. Shipped quickly and securely, inside a brand new soft sleeve and rigid toploader. ABOUT DAVE STEWART AND HIS CARDS:This is not the Dave Stewart who used to pitch for the Oakland Athletics. This Dave Stewart was a disabled Vietnam Veteran who created a modest number of unusual cards in San Francisco during the 1980s and early 1990s. All of his creations feature an American Flag and a POW/MIA Flag with the legend “Support Disabled American Veterans”. They are 2 x 3-1/2 inches in size. Dave lived in San Francisco, in the Richmond neighborhood off Balboa from the early 1970s until sometime in the 90s, and spent a lot of time at the VA Hospital on Clement Street. Before motorized wheelchairs were widely available, he built his own using marine batteries, and was often seen chugging down the streets in the area. In those days, the device was a novelty, and attracted some attention. The cards he created were usually black & white or sepia. The subjects of his cards were often obscure or unusual. He found his images in books at the San Francisco Public Library. Stewart gave away his baseball cards in exchange for any donation, and presumably used the money to help pay his living expenses. He also gave away the little toothpick flags with the black POW-MIA flag. He was a professional panhandler, back when it was a profession - before all the amateurs got into panhandling with their signs. He actually gave you something of value, dubious as that value may have been at the time. His printing costs were often financed by friends and those who enjoyed his cards – reportedly including western novelist Louis L’Amour, who once paid off a printing bill for Stewart. In return, Dave made a card of the author - the only Dave Stewart card with no professional sports connection. It is not known how many of each card Dave Stewart produced, but it is most likely 500 as this was the minimum number of cards most commercial printers would produce in those pre-digital days. Prescott Printing Company printed most but not all Dave Stewart cards. There are 35 known cards, which may or may not be a complete list. Since no new examples have been discovered in over 20 years, 35 is probably the full set. Guaranteed book value: This lot will always be worth more than you paid. The minimum "book value" is the price above. I will buy this lot back from you for what you paid any time you ask. Next week, next year, or ten years from now. I can do this only because I know that this lot is worth more than I am selling it for. About Grouchy: 21 years selling cards online. Before that, owner of Space City Cards Comics & Coins on Main St. in Houston. As a kid I loved baseball and football, and collected cards starting in 1959 - that's 60 years, but it feels like yesterday. I have bought and sold millions of sports cards over the years. The kids who used to frequent my card shop named me the "Grouchy Old Man" because I had to keep them in line. The nickname stuck. I'm not that grouchy anymore. I have over 100,000 online transactions, with an average feedback score of 100% over the years. COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNT Shipping is combined automatically in your cart. I cannot combine shipping after payment is made. Pay for all items at once and save time and money.

Price: 7.95 USD

Location: Dickinson, Texas

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