Welcome to Banty Red’s Fan Club page. A few years ago, I received a request to do a set of Lou Gehrig cards for an event a fan club was holding. I made cards from every Topps Gum issue from 1952 through the sixties. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Seeing Gehrig on a 1960 Topps card was awful. For whatever reason, in chronological reverse, it’s very appealing. Recently, a group of Dale Murphy collectors commissioned me to produce a 1960 Topps of Dale. The ‘60 set is a favorite of mine and, so is Dale Murphy! It was a great fit. An idea was born to do—beginning with the birthplace of modern cards, 1952—a set of Dale Murphy cards that run parallel to his career in Atlanta. The FAN CLUB was born. Only members of the fan club can obtain the cards from us. To sign up, it’s easy and free. Simply reach out to philapostle@gmail.com or text me at 224-944-8534 with your Name, email and desire to be in the club. When new Murphy cards become available you’ll be alerted and will have the option to “purchase or pass”.
We only have Murphy for now as it takes three or more to start a club, but we have pairs of Richie Allen and Thurman Munson fans looking for a 3rd! — one more request and we got us a “club”!. The Fan Club cards won’t auction as they are exclusive to the fan clubs, but are available to club members for immediate sale at any time. The ONLY thing to remember is the most we’ll print is 6 of any single card—member or not. We want them to be special additions to advanced collectors.
DALE MURPHY
As the cards are made available monthly the link will be added here. We start with 1960, then will go chronologically from 1952.
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THURMAN MUNSON
Thurman’s set will begin exactly 10 years before his rookie issue of 1970 and continue through 1969. We have done quite a few 50’s versions of Thurman already.
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