Celebrating the Golden age of the Silver Screen

See a video of the entire deck here: https://youtu.be/iSKMhPK54zw

During the 1950s, noted illustrator William Medcalf produced a series of baseball related artworks for the advertising firm of Brown & Bigelow. The artwork was featured on a number of branded promotional merchandise that included calendars, Baseball schedules and playing cards. Six of Baseballs biggest stars were depicted on the back of of playing cards, each with their own deck. Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Connie Mack, appeared as they did in the early 1950's, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and John McGraw as spiritual images. A space below the artwork on the standard Bridge sized 2.25" x 3.50" playing cards was reserved for branded advertisement, to be given as gifts to preferred customers. Most were produced as single decks or special orders that included a set of two decks, with the box or cover also featuring the customized branding. The "Kings of The Diamond" set of two decks pictured below was branded by the auto Dealership, Rumsey Chevrolet for customers that bought a New Car.

The inspiration to create the set came from some of the super fights that took place in 2017 and the rebirth of interest in the sport that came with it. In this set we bring together the boxers we believe have had the greatest impact on the sport, this can be in the form of their incredible fight records, the amazing opponents they have fought and defeated or the cultural impact they have made.

The specs

• Printed in the UK by Ivory.
• Limited print run of 900 decks (standard pack).
• Printed on 340um card with a smooth plastic coating for a perfect finish.
• Cello banding with a gold tear strip.
• Packaged in a branded tuck box.
• 52 world class boxers, 2 jokers and 2 additional information
• cards all with beautifully designed custom illustrations.