Long-Lost Gas Giveaway Provides Blast from Cubbies’ Past

By Paul Lukas, on February 26th, 2021%

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Check out this illustration showing various Cubs players who won the National League MVP Award. A great composition, and so many great uniforms!

That wonderful illo appeared on an 8.5″ x 11″ print that was given away in the mid-1980s by Chicago-area Unocal 76 . . . → Read More: Long-Lost Gas Giveaway Provides Blast from Cubbies’ Past

57 comments   Collectibles/Memorabilia, MLB, Sports-Themed Artwork

A1 Steak Sauce’s 1994 NFL Trading Cards

By Paul Lukas, on January 21st, 2021%

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Longtime Uni Watch reader/supporter Robert Brashear recently got in touch to let me know he’d found something interesting buried in a drawer: a set of 28 A1 Steak Sauce “Masters of the Grill” recipe cards from 1994, each with a different NFL player on the . . . → Read More: A1 Steak Sauce’s 1994 NFL Trading Cards

102 comments - (Comments are closed)   Collectibles/Memorabilia, NFL

Auction Action

By Paul Lukas, on January 8th, 2021%

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As you may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running a new catalog auction. Many of the most interesting items are from former NBA players and identical twins Dick and Tom Van Arsdale, including Dick’s 1967 warm-up . . . → Read More: Auction Action

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We Interrupt This Blog for Some Vintage Candy Wrappers

By Paul Lukas, on November 19th, 2020%

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The photo shown above is from an amazing old scrapbook of 1930s and ’40s candy wrappers that recently appeared on eBay and was brought to my attention by my friend David Brown. It’s really fun and interesting, and I want to go off-uni today . . . → Read More: We Interrupt This Blog for Some Vintage Candy Bar Wrappers

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