UD to Add Cut Sigs of Celeb Icons to 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball (list inside)

[longhornjunkie]

Upper Deck to Add Cut Signatures of Celebrity Icons to 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball

John Lennon, Rosa Parks and Bob Hope Are Just Some of Those Included

Carlsbad, CA – (July 10, 2007) – Anticipation has already been building for 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball, given the new pack configuration featuring one autograph and two memorabilia cards in each five-card tin. Dual autograph Sweet Spot cards and cut autographs of deceased MLB legends with current day superstars are just some of the new components to the set. The product will also feature Lettermen patches of some of the greatest players in baseball history like Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.

Upper Deck is pleased to announce hundreds of celebrity autograph cut cards will be included in 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball. Over 150 different celebrities will make up this unique subset, with many who have never had autograph cards of any type included in a mainstream release before. Orson Wells, John Lennon, Rosa Parks, Norman Rockwell, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash are just some of the famous celebrities to be included.



“The addition of these celebrity cuts will insure collectors are receiving substantial value from case purchases,” said Chris Kollmeyer, Upper Deck Associate Brand Manager for Baseball. “Now each twenty tin case will yield a Sweet Spot autograph of a deceased baseball legend or one of these special celebrity cut autographs.” 2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball is set to release on August 15 with each five-card tin having a suggested retail price of $120.

CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:

o Find ONE Sweet Spot Signature of a retired superstar or hall of famer in every tin!

o Pull Rare Sweet Spot Immortal Signatures featuring autogrpahs of legends taken directly from an actual baseball!

o Look for TWO Classic Memorabilia Cards in every tin!

o Discover Legendary Letterman featuring the biggest names in baseball history!

o Sweet Spot Dual Signatures of the best tandems to ever hit the diamond!

o Four Collectible Tins Featuring Babe Ruth, Don Drysdale, Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken!

o Search for rare celebrity autographs!



Sweet Spot Signatures – Falling one per tin:

· Foil Numbered Autographed Skins Featuring Gold, Silver, Red and Black Laces!

· Foil Numbered Autographed Brown and Black Leather Sweet Spot Signatures Featuring Blue, Black, Silver and Green Ink!

· Foil Numbered Autographed Brown and Black Barrel Sweet Spot Signatures Featuring Blue, Black, Silver and Gold Ink!

· Sweet Spot Dual Signatures Numbered To 50 or less!

· Sweet Spot Immortal Signatures – Signed Sweet Spots of Deceased Legends taken from an actual baseball!



Memorabilia:

· Classic Memorabilia – Falling Two per Tin

· Classic Memorabilia Patch - # to 75



Regular Cards:

200 Card Regular Set – Foil Numbered



About Upper Deck

Founded in 1988, Upper Deck is a premier global sports and entertainment-publishing company that delivers a portfolio of relevant, innovative and multi-dimensional product experiences to collectors, sports and entertainment enthusiasts. For information on Upper Deck or its products, visit The Upper Deck Company: Sports Trading Cards, Authentic Memorabilia, Sports Collectibles, & Entertainment Products or - Upper Deck Store.

[longhornjunkie]

Having trouble posting the list - best I can do for now, sorry for the sloppiness.


1 Lon Chaney Sr. Silent Film Great
2 Abbott & Costello Comedic Partners
3 Agatha Christie Author
4 Al Hirschfeld Cartoonist
5 Al Jolson Entertainment legend
6 Alan Hale Actor
7 Alan Shepard Astronaut
8 Alec Guiness Academy Award Winning Actor
9 Alex Haley Best Selling Author
10 Alice Faye American Actress and Singer
11 Alistair Cooke Actor, Writer
12 Allen Funt Producer, Director, Host
13 Althea Gibson Tennis HOFer
14 Amanda Blake American Actress
15 Ann Miller Hollywood Legend
16 Ann Rutherford TV and Movie Actress
17 Anthony Perkins Stage and Screen actor
18 Archie Moore Boxing HOFer
19 Art Carney Award Winning Entertainer
20 Art Linkletter Actor, Host
21 Arthur Ashe Tennis Legend
22 Arthur Miller American Playwright
23 Audrey Meadows Emmy Award winning actress
24 Ava Gardner Star of Screen and Television
25 Barry Goldwater Senator
26 Beau Jack Boxing Legend
27 Ben Hogan Golf Legend
28 Ben Johnson Western Star
29 Benny Goodman Music Legend
30 Bette Davis Hollywood Legend
31 Betty Grable Dancer, Singer, Actress
32 Bill Barty Great Entertainer
33 Bill Bixby Actor, Director, Producer
34 Bill Hanna Animation/Cartoonist
35 Bill Robinson Tap Dancer
36 Billy Conn Boxing HOFer
37 Billy Wilder Writer, Director, Producer
38 Bing Crosby Hollywood Legend
39 Bob Crane TV Great
40 Bob Denver TV Great
41 Bob Hope Entertainment Legend
42 Bob Keeshan Kid's Entertainer
43 Bobby Hatfield American Singer
44 Bobby Riggs Tennis Great - Battle of the Sexes
45 Boris Karloff Horror Movie Legend
46 Bruno Kirby Hollywood Legend
47 Buddy Ebsen Great Entertainer
48 Buddy Hackett Comedic Legend
49 Burgess Meredith Hollywood Legend
50 Burl Ives Academy Award Winning Actor and Legendary Folk Singer
51 Burns & Allen Comedic husband and wife team
52 Burt Lancaster Hollywood Legend
53 Busby Berkeley Movie Director and Musical Chorographer
54 Buster Crabbe Athlete, Actor
55 Byron Nelson Golf Legend
56 Byron White Supreme Court Justice
57 Carl Perkins Legendary Rockabilly Pioneer
58 Carroll O’Connor Actor
59 Cecil B. de Mille Influential movie directors in history
60 Cesar Chavez American labor organizer and civil rights leaders
61 Cesar Romero Television Legend
62 Charles "Black Bart" Boles "Black Bart"- American West Outlaw
63 Charles Boyer French-American Acting Legend
64 Charles Conrad American Astronaut
65 Charles Duryea American Automotive Pioneer
66 Charles Lindberg Flag Raiser - Iwo Jima
67 Charley Chase Actor, Comedian, Director- Silent Movie era
68 Chet Atkins Guitar Great, Producer
69 Chico Marx Actor, Comedian
70 Chuck Connors Actor, Writer
71 Chuck Jones Animation/Cartoonist
72 Clara Bow Silent Film Great
73 Clark Gable Hollywood Legend- Oscar Winner
74 Claude Akins Great Entertainer
75 Clayton Moore Hollywood Great
76 Conrad Hilton Hotel Chain Founder
77 Conway Twitty Country Music Legend
78 Coretta Scott King Human Rights Activist
79 Cornelius Warmerdam Pole Vault Great
80 Curly Joe DeRita The Three Stooges
81 Curt Gowdy Sportscaster
82 Dale Evans Writer, Movie Star, Singer/Songwriter
83 Danny Kaye Great Entertainer
84 Danny Thomas Legendary Entertainer
85 Dave Brubeck Jazz Legend
86 David Brinkley News Broadcaster
87 David Janssen Star of Screen and Television
88 David Niven Academy Award Winning Actor
89 David O'Connor Film and TV Actor
90 David Packard Hewlett & Packard founder
91 Dean Martin Singer, Actor
92 DeForest Kelley American Actor
93 Deke Slayton Astronaut
94 Denver Pyle Television and Movie Actor
95 Desi Arnaz Great Entertainer
96 Desmond llewelyn Actor
97 Dick Powell American Singer, Actor, director and Producer
98 Dinah Shore Singer and Actress- Entertainment Legend
99 Divine Great Entertainer
100 Don Adams Actor, Comedian
101 Don Ameche Academy Award Winning Actor and Director
102 Don Knotts Television Legend
103 Donn Eisele Apollo Astronaut
104 Donna Reed Television Mom
105 Dorothy Lamour Hollywood Great
106 Douglas Fairbanks Hollywood Legend
107 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Entertainment Legend
108 Dudley Moore Comedic Legend
109 Duke Ellington Great Jazz composer and band leader
110 Duncan Renaldo Actor
111 Earl Anthony Bowling HoFer
112 Ed Sullivan TV Legend
113 Eddie Albert Green Acres on TV
114 Eddie Bracken Actor
115 Eddie Cantor Entertainment Legend
116 Eddie Rickenbacker WWII Fighter Pilot Ace
117 Eliphalet Remington Rifle Maker
118 Errol Flynn Hollywood Legend
119 Esther Rolle Star of Stage, Screen and Television
120 Eva Gabor Television and Movie Actress
121 Fanny Brice Entertainment Legend
122 Fay Wray Great Entertainer
123 Florence Chadwick Swimming Great
124 Frank Capra Director
125 Frank Gorshin Film and TV Actor
126 Fred Astaire Entertainment Legend
127 Fred MacMurray Film and TV Legend
128 Gary Cooper Academy Award winning Legend
129 Gene Autry Westerns Legend
130 Gene Kelly Great Entertainer
131 Gene Sarazen Golf Great
132 George Burns Entertainment Legend
133 George C. Scott Oscar Winner
134 George Jessel Entertainment Legend
135 George Reeves American Actor
136 George S. Patton Military Great
137 Gerald Ford 38th President
138 Gilbert Roland American Actor
139 Ginger Rogers Oscar Winner
140 Glenn Ford Actor, Producer
141 Gordon Cooper Mercury 7 Astronaut
142 Gregory Peck Hollywood Legend
143 Groucho Marx Comedic Legend
144 Gump Worsely Hockey Legend
145 H.G. Wells Author
146 Hal Roach Film and TV Director
147 Harry Carey, Jr. Western Star
148 Helen Hayes Award winning Legend
149 Henry Fonda Oscar Winner
150 Henry Ford II Former President of the Ford Company
151 Hildegarde American Cabaret Singer
152 Howard Cosell Sportscaster
153 Hubert H Humphrey 38th Vice President of the US
154 Humphrey Bogart Hollywood Legend
155 Irone Dunne Five-time nominate Academy Award singer and actress
156 Irving Berlin Legendary Composer and Lyricist
157 Isaac Asimov Sci-Fi Author
158 Jack Benny Comedic Legend
159 Jack Common Left Wing Essayist
160 Jack Haley Movie, Vaudeville Actor
161 Jack Lemmon Award Winning Actor
162 Jack Lord Television Legend
163 Jackie Gleason TV Great
164 Jacque Cousteau Legendary Explorer and Ecologist
165 James A. Michener Pulitzer Prize Winner
166 James Cagney Hollywood Legend
167 James Doohan TV and Movie Actor
168 James Gregory TV Great
169 Jimmy Stewart Hollywood Legend
170 Janet Gaynor First winner of Best Actress Oscar
171 Janet Leigh Hollywood Great
172 Janis Joplin Music Legend
173 Jean Hersholt Golden Globe winning actor
174 Jersey Joe Walcott Boxing HOFer
175 Jim Backus Radio, TV, Film, Voice Actor
176 Jim Irwin Apollo 15 astronaut
177 Jimmy Doolittle WWII Medal of Honor, Doolittle Raid
178 Jimmy Durante Great Entertainer
179 Joan Bennett American actress and television star
180 Joe Barbera Animation/Cartoonist
181 Joe Besser Actor, Comedian
182 Joel McCrea American Actor
183 John Bradley Flag Raiser - Iwo Jima
184 John Chancellor TV Newsman
185 John Edgar Hoover FBI Chief
186 John Huston Entertainment Great
187 John Lennon Musical Legend
188 John Longden Horse Racing Great
189 John Mills Academy Award Winner
190 John Ritter Television Legend
191 John Wayne Hollywood Legend
192 Johnnie Ray Singer and Songwriting Great
193 Johnny Carson TV Legend
194 Johnny Cash Music Legend
195 Johnny Weissmuller World Champion Swimmer, Actor
196 Jonas Salk Scientist, Polio Vaccine
197 Jose Ferrer Academy Award Winner
198 Joseph Cotton Stage and Screen legend
199 Judy Garland Hollywood Legends
200 Julia Child Chef, WWII Intelligence Liaison
201 Julius Boros Golf HOFer
202 Kate Smith Singing Legend
203 Katherine Hepburn Hollywood Legend
204 Lamar Hunt Sports Legend
205 Lana Turner Hollywood Legend
206 Lauren Bacall Hollywood legend
207 Laurence Olivier Legendary Actor
208 Lee Remick Movie Great
209 Leonard Bernstein Legendary Musician
210 Leslie Caron Golden Globe winning actress and dancer
211 Lillian Gish Early Hollywood Legend
212 Linus Pauling Nobel Prize Winner
213 Lloyd Bridges TV and Movie Actor
214 Loretta Young Academy Award Winner
215 Lorne Greene Bonanza
216 Lou Ambers Boxing HOFer
217 Louis Armstrong Jazz Great
218 Lucille Ball Comedic Legend and Television Great
219 Madeline Kahn Actress
220 Mae West Great Entertainer
221 Malcolm Forbes Publisher
222 Margaret Chase Senator
223 Maria von Trapp Sound of Music
224 Marion Davies American Comedic Actress
225 Marlene Dietrich Entertainment Legend
226 Marlin Perkins TV Host, Zoo Director
227 Marlon Brando Hollywood Legend
228 Martha Raye Screen and TV comic and actress
229 Mary Martin Tony Award Winning Actress
230 Mary Pickford Early Hollywood Legend
231 Maureen O'Sullivan Ireland's First Film Star
232 Max Schmeling Heavyweight Champ
233 Mel Allen Sportscaster
234 Mel Blanc Voice Actor
235 Mel Torme Singer & Songwriter
236 Mickey Spillane Actor, Author
237 Milton Berle Entertainment Great
238 Minnie Pearl Legendary Country Comedian
239 Morey Amsterdam Actor, Writer, Producer
240 Myrna Loy Film and TV Great
241 Neal Bonnett Racing Great
242 Noel Coward Actor, Playwright and Composer
243 Norma Shearer Academy Award Winner
244 Norman Rockwell Great American Artist
245 Orson Welles Entertainment Legend
246 Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Giant
247 Otto Preminger Legendary Actor and Director
248 Pappy Boyington American Fighter Ace
249 Pat Buttram Western Side-Kick
250 Pat O'Brien Film Legend
251 Pearl Bailey Entertainment Legend
252 Peggy Lee Great Entertainer
253 Perry Como Singer & Songwriter
254 Peter Ustinov Actor, Writer
255 Phil Silvers Great Entertainer
256 Ralph Forbes Star of Silver Screen
257 Randolph Scott Silver Screen Cowboy
258 Ray Bolger Actor, Singer
259 Ray Milland Actor and Director
260 Ray Walston Entertainment Great
261 Raymond Burr Actor, Director
262 Red Buttons Legendary Entertainer
263 Red Skelton Movie & TV Legend
264 Rex Harrison Entertainment Great
265 Richard Pryor Entertainment Legend
266 Rita Hayworth Actress and singer
267 Robert Altman Director, Producer
268 Robert Armstrong Actor in Legendary Movie
269 Robert Mitchum Hollywood Legend
270 Robert Penn Warren Author, Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner
271 Robert Taylor American Film Actor
272 Robert Urich Emmy Award Winning Actor
273 Robert Young Television Legend
274 Rock Hudson Hollywood Legend
275 Rocky Graziano Boxing Legend
276 Rod Steiger Academy Award Winning Actor
277 Roddy McDowall Hollywood Legend
278 Rodney Dangerfield Great Entertainer
279 Ron Evans Apollo 17 Astronaut
280 Ronal Colman Academy Award Winner
281 Ronald Reagan 40th President of the US
282 Rosa Parks Civil Rights Icon
283 Rosalind Russell Tony Award Winning Actress
284 Roscoe (Fatty) Albuckle Silent Era Legend
285 Rosemary Clooney Entertainment Legend
286 Ross Hunter Noted Film producer
287 Ross Martin Actor, Director
288 Roy Rogers Western Star
289 Rudy Vallee Actor, Musician
290 Sam Snead Golf Legend
291 Sammy Davis Jr. Legendary Entertainer
292 Sandra Dee Entertainment Great
293 Sandy Sadler Boxing HOFer
294 Sarah Vaughn Jazz Legend
295 Scott Crossfield Astronaut, Pilot
296 Sheldon Lewis Silent Movie Great
297 Shelley Winters Award Winning Actress
298 Shirley Booth Oscar Winning Actress
299 Sid Caesar Comedic Legend
300 Sonny Bono US Congressman and Singer/actor
301 Sophie Tucker Early Stage and Screen star
302 Spencer Tracy Hollywood Legend
303 Spiro Agnew Former Vice President
304 Stan Laurel Comedic Legend
305 Steve Allen Great Entertainer
306 Stewart Granger Actor
307 Sugar Ray Robinson Boxing Legend
308 Susan Hayward Academy Award Winner
309 Teresa Wright Academy Award Winner
310 Tex Ritter Legendary Country singer and actor
311 Tip O'Neill U.S. Congress, Speaker of the House
312 Tom Mix Legendary Western Star
313 Tony Randall Entertainment Great
314 Tyrone Power Film and Stage Legend
315 Victor Mature Film star
316 Vincent Price Hollywood Legend
317 Virginia Mayo Film star
318 W.C. Fields Comedic Legend
319 Wally Schirra Astronaut
320 Walter Brennan Three-time Oscar Winner
321 Walter Houston Film Star
322 Walter Lantz Cartoon and Comic Book Great
323 Walter Matthau Academy Award Winning Comedic Actor
324 Walter Winchell Columnist, Commentator
325 Ward Bond Film star
326 Will Rogers Legendary Entertainer
327 William Boyd Western Movie Star
328 William Holden Academy Award Winner
329 William Powell Early Hollywood Legend
330 William S Hart Silent Film Cowboy and Director
331 William Westmore Military Commander
332 Willie Mosconi Billiards Legend
333 Willie Pep Boxing HOFer
334 Woody Strode Actor & Athlete
335 Yvonne DeCarlo Actress
336 Zeppo Marx Actor, Comedian

[BravesFan4Life]

wait didnt it say over 150 celebs not over 300? Course its UD and they are always vague. and the Lettermen for the Legends is stupid, most never wore names on their jsys ie Cobb, Gehrig, Ruth, LAME!!!!

[dd316]

Wow, what a list!!

[Davz13]

Pretty sweet list! I want the Marx bros cards, some cartoonists, artists, musicians...etc. etc. etc.!


and I was thinking the same thing about Cobb and other players...they didn't have their names on their jerseys, did they back then?!?

[streicher187]

would be happy with any but these would be my top 10..

Abbott & Costello Comedic Partners
Ava Gardner Star of Screen and Television
Barry Goldwater Senator
Boris Karloff Horror Movie Legend(not his first cut autograph)
Buddy Hackett Comedic Legend
Cecil B. de Mille Influential movie directors in history
Dean Martin Singer, Actor
Don Knotts Television Legend
Ed Sullivan TV Legend
Gene Autry Westerns Legend
H.G. Wells Author
Jack Benny Comedic Legend
Johnny Cash Music Legend
Orson Welles Entertainment Legend
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Giant
Red Skelton Movie & TV Legend
Rodney Dangerfield Great Entertainer
Rosa Parks Civil Rights Icon
Tom Mix Legendary Western Star
W.C. Fields Comedic Legend


OK that may be more than 10 more than a few of them already have autograph cards

[alonzomourning]

That's a pretty nice list. I take it they are all going to be 1/1s or close to it.