Vintage 1970 Rold Gold Pretzels “Baseball Greats” #12 Tris Speaker - PSA 8

Up for sale is a 1970 Rold Gold Pretzels “All-Time Baseball Greats” Tris Speaker card graded PSA 8 — an early promotional issue released before the famous Kellogg’s sets of modern players of the time. This series honored the legendary players of pre – WWII baseball and remains a standout piece of pop‑culture history.

Historical Significance
Issued in 1970 inside Rold Gold pretzel packages, this unique food-issue card series honored the sport’s Hall of Famers, selected by a Baseball Writers’ Association committee marking baseball’s 100th anniversary.

Iconic Checklist & Design
The entire set includes 15 lenticular (3-D style) cards, featuring legends such as Babe Ruth (appears twice), Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Rogers Hornsby, and more.

Collectability & Scarcity
Cards were packed one per pretzel bag and not sold in traditional packs, making complete sets harder to find. While reissued by Kellogg’s in 1972, the 1970Rold Gold version is the original, identifiable by the 1970 copyright. This card is almost 55 years old.

This card comes from the Texas find circa 2003 where over 300 brown paper envelopes of unopened sets were found, henceforth the crisp look and feel of the card and no scratches or chipped lenticular plastic.