Original 1996 AmeriVox Yvonne Craig “Batgirl” 5-minute collectible phone card, catalog AVX-Pr836, featuring the classic 1967 Batman television Batgirl image and originating from the Ben Novack Jr. Batman Estate Collection acquired through Heritage Auctions.
This colorful mid-1990s phone-card collectible celebrates Yvonne Craig's portrayal of Batgirl from the classic Batman television era.
The front features the distinctive Batgirl portrait against a vivid pink/magenta background, along with the AmeriVox logo and a 5 MIN. denomination.
Across the lower portion is a printed facsimile signature reading “Yvonne Craig ‘Batgirl.’”
Important — Printed Signature
The signature is part of the printed card design.
It is not being represented as a hand-signed Yvonne Craig autograph.
The reverse itself identifies the subject as:
YVONNE CRAIG
as “Batgirl” 1967
and credits:
Design by Clay Gibson
It further identifies this as the:
Second Card in a Proposed Series of Five
AmeriVox 5-Minute Phone Card
The reverse contains the original instructions for using the card through AmeriVox touch-tone telephone service.
The production/code line reads:
I.1007.12JAN96.BCC
and the copyright line identifies:
© AmeriVox / World Telecom Group, Inc., MCMXCVI
or 1996.
Specialist phone-card references catalog this exact pink/purple Batgirl issue as AVX-Pr836, report an issue quantity of 1,007, and currently identify it as the 5-minute Yvonne Craig/Batgirl printed-signature card.
The original telephone minutes are not guaranteed to remain usable; this item is being sold strictly as a collectible.
Ben Novack Jr. Estate Collection Provenance
This card was acquired by the present owner through Heritage Auctions as part of Batman material from the Ben Novack Jr. Estate Collection and has remained in the same collection since that acquisition.
Novack assembled one of the world's most extensive private collections of Batman memorabilia.
Heritage's June 2012 Novack estate auction specifically documented a large Batman card and ephemera collection containing 1990s Batgirl phone-card material, along with vintage Batman cards, postcards and club memorabilia. That box lot sold for $448.13.
No claim is made that this loose card is the hand-autographed example specifically described in that Heritage lot.
Condition
Original pre-owned 1996 collectible phone card.
The card retains excellent pink, purple, yellow and black color and displays very nicely.
Visible characteristics include light surface scratches and handling marks on the front, minor edge/corner wear, and a few small age/storage spots or marks on the reverse.
Please examine both photographs carefully because they show the exact card being offered.
You will receive the exact 1996 AmeriVox Yvonne Craig Batgirl phone card pictured.
A particularly interesting crossover collectible for fans of Yvonne Craig, Batgirl, the classic Batman television series, vintage prepaid phone cards, AmeriVox memorabilia, 1990s pop-culture collectibles, Ben Novack Jr. Estate material and Heritage Auctions provenance.