Country of origin: France
Size: 1” x 1”
The images for this set has been shared with us from the collection of Retro Baloncesto. Better Ball was a vintage French chewing gum brand produced by the Société Royal in Paris during the late 1940s and 1950s. It is primarily remembered today by collectors for its rare sport-themed collectible insert cards ("vignettes") packaged inside the gum. The Palmarès Sportif (Sports Achievements) set is thought to have been released in 1951-52 and consisted of 240 thin paper cards that were distributed in the gum and meant to be glued into an accompanying album. There are 21 basketball players in the set, including the French Olympic team and many French hall of fame players. These tiny fragile cards are extremely rare, and sizes vary as they were manually cut.