1958

Unnumbered Jazz Stars

Moderately hard, with Bobby Hackett, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver and Simon Brehm the hardest to find. Most cards are grainy and slightly unsharp; copies with a clean, sharp print exist but are uncommon.

  • 52 cards
  • 51 names
  • 4 in stock
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Set facts

Cards
52
Numbering
Unnumbered
Printing
Color
Publisher
Nyfo / TREAB
Good to know
  • No numbers.
  • Unnumbered.
More about this set

About the set

  • Issued in 1958 as "Jazzbilder". 52 cards with no numbers.
  • Music artists only, most of them from jazz.
  • Made in several issues. The wrappers name both Nyfo and TREAB as the maker.
  • Sold ten cards to a pack. Wrappers include a yellow one reading "10 VÄRLDSBERÖMDA FILMSTJÄRNOR i glansbilder" (TREAB seal and "PN 39" on the back) and a red and black one reading "10 VÄRLDSBERÖMDA JAZZSTJÄRNOR i glansbilder" ("30017" on the back).
  • A moderately hard set.

Variants and printings

  • Several issues. Cards with a clean, sharp print exist but are uncommon; the grainy print is the usual one.

How to recognise

  • Most cards look grainy and slightly unsharp.

Numbers to know

  • Bobby Hackett, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver and Simon Brehm are the hardest to find.

Related sets

Set history and notes in our own words, based on En värld av filmisar! by Bo Öfwerlund (Premium förlag, 2018), a collector's guide to the cards sold in Sweden 1950–1980.

52 cards

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