Also known as R305, Tattoo Orbit cards were released by a subsidiary
of
Wrigley's Chewing Gum and feature a somewhat garish design. The R305 is
one of the tougher and still overlooked issues from the gum era, despite
its fanciful name and impressive amount of Hall of Famers among its 60
cards. Tattoo Orbits do not come up all that
often which is a real shame as the colorful, almost cartoony images are
quite pleasing.
Hall of Famer Connie Mack is the subject of this example which is
centered very nicely on the canvas, save for some minor diamond cutting which leaves the top left corner just a hair higher than the right. Mack is dressed in his famous suit and hat in the
foreground of the image, while a colorful baseball field and a
bright red sky behind it makes up the background. Corners and edges are
consistent with the grade, while some light soiling - particularly
evident on the reverse - keeps this one from grading even higher than it
already has.
SGC has only ever graded 38 total
examples of this R305 Tattoo Orbit, with only nineteen receiving a higher
grade than the VG 3 offered here of Hall of Famer Connie Mack.