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 Burleigh Grimes is the subject of this example which is
centered just slightly south on the canvas. Grimes holds his glove in front of his face to prepare to throw his famous spitball 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 23 total
examples of this R305 Tattoo Orbit, with only fifteen receiving a higher
grade than the VG 3 offered here of Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes.