BOB DYLAN TRADING CARDS

   Very popular among children since the1960's, the trading cards are now quite rare and sought after by collectors. They were manufactured by Panini, the reference in trading cards, but also by various commercial firms which wanted to fidelize their customers with series in various domains (sports, cinema, music...).
   Of course the image of Bob Dylan was often used through the years on these cards.
   Many of the early items presented here come from David Halpen's Trading Cards album. They are noted below as (David Halpen's). Visit his great webpage and enjoy the slide show.

1960's, Spain. (David Halpen's)

Below: The same image was used in several series, mostly in France: (David Halpen's)

L'Age D'Or des Idoles, 1964	Corvisart Epinal, 1966	Milliat Frères, 1966
L'Amiénoise Biscottes, 1966	Samo Chips Publistar, 1966-1967 -small	same, large
Publistar Postcard, 1966-1967
Monty Gum 'Beat Group', 1966. (David Halpen's)(1)	Monty Gum 'Beat Group', 1966 (2)	1966 Cartolina. (David Halpen's)

1966-1968 Swedish Popbilder.

1967 Personality Poster Card. (David Halpen's)	1969 Heinerle Star Parade. (David Halpen's)
Greece, late 1960s (?), front	same, back [0521]
UK, 1970. Lyons Maid Pop Star series, #32, front	same, back
1970 Hitschler gum wrapper	1970 Hitschler gum wrapper

1971 Schlager 'Star Parade' #102. (David Halpen's)

1972 Monty Gum 'Hit Parade'. (David Halpen's)

1972 Panini 'Cantanti'. (David Halpen's)

Israel, 1972, 'World Pop And Film' set, 6.7 x 9.2 cm (2.5 x 3.6 inches).

Italy, 1973, Panini 'VIP' #154

1974 Kras Gum Zvijezde Mikrofona. (David Halpen's)	Holland, 1974 'Dandy serie P' #31. (David Halpen's)	1974 Monty Gum 'Stars'. (David Halpen's)
1974 Panini, 'Picture Pop'. (David Halpen's)	1975 Džuboks 'Pop Parada' #72, front	same, back

1975, Panini 'Pop Stars' #7, 'Pop Stars'

1975, Monty Gum 'Hobby'. (David Halpen's)	same, alternate colour	same, alternate colour
1975 Suede/Holland 'Popbilder' gum card, 7 cm x 4,5 cm	France, 1975, Tintin, 'Popcard', 14 cm x 10,5 cm	Spain, 1978, 'Fabulosos', 3/4" x 2 1/2"
Spain 1980, Pop festival #169, front	same, back	Venezuela 1980, Pop festival #169
Spain, 1982. 'Show de Estrellas', 2 1/8" x 3". The back is numbered with text in Spanish

Spain, 1984 'Super Excito'. (David Halpen's)

Spain, 1984, 'Super Musical'. (David Halpen's)

bob dylan 1985, Italy, Tutto 'Musica e Spettacolo'

1985, Italy, Tutto 'Musica e Spettacolo'. (David Halpen's)

1987, Panini 4-card set 'Bob Dylan and Tom Petty'. (David Halpen's)

1987, Panini 'Smash Hits'. (David Halpen's)	Canada 1990's, from a Board Game	1990's, from a Hasbros game
1993, from a set of 8 Pop-cards by Peter Pollmann	Germany 1997; approximately 2 9/16" x 3 15/16".	same, the back features five trivia questions along with a choice of answers, with the correct(?) answers in boldface script

Below: USA, 1988 "The Story of America Grolier" trading cards: Grolier Story of America cards were released in decks of 20 cards from 1994 to 2001. This was a subscription card set, which meant you had to remit payment to the company each month to continue your collection. The cards were never available as a retail set, only as a subscription during their original print run. About 4 cm X 6 cm.

bob dylan 1998 Grammy Awards trading cards grolier

front back
USA, given away at the concert in Philadelphia, 13 July 2016. Thank you to Peter Koehler for the scans.

Italy, #17, from the RARO! magazine	#4, Rock Street! series
Made in Holland, no information	same, back
Set of 20 trading cards, each one showing a Bob Dylan concert poster.	same, back. Could also be on the 'Jigsaw Puzzles' page, as the back of the cards, when correctly assembled, shows a Bob Dylan photography
Folk - Country, front, no information	same, back	Oracle Words and Advice Single Oversized Tarot/Card; 3 1/2" x 5", 8,9 cm x 12,5cm
Torpedo #146, no information	Rustica #136, no information
no information	no information
UK, 'Legends Of Rock' Good Times Creations	back [0721]
Pop Stars, #6 [0721]	back -Born in "Monnesota"

Germany, 'Super Stars', Hanuta Bild #18 [0721]