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Very popular among children since the 1960s, 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.
These very collectible items were sold in packs. Some of them are just cards, others are stickers that had to be pasted in albums: they used to be in the STICKERS page, it was more logical to move them here.
The home made 'Art Cards' and the print-on-demand items available on the Internet are not presented here.
Many of the early items on this page come from David Halpen's Trading Cards album. They are credited below as (David Halpen's). Visit his great webpage and enjoy the slide show.
Some images come from the Bob Dylan section of TCDb, the Trading Card Database.
These are not postcards, which have their special page.
This is an example of albums that were used to present the stickers collections ('Show Top Stars Music', Bergmann, Germany. 48 pages with spaces for 270 stickers):
Below: 1964-1967, the same image was used in several French series (David Halpen's):
1966, Monty Gum 'Beat Group' (David Halpen's) |
1966, Monty Gum 'Beat Group' |
1967 'Personality Poster' Card. (David Halpen's) |
1969 'Heinerle Star Parade'. (David Halpen's) |
late 1960s (?), Greece, Melo #48 |
same, back |
1970, UK, Lyons Maid 'Pop Star', #32 M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
1970, Germany, Hitschler gum wrapper |
1970, Germany, Hitschler gum wrapper |
1970, Germany, Bergman-Verlag 'Show Top Stars'
Bob Dylan, really?
1971 Schlager 'Star Parade' #102. (David Halpen's) |
1972, Italy, Panini 'Cantanti', blue or red back, (sticker). (David Halpen's) |
1972, Italy, Panini 'Cantanti', red back. M. Schlee Collection |
1972, Israel, 'World Pop And Film' set, 6.7 x 9.2 cm (2.5 x 3.6 inches).
1972, Holland, Monty Gum 'Hit Parade'. (David Halpen's) |
1972, Holland, Monty Gum 'Pop Stars' M. Schlee Collection |
1973, Italy, Panini 'VIP' #154, front and back
1974 Kras Gum Zvijezde Mikrofona. (David Halpen's) |
1974, Holland, 'Dandy serie P' #31. (David Halpen's) |
1974 Monty Gum 'Stars' (sticker). (David Halpen's) |
1974 Panini, 'Picture Pop' #72 (sticker). Collection M. Schlee |
same, back |
1975 DŽUBOKS magazine, 'Pop Parada' #72 (sticker) |
same, back |
1975, Italy-Germany, Panini 'Pop Stars' #25 (sticker), front and back. Collection M. Schlee
1975, Monty Gum 'Hobby'. (David Halpen's) |
same, alternate colour |
same, alternate colour |
1975, Holland, Samlarsaker, 'Popbilder' gum card #595, 7 cm x 4,5 cm |
1975, France, TINTIN, 'Popcard', 14 cm x 10,5 cm |
1975, France, TINTIN, 'Popcard', back. We learn here that Bob Dylan recorded his first album in 1971, and that during his UK tour, he was backed by The Byrds. |
1978, Spain, 'Fabulosos' #61 |
1978, Spain, 'Fabulosos', back |
1978 Edis 'Super Star Jean's' (sticker) |
1978, Rockards M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
1978, Spain, 'Album de Cromos' Printed on thin paper, it probably had to be cut out and glued into an album. M. Schlee Collection |
same, back. |
1980, Spain, 'Pop festival' #169, (sticker) |
same, back |
1980, Venezuela 'Pop festival' #169, (sticker) |
1980s, Holland, Z122, Samlarsaker Collection M. Schlee |
1980s, Yugoslavia, Pliva Zagreb (sticker, front and back)
Collection M. Schlee
1980, Italy, 'TV Sorrisi e Canzoni', Panini, #52, (sticker) |
same, back |
1981, Italy (sticker) ADAMO MAGAZINE, Sticker book della Canzone Top 100 Thank you to Jürgen Wasser |
same, back |
1982, Spain, 'Show de Estrellas' #69 Collection M. Schlee |
same, back |
1983, Germany, 'Super Stars', Hanuta Bild #18 |
1983, Germany, (sticker) 'Duplo Super Star' #18 |
same, back |
1984, Spain, 'Super Exito' #193 (David Halpen's)
1984, Spain, Ediciones Eyder 'Super Musical' #32. (David Halpen's) and Collection M. Schlee
1985, Italy, 'Tutto Musica e Spettacolo' (sticker) |
same, Panini, 'Tutto', came attached with other artists: Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Toto, Elton John, Scialpi |
1986 calendar, Portugal, H-P Bushoff Collection This is not really a Trading Card, but more a publicity calendar with Bob's image on the back, offered by an agricultural machines seller. But may be there were others with another image on the back, so it would become a Trading Card... |
same, back |
1987, Panini 'Smash Hits' #46 (sticker). Collection M. Schlee |
same, back. |
1987, Spain, (sticker) Caricaturas Pop Music Stars #15 of a set of 30. Found on the Internet by Jürgen Wasser. |
1987, Italy, Panini 'The Smash Hits' #42, 43, 44 and 45, jigsaw puzzle 4-card set 'Bob Dylan & Tom Petty' (sticker) Collection M. Schlee. |
same, back |
1987, Italy, Rock Collection, (sticker) Collection M. Schlee |
same, back |
1987, Hungary, Figurina Album 'Ki Van Pop Tarisznyàban' (sticker) |
1987, Italy, EDIS 'Rock stickers and you' #27 (sticker) |
1987, Italy, EDIS 'Rock stickers and you' #74 (sticker) |
same, back. M. Schlee Collection |
Below: 1988, USA, part "The Story of America Grolier" seies: Grolier "The 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.
#36.19 Bob Dylan |
same, back |
#122.18 The 1998 Grammy Awards |
same, back |
1990, Brazil, part of the book 'Rock Attack' (sticker) M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
1991, Rock Street! series #4 M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
#4 Robert and Sara 1975, JK91 |
#2, 1966, JK91, back |
#5, 1977-78, JK90 |
#4, Robert and Sara 1975, JK91 |
1993, USA, part of the 90-card set 'Lost Worlds by William Stout', # 65. Dylan in Australia H-P Bushoff Collection |
same, back |
2006, part of Dutch Gum Serie R Set |
2011, USA, given away at the 17 August concert in Philadelphia M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
2016, USA, given away at the 13 July concert in Philadelphia. Peter Koehler collection. |
same, back |
USA, 2016, 'Garbage Pail Kids American Icon Sticker': 'Broken Bob' |
same, back |
USA, 2016, 'Garbage Pail Kids American Icon Sticker': 'Dentures Bob' |
same, back |
USA, 2018, 'Gummy Art' #28 Read more about this series here. |
USA, 'Gummy Art' back |
USA, 2023, 'Gummy Art' #39 M. Schlee Collection. [10/23] |
#71, negative (design #1, partial) |
5/5, negative (design #2) |
back (same text on all) |
unknown date, Germany, 'Das Biographische Quartett' H-P Bushoff Collection |
same, back |
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unknown date, Italy, #17, from the RARO! magazine |
unknown date, 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 |
unknown date, UK, 'Legends Of Rock' Good Times Creations |
same, back |
unknown date, 'Oracle Words and Advice Single', large size: 3 1/2" x 5", 8,9 cm x 12,5 cm |
Below: unknown date, 'Pop Stars 60s' #6, front and back.
We learn a lot here: Dylan was born in "Monnesota", he is famous for his jazz style, one of his hits was Rainy Day "Woman", and Like A Rolling Stone was "ironically" voted by ROLLING STONE Magazine as the greatest song of all times, and also he released 95 singles and 90 albums.
For sure the author of the text knew his subject!
Warning: The four nice cards below, Candela, Torpedo, Rustica and Banty Red are not 'official' commercial cards (although they are made to look so), but novelty items sold on the Internet: Millhouse Tobacco Products and Banty Red Tobacco & Ale do not exist. (Information M. Schlee)
"Candela #139". M. Schlee Collection |
same, back |
"Torpedo #146" |
"Rustica #136" |
USA, 'Banty Red' |
same, back |
Below: Traveling Wilburys, set of 10 cards from Spain. Thank you to Jürgen Wasser.
These very beautiful cards are available from Artwords.net; visit their site for more details: [0824]
'WHAT WAS HE THINKING?' 2023. This quite original deck shows Bob Dylan, always seen from behind, at various moments of his life, with the question: "What was he thinking?"
Thank you to Ulrike Schrader and Jürgen Wasser. [0824]
THE LYRICS IMAGES (Artwords.net):
Bob Dylan & The Rainy Day Women |
Bob Dylan The Morning After Going Electric |