I'm drinking coffee and eating a donut as I write this post....somewhat apropos given today's topic. Has anyone ever heard of the Dunkin Company? Not Dunkin' Donuts, but the card company....it appears to be a European company. This is a company and set I know very little about, but apparently in 1979 Dunkin make an 88-card Martial Arts set that included one sumo wrestling card. This set features martial arts from around the world which is why sumo wrestling is part of the set. On the back it says the cards were "Printed in Spain" and is written in three languages: English, French, and German. Here is what it has written in English to explain sumo:
Sumo is a paragon of Japanese martial arts, and can be considered as Japan's national sport. Its participants are trained from the time they are children and devote their entire lives to training. It is also a form of "bare combat".
The #11 Sumo card is a generic drawing of two wrestlers engaging in a bout and are die cut around the outline of a Japanese Torii Gate. A quick search of the internet yields a few more photos of this set, but it does appear pretty hard to come across with a few recent auctions.
Anyone else have any additional information on this 1979 set?
Have a great week everyone!
