tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42745766361303064532024-03-09T18:46:36.519-08:00FOR LOVE of THE CARDS<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>A place for me to pontificate on vintage baseball cards, baseball memorabilia, ephemera, the hobby in general and pretty much anything else that strikes me.Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-40401530239074504732023-09-22T19:10:00.003-07:002023-09-22T19:10:26.289-07:00Recent Pick Ups<p> <b>Three great new pickups for me recently.</b></p><p>As some of you already know, I collect certain stamped back T206s. These purple number back stamps rarely seem to show up and when they do, I always try to get them. Well, a fellow collector recently reached out to me because he was selling off some of his stamped cards. He had a couple of the purple number stamps and he knew I collected these specific stamps. </p><p>We came together on price and I landed these two beauties.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4hCkNf7XLPs1Q0epO2rDTD8tix5NER08YXZKzn8UNzOt61N8FQIquMmcHPa5RT_ELM7lliha8qL_JkvLC38Mt1mA9utbb7JfQzn7a3TbLVILcHetrSKcBbdGo6Np0bZlNPXc5x7TO2hpWC5bW4EzAEiPRomvoSn7wqcI5_8JSyY_6bAGayyz5mJqVnE/s638/T206%20Abbaticcio%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="638" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4hCkNf7XLPs1Q0epO2rDTD8tix5NER08YXZKzn8UNzOt61N8FQIquMmcHPa5RT_ELM7lliha8qL_JkvLC38Mt1mA9utbb7JfQzn7a3TbLVILcHetrSKcBbdGo6Np0bZlNPXc5x7TO2hpWC5bW4EzAEiPRomvoSn7wqcI5_8JSyY_6bAGayyz5mJqVnE/w443-h388/T206%20Abbaticcio%20Front.Back.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEedXhKQPNilW4fP7VeP9Ek3r3BKnYHJTOiSofVK3Ps3-8bah-5p4-EiTITIeSe1UdhY8jiXKQYbqKGKNpGhcEVQNn0mml0F5D0bmNlyQ6T214ZalEY6JcGz2PHOXjTyqKRgxT3VcAIXtPi0YXLHyOTvS2Iur2J3htGAxWAguoqWH9EIKPfAvXpeNBFc/s664/T206%20Moriarty%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="664" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEedXhKQPNilW4fP7VeP9Ek3r3BKnYHJTOiSofVK3Ps3-8bah-5p4-EiTITIeSe1UdhY8jiXKQYbqKGKNpGhcEVQNn0mml0F5D0bmNlyQ6T214ZalEY6JcGz2PHOXjTyqKRgxT3VcAIXtPi0YXLHyOTvS2Iur2J3htGAxWAguoqWH9EIKPfAvXpeNBFc/w446-h387/T206%20Moriarty%20Front.Back.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These stamps are usually accompanied by pencil writing on them including other numbers and scribbles. I have no idea what the numbers mean and have never been able to decipher any patterns with them. <div><br /></div><div>I don't know what the writing means in relation to the purple numbers either. I just assume the numbers are the order in which they were acquired by the collector that stamped them way back when. They are not stamped in alphabetical order so they aren't organized that way. </div><div><br /></div><div>The highest number I've seen so far is 122. I have no idea how high the stamps go other than that.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other pick up is this W565 panel of Schwartz and Stribling. I needed the Stribling for my set, but there is no way I'm cutting this panel apart just to have a single of him. This will remain a nicely cut panel.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4Y88FM-dSZSL0nZkSauSFzaWmcn4W_-R2G5PcLMiTbNywjiEpyez6Gb4Fx2BxLkxvLv7ArkZq6leoWFz3Qt3ooxaAaJbpm_JCmn-d7H8H7jio-7sWpRKc336Hm6-6yR41H0xKsWfLaKPSYJk6-VHLdEw125Nsqgkhep4w7E2OxHv4iiSbf7NSuN7rCk/s1126/W565%20Schwartz.Stribling%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="701" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4Y88FM-dSZSL0nZkSauSFzaWmcn4W_-R2G5PcLMiTbNywjiEpyez6Gb4Fx2BxLkxvLv7ArkZq6leoWFz3Qt3ooxaAaJbpm_JCmn-d7H8H7jio-7sWpRKc336Hm6-6yR41H0xKsWfLaKPSYJk6-VHLdEw125Nsqgkhep4w7E2OxHv4iiSbf7NSuN7rCk/w391-h628/W565%20Schwartz.Stribling%20Front.Back.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>I wrote about this set recently <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/2023/07/1928-w565-strip-card-set.html" target="_blank">here</a>. There are only five boxers in the set and I am now missing just the Benny Leonard for completion of the boxers. They don't show up that often, but I'll find my Leonard for a fair price someday. I was pretty excited to have gotten this panel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one!<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-27155800176255494222023-09-17T15:24:00.000-07:002023-09-17T15:24:12.999-07:001910 E-Unc Diamond Border Set<p> <b>I believe I've posted about some of these cards in the past, but here we go...</b></p><p>This is another one of my favorite sets from the 1910 era. Very little is known about these cards so I, of course, don't have much to add to the knowledge that is already available. </p><p>These are paper thin "cards" that have been catalogued as E-Unc. A generic term which means that they are believed to be associated with candy distribution somehow (hence the E designation) and are uncatalogued (hence the Unc.). </p><p>There is a small checklist of known players, six in total, all Hall of Famers. They are:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Cobb</li><li>Collins</li><li>Evers</li><li>Mathewson</li><li>Wagner</li><li>Young</li></ol><div>That checklist is one I found from many years ago and I am not sure if any others have been found since then. </div><div><br /></div><div>They are found is three different levels of being cut from whatever they were cut from. Yes, they are hand cut as well. They are either cut down to the size of a standard caramel card, cut out with a diamond shape behind the card, or cut into almost a square with the card in the middle, the diamond shape and the full background with four baseballs in each corner. </div><div><br /></div><div>These interesting cards are either printed in a red or blue tint with off-white backgrounds. It is believed (I don't know if it has been proven) that all cards are found in both colors.</div><div><br /></div><div>Images are easily found online, except for the Collins, which I have not found to date.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the cards, in varying completeness, in alphabetical order.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6bwTDxHIlM6I6uLh8PHuHJkSOjw8oCtjPeIikCW1Fqv6spEDcXJag0JmN_gbME6A91soGrWQhFGW6ygJOuZv_hjsP5UVGUn8HnQf1Bgm7AcpxUzTlGdSPJgm4dUcnoctRhk9Kc3wUzRbBsjFu1y7EuYD-fyB8r4XUAHV9RoqMY8KhMfaXVm5N1vh_cI/s649/1910%20E-Unc%20Ty%20Cobb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="401" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6bwTDxHIlM6I6uLh8PHuHJkSOjw8oCtjPeIikCW1Fqv6spEDcXJag0JmN_gbME6A91soGrWQhFGW6ygJOuZv_hjsP5UVGUn8HnQf1Bgm7AcpxUzTlGdSPJgm4dUcnoctRhk9Kc3wUzRbBsjFu1y7EuYD-fyB8r4XUAHV9RoqMY8KhMfaXVm5N1vh_cI/w405-h655/1910%20E-Unc%20Ty%20Cobb.jpg" width="405" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ty Cobb w/ diamond background.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBWirFsLbVudu9FKW_ZB2HYfpYRpXkQALErM5gM4PR_X-g2yECACPM6IUrWKBvlc6pIVEnQ-ckjtOy1QJ2WCgRrT6sBP11jaXMTrmwpiamrNOK8JANlhkF63Lwi2AwqA219S5vqvXwDEpS_gMSApIQutd5zPFAPbB1cCFRgYBGWBMhdItpnItEZalx78/s387/1910%20E-Unc%20Evers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="208" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBWirFsLbVudu9FKW_ZB2HYfpYRpXkQALErM5gM4PR_X-g2yECACPM6IUrWKBvlc6pIVEnQ-ckjtOy1QJ2WCgRrT6sBP11jaXMTrmwpiamrNOK8JANlhkF63Lwi2AwqA219S5vqvXwDEpS_gMSApIQutd5zPFAPbB1cCFRgYBGWBMhdItpnItEZalx78/w227-h422/1910%20E-Unc%20Evers.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Johnny Evers cut down to card size.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ1uhzgLWdXrvyRpQIuGS8oc5xeol31cbNLa7KWtzXFseT0FeaOheS1WmrGw7grSGiJdJCaSIBysQQOsMgk9DDPxDogc-bWgXNYWjkbhHVgRiKxqOOkUTdH4QN4H_tVWD1WoP_CjFsXH1shJ9k9y8wp5OVxKYD2Vdnu-S9QBVZIJFG_WemzCStseIsKw/s1600/1910%20E-Unc%20Christy%20Mathewson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="986" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ1uhzgLWdXrvyRpQIuGS8oc5xeol31cbNLa7KWtzXFseT0FeaOheS1WmrGw7grSGiJdJCaSIBysQQOsMgk9DDPxDogc-bWgXNYWjkbhHVgRiKxqOOkUTdH4QN4H_tVWD1WoP_CjFsXH1shJ9k9y8wp5OVxKYD2Vdnu-S9QBVZIJFG_WemzCStseIsKw/w366-h594/1910%20E-Unc%20Christy%20Mathewson.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christy Mathewson w/ diamond background.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOoR0wu2UOr27EXAUT2WBNvkP8d9qUCX5cqiVt2dmvQzDVGPpeOpt37TehoyXSznFjfk7frxJRUZ-OINgVj2VtKjLdFRpEyAtI8jH2Dh2gFiBmHHgd3Rj1coAlwOKwD9hzKkd5GqSKmz2VH37FP3J36MbgIFIDUY6clXS8LaOMbq6_5y7cxYREpudZ-A/s1800/1910%20E-Unc%20Wagner%20no%20Diamond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1115" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOoR0wu2UOr27EXAUT2WBNvkP8d9qUCX5cqiVt2dmvQzDVGPpeOpt37TehoyXSznFjfk7frxJRUZ-OINgVj2VtKjLdFRpEyAtI8jH2Dh2gFiBmHHgd3Rj1coAlwOKwD9hzKkd5GqSKmz2VH37FP3J36MbgIFIDUY6clXS8LaOMbq6_5y7cxYREpudZ-A/w365-h590/1910%20E-Unc%20Wagner%20no%20Diamond.jpg" width="365" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Honus Wagner cut down to card size.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRl_mXCPHAnIX8mYMM4CjraziANEuNzYx4zQUTe2EkEP6S38e0UWi6acL7HX2WEPF81OjKo2YocpaGlOhuMXW6Z6lcvNRzgzc5DUh_usskm58t8KOl8PLv714mVO7mNUTMOjzsUG1wGcijxRXIBNPLcdQafUwn_S9bopiy03enWJmDsq-eDSl7FE6FnDY/s387/1910%20E-Unc%20Cy%20Young.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="205" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRl_mXCPHAnIX8mYMM4CjraziANEuNzYx4zQUTe2EkEP6S38e0UWi6acL7HX2WEPF81OjKo2YocpaGlOhuMXW6Z6lcvNRzgzc5DUh_usskm58t8KOl8PLv714mVO7mNUTMOjzsUG1wGcijxRXIBNPLcdQafUwn_S9bopiy03enWJmDsq-eDSl7FE6FnDY/w239-h450/1910%20E-Unc%20Cy%20Young.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cy (Irv) Young cut down to card size.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Notice that all the poses are either that of the subjects' E93 or E98 card except for that of Cy Young, which is his E97 pose. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also note that the person pictured on the Cy Young card is that of Irv Young and <u><b>not</b></u> Cy. I point this out because I hate when Cy Young cards picturing Irv Young are considered Cy Young cards in the hobby. These cards should not be considered Cy Young cards in my opinion. But that's a post for another day I suppose. </div><div><br /></div><div>I did mention that there is a third level of being cut from whatever these cards were cut from and that third level is that of having the full background with four baseballs in the corners. Here is an image of the Mathewson with this cut.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNWGnAyiHhm7eQc8z1eKaufx92cYoMe9iMZvnJa-4AqtC_pzjav80qZsiAJ7Zq7K7FNTVIeaHFXbcQQk0cdzBEIHDPLa2JTpFhfNWluQP2ruYtSmVGn-7bqTNYXfXgpopMkVTHNPp2rpR28K3H-Web_Npqfz3qonTtGDBzbV4Qfm5WMtPHy6WsP5xfnY/s1800/1910%20E-Unc%20Christy%20Mathewson%20Full%20Card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1122" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNWGnAyiHhm7eQc8z1eKaufx92cYoMe9iMZvnJa-4AqtC_pzjav80qZsiAJ7Zq7K7FNTVIeaHFXbcQQk0cdzBEIHDPLa2JTpFhfNWluQP2ruYtSmVGn-7bqTNYXfXgpopMkVTHNPp2rpR28K3H-Web_Npqfz3qonTtGDBzbV4Qfm5WMtPHy6WsP5xfnY/w362-h584/1910%20E-Unc%20Christy%20Mathewson%20Full%20Card.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This is the inspiration for this post. I found this image recently and found it fantastic in it's completeness. </div><div><br /></div><div>It has been speculated that these were actually cut from notebooks. This image tells us that there was a bit more to the source of the cards than just the card and the diamond background. This card does not have borders on it, so it very well could have been cut from something even larger and a notebook cover would not be out of the question. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'd love to see a notebook with these "cards" on the cover, uncut, to finally answer the question of where they came from. </div><div><br /></div><div>Let me know if you've ever seen a Collins from this set, or any subject not listed above. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-84451482684096297652023-07-08T15:12:00.000-07:002023-07-08T15:12:56.048-07:00Blown Away by Generosity<p> <b>A very good collector friend of mine recently sent me some cards.</b></p><p>He has sent me cards in the past, some very cool ones that I wouldn't have had a chance to get otherwise for a long time. I've traded with him and sent him cards to help him out too. That's what we do. That's one of the best parts of our hobby. Helping others with their needs.</p><p>I went to mailbox the other day and saw a small priority mail box in it. When I saw who it was from, I suspected he may have sent me a card that he showed me recently that I thought was cool. And to be honest, I was hoping he didn't send that card because it would've been too much. I couldn't repay him for that and would feel bad that he sent it.</p><p>Well, I got inside and sat down to open the package. When I saw it was some post war vintage I was relieved that it wasn't that card. I pulled the cards out and started to flip through them to see what I got. Below is an image of the contents of the package. I was more and more blown away the more I flipped through the cards. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3K1F6mV9iqGItU9zG9fsK74jgL82OhOeAKx2xpbClbbcwWOMLXLS3iBBba1jTURwOQWIZB32tWaFJlErLqdUT5peQVpbNyEC3GNIPyjVlZ1MpJ0C5CJUILYQDhtKnAjhVyEVzAQ7GgVPH8w76gy54Kz8_DHq4mnjlRq4BYgzVjW-AGMTaf_94jhnolkQ/s3024/1956%20and%201961%20Topps%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2684" data-original-width="3024" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3K1F6mV9iqGItU9zG9fsK74jgL82OhOeAKx2xpbClbbcwWOMLXLS3iBBba1jTURwOQWIZB32tWaFJlErLqdUT5peQVpbNyEC3GNIPyjVlZ1MpJ0C5CJUILYQDhtKnAjhVyEVzAQ7GgVPH8w76gy54Kz8_DHq4mnjlRq4BYgzVjW-AGMTaf_94jhnolkQ/w406-h361/1956%20and%201961%20Topps%20.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This guy is nuts! Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer. I saw the cards in order from top left to bottom right. When I got to the Marichal RC I couldn't believe it. Then the 1956s started and I saw Ford, Hodges, the Duke, then a friggin' Koufax! What?! Then I slid him out of the way and saw the Ted Williams and was floored. My jaw dropped and hit the floor. It's in such nice shape too. They all are. <div><br /></div><div>I called him the next day to thank him and chat about cards in general. I couldn't express my thanks enough. This is something that the hobby needs more of guys. I can't repay him for these cards and he knows it. But he doesn't care about getting anything in return. He is just happy to have helped me in this way and to see my excitement. So I'll pay it forward on my end and help some of my other hobby friends or some random collector I meet online somewhere. I'll send cards out to others who need them if I have them. It's like hobby Karma. What goes around comes around. It's generosity. It's kindness. It's helping others. Not expecting something in return, but just to help. Just to pass it forward. Try it and see how it feels to give someone something they need out of the blue. It's a great feeling.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-26306665301980492932023-07-04T14:47:00.001-07:002023-07-04T14:47:36.484-07:00Red Sun and Cabinet Photos<p> <b>I recently picked up a 1910 T226 Red Sun boxer and a couple of c. 1910 baseball cabinet photos.</b></p><p>The T226 Red Sun boxing set is a rare set of 50 cards that show up infrequently. I was lucky to happen across one for sale recently and pulled the trigger rather quickly to add this type card to my collection. </p><p>According to <a href="https://prewarcards.com/2016/12/07/1910-red-sun-pugilistic-subjects-set-and-checklist-t226/" target="_blank">PreWarCards.com</a> they were not widely distributed and were therefore not printed in large quantities resulting in their not being readily available today.</p><p>The set incudes Jack Johnson but the card that I would like the most from the set is the Abe Attell. Someday I will land that card. The one I did get is this Battling Nelson one. I'm not disappointed to have Nelson at all, I'm just saying that I also really want the Attell. I've added images of the Jack Johnson and Abe Attell below my Nelson.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqP9TEj_KfxAsGh9KpxMLR70FPwzhTmjlVbhZ9DQ5hJf_VBJAsa6hh9BlWH1bZYbyUDqeLpPLcLyIxl9vEEGZPsXNzIMyZmiEXh-EX7I5x9FoCGFotBylygayyBOx03msLagHXjVj2S6TpVb-qvQ4u_A24XvqcbSS8yGX_dmun6x1HhU1iZk79orZdFQ/s1157/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Battling%20Nelson%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1157" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqP9TEj_KfxAsGh9KpxMLR70FPwzhTmjlVbhZ9DQ5hJf_VBJAsa6hh9BlWH1bZYbyUDqeLpPLcLyIxl9vEEGZPsXNzIMyZmiEXh-EX7I5x9FoCGFotBylygayyBOx03msLagHXjVj2S6TpVb-qvQ4u_A24XvqcbSS8yGX_dmun6x1HhU1iZk79orZdFQ/w427-h278/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Battling%20Nelson%20Front.Back.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The card has a nice front with no creases and minimal edge wear to the olive border. The back is also clean which is a plus since the Red Sun back is an amazing looking back and collectors want to be able to see the Red Sun design nice and clearly. It also looks great in the black SGC slab, I think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbUcGoqISNbDNyWlOoT_QyzvxZDJBHLMAmUCPm8NMRKk2aSFwFX_EzaDf0jlL4L3UNN_5da0L6lkeLf4W5OK2b1xLVz7EPU8J_AjvWaRtyaOkVBRTlyzPbCM7x8aEnj3a6gX2ZNBXi5BVdhTj5s6Ds-pS-6d_r8pJpoCvxmTWgqd-PvZGyM_fhJbmi0Q/s578/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Jack%20Johnson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="360" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbUcGoqISNbDNyWlOoT_QyzvxZDJBHLMAmUCPm8NMRKk2aSFwFX_EzaDf0jlL4L3UNN_5da0L6lkeLf4W5OK2b1xLVz7EPU8J_AjvWaRtyaOkVBRTlyzPbCM7x8aEnj3a6gX2ZNBXi5BVdhTj5s6Ds-pS-6d_r8pJpoCvxmTWgqd-PvZGyM_fhJbmi0Q/w245-h394/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Jack%20Johnson.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE6eP04KKnkNXjwJ1mK8AiUr02eve5yc609fqY5yzvACYQysQADJLWMi87o8i_dn5ZQx_1H6iHrndJBlHM0VOhbdsqIskpM6DP-m-0XK7SqFTRvhgVmGImjgTkmB_3zGWs_B5XFAcAb-YSsvjgHhsT9Qyv34NRTpio-ZF-kfNYSWNyr0E72WG3Avte50/s355/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Abe%20Attell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="198" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE6eP04KKnkNXjwJ1mK8AiUr02eve5yc609fqY5yzvACYQysQADJLWMi87o8i_dn5ZQx_1H6iHrndJBlHM0VOhbdsqIskpM6DP-m-0XK7SqFTRvhgVmGImjgTkmB_3zGWs_B5XFAcAb-YSsvjgHhsT9Qyv34NRTpio-ZF-kfNYSWNyr0E72WG3Avte50/w247-h444/1910%20T226%20Red%20Sun%20Abe%20Attell.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other two items I picked up are these super cool c. 1910 era baseball cabinet photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GAeL1ZxHr092F3HljtibtcBrd0MSbQuPW1kBwU79Z-nVefOybJhttmdnqr6PeEEFALotpiU5PBJZxDa_dgZ5MKLRP_8TNbXWyfC1ORXA9qURz-dV7_Bw4NzO_cChEUKwe4WkCFkNQtFFwufVLWeKe6pqqlyJz2HvrpWD6MkDvDgm8ql5JCMdOxQ0Qyo/s711/1910%20Era%20Baseball%20Cabinet%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="603" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GAeL1ZxHr092F3HljtibtcBrd0MSbQuPW1kBwU79Z-nVefOybJhttmdnqr6PeEEFALotpiU5PBJZxDa_dgZ5MKLRP_8TNbXWyfC1ORXA9qURz-dV7_Bw4NzO_cChEUKwe4WkCFkNQtFFwufVLWeKe6pqqlyJz2HvrpWD6MkDvDgm8ql5JCMdOxQ0Qyo/w382-h451/1910%20Era%20Baseball%20Cabinet%2001.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZPQs-K0xijX5EsnHw1rz8nC14XnTZ8qnfd3tvtuEUuwzIGcjC4REOzI3tpVlrr4531lY5L2OeGes4Q2v45_Aj_opHkn3_e7op-ypVhCJK6Pd4Tf8rlXe2yVktPF_yVuSrFXdHUWzqzi_MM72_oYEFoUihwJrgLLjY0FJUnZvyoJdfksxdn4RJJ0Pp6Q/s718/1910%20Era%20Baseball%20Cabinet%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="597" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZPQs-K0xijX5EsnHw1rz8nC14XnTZ8qnfd3tvtuEUuwzIGcjC4REOzI3tpVlrr4531lY5L2OeGes4Q2v45_Aj_opHkn3_e7op-ypVhCJK6Pd4Tf8rlXe2yVktPF_yVuSrFXdHUWzqzi_MM72_oYEFoUihwJrgLLjY0FJUnZvyoJdfksxdn4RJJ0Pp6Q/w385-h463/1910%20Era%20Baseball%20Cabinet%2002.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While they are both a bit faded, you can clearly see the images of two baseball players in uniform with both wearing their glove on their left hand. The mounts are in great shape too which is always nice on an old cabinet photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I only have two other prewar era cabinet photos; one is a team picture and the other is of a Jersey City Skeeters player. The Skeeters cabinet mentions the player is at a training camp. It shows one player sanding up clearly wearing a Jersey City uniform while another player sits on a bench in front of him with a uniform that can't be identified.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ccBuwSP95K8e1oTJGzXQ7QRON2ETmtvGihGyr_VkNw-dtRSNad_LsO5ZZ983gwe6DIsAqWWFiA9xduZO2DhB7L5ykLfWcwA1jXeNRTKFQeY-gBRGtC681BuyTpFdaA3_uJ_eULPAJiecaSps7x9feFRItCXD-GxbaIPhCDgZvISaRNMzhKU0hKOcAjI/s400/Jersey%20City%20Skeeters%20Cabinet%20Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ccBuwSP95K8e1oTJGzXQ7QRON2ETmtvGihGyr_VkNw-dtRSNad_LsO5ZZ983gwe6DIsAqWWFiA9xduZO2DhB7L5ykLfWcwA1jXeNRTKFQeY-gBRGtC681BuyTpFdaA3_uJ_eULPAJiecaSps7x9feFRItCXD-GxbaIPhCDgZvISaRNMzhKU0hKOcAjI/w443-h333/Jersey%20City%20Skeeters%20Cabinet%20Photo.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the image on the Jersey City cabinet that is cropped to show just the photo. The mount is heavily damaged but the image is clean. The playing standing in the middle of the photo is wearing the Jersey City logo on his uniform. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy69EtEMHpnzjun8KmzwcstQ6GuIiNn5Nr9-q2rBcmCbWcPMoqkYrrVcOKTctH_ipYnfrtCK6dybuU1OGc0nss92568L6Xg3TTjNGx__11foKWLM2zB63-D_cVhIXkd2runPSejT6qc9KDBWOu6BsAqKlUSFFqsh093kJlNznFmr5cAn5yOGPfRJak2uY/s1258/1900's%20Baseball%20Cabinet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1258" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy69EtEMHpnzjun8KmzwcstQ6GuIiNn5Nr9-q2rBcmCbWcPMoqkYrrVcOKTctH_ipYnfrtCK6dybuU1OGc0nss92568L6Xg3TTjNGx__11foKWLM2zB63-D_cVhIXkd2runPSejT6qc9KDBWOu6BsAqKlUSFFqsh093kJlNznFmr5cAn5yOGPfRJak2uY/w439-h360/1900's%20Baseball%20Cabinet.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the team photo cabinet that I have. It has a nice clean image and the mount has some damage, but it isn't too bad and doesn't affect the photo at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These two new photos will make great companions to those others that I already had when I finally have a place to display them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do you have any T226s or old prewar era cabinets? Do you like them? Let me know in the comments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-41900849301371060512023-07-01T17:33:00.001-07:002023-07-01T17:33:35.347-07:001928 W565 Strip Card Set<p> <b>I recently picked up three 1928 W565 Strip Cards of boxing subjects.</b></p><p>The W565 set is a set of 50 subjects with fronts printed in either red or black with blank backs that are dark blue in color. They are smaller than your average strip card at only 1" by 2" and were printed on sheets of 25 with five rows of five cards each.</p><p>There was one sheet printed in red and one sheet printed in black. The black sheet includes the clubs and spades cards and the red sheet contains the hearts and diamonds.</p><p>The set includes a total of nine sports subjects with four baseball players (including Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Tony Lazzeri and Al Simmons) and five boxers. The rest of the subjects are mostly made up of actors and actresses with the great Charlie Chaplin being the key actor. Then there is a seemingly random inclusion of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as well. There are other subjects that make up the remaining cards in the set ranging from an aviator to a horse.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCtE8lyafLhXKf8eANhW-TPoLPTZ9KHQFyy8Sp_aXaPGG3OgTucqZSI6f6D0GfQ-pFi4lDacePbnqoF3S-g1O_G_PiTNIziImRNoDFfdORMNer4D8ZfwwL7JK8SX1vvXJpgFElO2F3Kq6Ikd_yQTEOg9SEnzw-NbSpwe-seu3uboI5Qd69qHxflGVvYk/s650/W565%20Gehrig_Chaplin_Oswald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="650" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCtE8lyafLhXKf8eANhW-TPoLPTZ9KHQFyy8Sp_aXaPGG3OgTucqZSI6f6D0GfQ-pFi4lDacePbnqoF3S-g1O_G_PiTNIziImRNoDFfdORMNer4D8ZfwwL7JK8SX1vvXJpgFElO2F3Kq6Ikd_yQTEOg9SEnzw-NbSpwe-seu3uboI5Qd69qHxflGVvYk/w453-h231/W565%20Gehrig_Chaplin_Oswald.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The actor and actress cards have playing card designs with each subject looking like a playing card with the image of the subject in the center of the card in a frame that is in the design of the suit of the card it is on. Benny Leonard, one of the boxers, is also printed on a playing card as the four of clubs on the black sheet. The other four boxers are not printed in a playing card design, they have an image of the boxer with his name and other info below the image.</p><p>W565 is not actually listed in the American Card Catalog (ACC) and the set name was not given to these cards by Jefferson Burdick, the author of the ACC and one of the, if not the most, important hobby pioneer in all of card collecting. </p><p>For those who are counting, there are obviously only 40 playing cards which means a collector cannot complete a full set of playing cards as they would need 52 different cards to do so. For some reason, the manufacturer of this set printed two cards twice with different subjects. Causing even more cards to be missing than 12. There are 14 missing cards to complete the full playing card deck. The breakdown of available cards is below as well as an image of the two sheets.</p><p>Clubs: (missing 3, 8, 10)</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ace</li><li>2</li><li>2 (w/ different subject)</li><li>4</li><li>5</li><li>6</li><li>7</li><li>9</li><li>Jack</li><li>Queen</li><li>King</li><li>King (w/ different subject)</li></ol><div>Spades: (missing 3, 7, 9, 10, King)</div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ace</li><li>2</li><li>4</li><li>5</li><li>6</li><li>8</li><li>Jack</li><li>Queen</li></ol><div>Hearts: (missing 3, 5, Queen)</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ace</li><li>2</li><li>4</li><li>6</li><li>7</li><li>8</li><li>9</li><li>10</li><li>Jack</li><li>King</li></ol><div>Diamonds: (missing Ace, 3, Jack)</div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>2</li><li>4</li><li>5</li><li>6</li><li>7</li><li>8</li><li>9</li><li>10</li><li>Queen</li><li>King</li></ol><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgHvdTAJwgHlMaNio5eE44ivBLyH109pbKSOvn1zmRPF3dcywS_pND--KwMplS6Y1DhBuC_a08m_HM974D1Du7vCOjQzxe8miFGmBEZ9-jbNAxtrkZd5dZK5HdyGDMQRekZf_9TOXEaZExofJhWH_G_3uvjCCEFt3lch4m7Tfe3VLffRFwgQbTg3oLG8/s968/W565%20sheets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="968" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgHvdTAJwgHlMaNio5eE44ivBLyH109pbKSOvn1zmRPF3dcywS_pND--KwMplS6Y1DhBuC_a08m_HM974D1Du7vCOjQzxe8miFGmBEZ9-jbNAxtrkZd5dZK5HdyGDMQRekZf_9TOXEaZExofJhWH_G_3uvjCCEFt3lch4m7Tfe3VLffRFwgQbTg3oLG8/w499-h369/W565%20sheets.jpg" width="499" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy of OldCardboard.com</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I recently picked up three of the five boxers and I'm searching for the other two. They don't seem to come up very often so it might take me a little while to find them, but that's the best part of the hobby isn't it? The hunt, the journey, the pursuit? </div></div><p></p><p>Here are the three I picked up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVBh01UZA1a6sJpIe_5W3pg8Og15KwH4kwisIle8pxzUyEpBq6CeSgN4AoGdtfTR8EvUMXOROviGFhSQHUXKsgEwcTiIymIBpifIECmzWh9aEM4-SLyC7qA4ZNJO8hDb7cKDqyiO2qDq16C2hvpmf1hO2K3ET-EVPrsitkqFEjMeguXKJMnwXUaPbdQg/s556/w565%20Ace%20Hudkins%20front.back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="556" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVBh01UZA1a6sJpIe_5W3pg8Og15KwH4kwisIle8pxzUyEpBq6CeSgN4AoGdtfTR8EvUMXOROviGFhSQHUXKsgEwcTiIymIBpifIECmzWh9aEM4-SLyC7qA4ZNJO8hDb7cKDqyiO2qDq16C2hvpmf1hO2K3ET-EVPrsitkqFEjMeguXKJMnwXUaPbdQg/w448-h380/w565%20Ace%20Hudkins%20front.back.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2JBn7gThVIzUOqhZ8lNWSpN0_6_Nv0FLNJz8A4DkXH6GhQlcPJ1DsBVqsHbf6w1YnfpcMY2Nl5r-R7kbz-m4EpsUX3Bl-7cAj5GGNAp_btc7yzky9q7lEufWikFNq-rkOb0cltOf8rzgloOMY5rHx__s0c2U3eKS2cY3g43OIPkA19_vWm3C1NQ_mKI/s529/w565%20Al%20Singer%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="529" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2JBn7gThVIzUOqhZ8lNWSpN0_6_Nv0FLNJz8A4DkXH6GhQlcPJ1DsBVqsHbf6w1YnfpcMY2Nl5r-R7kbz-m4EpsUX3Bl-7cAj5GGNAp_btc7yzky9q7lEufWikFNq-rkOb0cltOf8rzgloOMY5rHx__s0c2U3eKS2cY3g43OIPkA19_vWm3C1NQ_mKI/w451-h404/w565%20Al%20Singer%20Front.Back.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-9nwwW0nQojlHEWwlcSiI7qe00-AjPiHMziqDRq2kEQ7myDCszMcUaHrHRR5gSXEsm4EEus7gVMiLlZQM7Aa_f4Rrk92zYxSV8jbnzmm7YS2Vb4WC6eaKen4-nwRYfJl49QqDcGYwaqaSVW2mwuzGs26AhJKFweciYyzKtMbbMbP39SJhBma2mmjLIg/s701/W565%20Schwartz%20front.back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="701" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-9nwwW0nQojlHEWwlcSiI7qe00-AjPiHMziqDRq2kEQ7myDCszMcUaHrHRR5gSXEsm4EEus7gVMiLlZQM7Aa_f4Rrk92zYxSV8jbnzmm7YS2Vb4WC6eaKen4-nwRYfJl49QqDcGYwaqaSVW2mwuzGs26AhJKFweciYyzKtMbbMbP39SJhBma2mmjLIg/w451-h340/W565%20Schwartz%20front.back.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other two boxers that I need are Benny Leonard and Young Stribling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd love to have one of the baseball subjects but they are usually out of my price range. Especially the Lou Gehrig card. But I will be very happy to complete the five boxers subset of this issue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What do you all think about this set. Do you like them, do you collect them, do you not like them?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-15771058587046606712023-06-25T20:55:00.000-07:002023-06-25T20:55:50.853-07:00More Recent Pick Ups<p> <b>I recently picked up some more cards in the last Collect Auctions tobacco only auction.</b></p><p>Just three this time, but two that I needed and one that is a dupe and upgrade. This was an interesting auction as there were hundreds of lots that had multiple examples of the same card. In other words, there would be five or six lots of the same card, maybe in different grades but still the same card. This ended up being great for bidders but possibly not as good for consignors. </p><p>I originally bid on quite a few lots just to get my initial bids in so I would have the option of bidding during extended bidding, but was outbid on almost everything by the end. I ultimately ended up with these three winners.</p><p>First up is an upgrade of my T205 Barger Full B variation. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFr2IWedO9QidAxrdlfjGI9wdeVpYhGnG_8Ll5NRKvSAJuwOe4CFyEict6L3yGXnY6LQbCkqC3e764QVrUmJ8zym717wG87Dx5lBxgBRTFkcgdJzfwLs3zbPCnIPncu5Ohh1hPY3L4dzgp5dCxYBmVnxchMoI66l3XbAsUpv6FvJsqrZ4qgKIKtTnWws/s707/T205%20Barger%20Full%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="423" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFr2IWedO9QidAxrdlfjGI9wdeVpYhGnG_8Ll5NRKvSAJuwOe4CFyEict6L3yGXnY6LQbCkqC3e764QVrUmJ8zym717wG87Dx5lBxgBRTFkcgdJzfwLs3zbPCnIPncu5Ohh1hPY3L4dzgp5dCxYBmVnxchMoI66l3XbAsUpv6FvJsqrZ4qgKIKtTnWws/w292-h489/T205%20Barger%20Full%20B.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFfJnkMy8TloYJyWfrGcn6XWQQmQ3fmrvAp9z8zM2xJGWKB0wIfif2hT7sOUzvlGXuRoKi1jbmFN45gDLIfHYd0-YZMtK_ci9z0gcjvutWfeQWHIXuvTYUk0DV5bqkvKjATf0hhaFLnZxb3K5r00BP0SytaHhBVsGsKwUa0k4ApoyUKzi9D6H43i2B08/s705/T205%20Barger%20Full%20B%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="418" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFfJnkMy8TloYJyWfrGcn6XWQQmQ3fmrvAp9z8zM2xJGWKB0wIfif2hT7sOUzvlGXuRoKi1jbmFN45gDLIfHYd0-YZMtK_ci9z0gcjvutWfeQWHIXuvTYUk0DV5bqkvKjATf0hhaFLnZxb3K5r00BP0SytaHhBVsGsKwUa0k4ApoyUKzi9D6H43i2B08/w291-h488/T205%20Barger%20Full%20B%20back.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">This is a really nice PSA 1 example considering the back doesn't appear to have much, if any, damage and the front is clean as well. My only dilemma with this one is whether or not I should crack it. My other T205s are all raw and I'd like to keep them all that way. But it's also a dupe and my other one isn't really that bad. So I may just keep this one in the PSA 1 slab and consider the other one part of the set I'm working on. This one might be good for a trade down the line like it is.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The next one I picked up is a new one for my NY Giants team set. I'm considering the team set complete at 22 cards. This is the only variation that I'm doing for the team set. The Otis Crandall comes with the T in Otis either crossed or not crossed. Since this is a variation on the front of the card, and I will eventually display the team set by the fronts, I am considering it necessary for the team set. This is the T not crossed variation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_FgQYtoA7BeSRiZajyPz5MGaSGjwwVPldVMHaL_EKtbcfCTGNe4UBrhnjcK13ouz0U_LajoKDL9lk5M376QzBCggJq5ehLyGJjsf8T0VTOH_oG4_QRGAJyEU8bIAe4zyP0uS4wMDuhFL9fL8F2ShAQYjVsAEwwG0axjkTZ2YhmvZDBboN4zwxIVPT2I/s691/T205%20Crandall%20T%20not%20crossed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="408" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_FgQYtoA7BeSRiZajyPz5MGaSGjwwVPldVMHaL_EKtbcfCTGNe4UBrhnjcK13ouz0U_LajoKDL9lk5M376QzBCggJq5ehLyGJjsf8T0VTOH_oG4_QRGAJyEU8bIAe4zyP0uS4wMDuhFL9fL8F2ShAQYjVsAEwwG0axjkTZ2YhmvZDBboN4zwxIVPT2I/w295-h500/T205%20Crandall%20T%20not%20crossed.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvXT4p-wCUcA2hP37FrykKcwmRNnOK6_EdMdXoaOLixTwtj4jv43Pq-QyymsKXD7FI_UjTSNYNElatNrqKuGGH5tJ7TN24yDRHspVHtV1SW7J3gYoT7enMGWV_xR2YbZ4KSL1sIjfOWJ6Af7P5GYt4VBWJZjAYJeuf7sG9gAZeiCHFf4sMA34zPIiWB0/s695/T205%20Crandall%20T%20not%20crossed%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="411" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvXT4p-wCUcA2hP37FrykKcwmRNnOK6_EdMdXoaOLixTwtj4jv43Pq-QyymsKXD7FI_UjTSNYNElatNrqKuGGH5tJ7TN24yDRHspVHtV1SW7J3gYoT7enMGWV_xR2YbZ4KSL1sIjfOWJ6Af7P5GYt4VBWJZjAYJeuf7sG9gAZeiCHFf4sMA34zPIiWB0/w297-h501/T205%20Crandall%20T%20not%20crossed%20back.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I assume the reason for the Authentic grade is the major paper loss on the reverse, but I'm not sure. And, since I'm eventually displaying these from the front, I don't care about the paper loss on the back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a side note on the other variations, there is a variation on the reverse of the Arlie Latham card where it either identifies him as A Latham or WA Latham on the back. Also, the Christy Mathewson has a back variation where all the cards with the Cycle cigarettes ad on the back has his losses incorrectly noted as only 1 loss instead of 11. I'm not considering either of these two to be part of my team set when completed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the addition of this T not crossed Crandall, I am at 18 of the 22 needed. I am still missing Marquard, Mathewson, Merkle and Bugsy Raymond. The Marquard and Mathewson are the two HOFers and will cost me a little more, the Raymond is a short print that will cost me a bit more and the Merkle is an easy one that I just haven't picked up yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last card I picked up is this beauty. The T207 John Ferry. Why John Ferry you may be asking? Well, I collect Jersey City Skeeter prewar cards and this card talks about John's stint with the Skeeters in 1910 in the bio on the back. I know this is a little stretch to include in my Jersey City team collection, but there aren't that many Jersey City cards to begin with, so I'm including all I can get in my checklist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt_BKWhE-SbbQ0S89TO3_FupItsCk3eZcTkFVhv2W3GkCkX3R8f6KCzfrjWWqPIq45_ZHNnQUDUfY1IXipoxE5PIXc6KnVCU8TuzVyFgDqwxBc78qbd89Dq7_N3Y-bzqXXX2Yg3-nagKGiKc4v-L0sPLHtXtZv1-tnER_hvCcz79rMYPIaJC_9T2MV5U/s709/T207%20Ferry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="424" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt_BKWhE-SbbQ0S89TO3_FupItsCk3eZcTkFVhv2W3GkCkX3R8f6KCzfrjWWqPIq45_ZHNnQUDUfY1IXipoxE5PIXc6KnVCU8TuzVyFgDqwxBc78qbd89Dq7_N3Y-bzqXXX2Yg3-nagKGiKc4v-L0sPLHtXtZv1-tnER_hvCcz79rMYPIaJC_9T2MV5U/w292-h490/T207%20Ferry.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpmYTtkxTTafYjbLy_eqVW1gDavEzCZP4Ztb6vOsZBa__SMJFF6W0E3qRkutMoZiDtuRAi_k5wnvyQPNPIhokPE2_MVrj0IDvk4WXsURgbu0alz-IaNnHYhZEVB21iI1bUK0244ddO8JSGIpobh7rvEy3NK0N9xyJqji3cIwDA-WtTUJvkOFf8CK1gZw/s711/T207%20Ferry%20Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="423" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpmYTtkxTTafYjbLy_eqVW1gDavEzCZP4Ztb6vOsZBa__SMJFF6W0E3qRkutMoZiDtuRAi_k5wnvyQPNPIhokPE2_MVrj0IDvk4WXsURgbu0alz-IaNnHYhZEVB21iI1bUK0244ddO8JSGIpobh7rvEy3NK0N9xyJqji3cIwDA-WtTUJvkOFf8CK1gZw/w296-h497/T207%20Ferry%20Back.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaKhv7svgeUnO6kS3KfF-VT0UsZQLB7gZFT4EGZ_inZSL0Lu9ARIX5a75QxCpBUw1VEtEHxc9Pw5LJna8XMmx9_RlTu1hzhOhWmlLrrQzMUHcU7i8Da-FpEJxfbMcabXCnnW-jZ-8AOm54KzEgDNUOsHypq13v4t0R8Nar0VN2V_qt40dg880zVO7dmo/s360/T207%20Ferry%20no%20slab%20Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="199" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaKhv7svgeUnO6kS3KfF-VT0UsZQLB7gZFT4EGZ_inZSL0Lu9ARIX5a75QxCpBUw1VEtEHxc9Pw5LJna8XMmx9_RlTu1hzhOhWmlLrrQzMUHcU7i8Da-FpEJxfbMcabXCnnW-jZ-8AOm54KzEgDNUOsHypq13v4t0R8Nar0VN2V_qt40dg880zVO7dmo/w298-h538/T207%20Ferry%20no%20slab%20Back.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have my Jersey City team checklist in the right border of my blog with all the cards that I consider part of the team set listed. The ones I have are crossed out while the ones I still need are not. Some of those are 1 of 1's and I will likely never own them, but they are listed to keep the list complete. I mean, a T215 Pirate back? Really. Like I'll ever see that one let alone own it. Right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, those are some of my newer pick ups. I hope you enjoyed them. I know I do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-24624193227220759602023-04-15T15:00:00.000-07:002023-04-15T15:00:10.426-07:00New Auction Wins<p><b> I recently received my auction winnings from The Collector Connection March 2023 Auction. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><a href="https://thecollectorconnection.com/" target="_blank">The Collector Connection</a> is a great smaller auction house that specializes in lesser grade, lower priced cards and memorabilia. These types of auctions are perfect for me as I don't have the budget to compete with the bidders in a major auction house like <a href="https://robertedwardauctions.com/" target="_blank">Robert Edward Auctions</a> (REA). </p><p>Don't get me wrong, The Collector Connection has some great featured items in their offerings, but the majority of their auctions are more in my league so I really like checking out what they have to offer.</p><p>I was checking out the auction with only a few days left in the auction and I put a bunch of little lots in my watchlist. Then after going through the whole auction, I went back to my watchlist and chose a few lots to place bids on.</p><p>I then went on to something else and completely forgot about the auction until really late at night. I was still up around 1:00am so I grabbed my computer and checked the results of the auction. I found that I had won all four lots that I placed high bids on! Nice. I paid right after I received the invoice and waited for my winnings to arrive.</p><p>Then I forgot about them again. A couple of nights ago my family was watching some tv at night and there was a knock on our front door. We all looked at each other and said, "who would be coming to our door this late?". I got up from my chair and checked the door. There was nobody there. Then I looiked around the front porch and noticed a couple of small packages were left on our table we have on the porch. I brought them in and saw that one of them was for my wife, and the other one had a return address and name that I recognized.</p><p>It was the owner of The Collector Connection's name. Then, of course, I remembered that I was waiting for my auction winnings. The mailman had delivered the two packages to the wrong address, and one of my neighbors who had received them, brought them over to our house to deliver them to us.</p><p>Here is what I won in the auction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycN7-RYmN2g4s9Iu0WZnxTCgzYsmShcxcjdLHKoGcVqMzIgHE6UbiFPnQj263bpJla3j6YTGHBGZCCQRqdKEirTYv6t5mBUuWKPmICLGYZdglXRYA_lbhW6KUMXkb3LxDVU_-24H3PCqTOAtEH5Jl9QPUEpvcLj1LFFDuRPxuj-d7BnY4hxgBsfhx/s1280/Collector%20Connection%20Mar%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1260" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycN7-RYmN2g4s9Iu0WZnxTCgzYsmShcxcjdLHKoGcVqMzIgHE6UbiFPnQj263bpJla3j6YTGHBGZCCQRqdKEirTYv6t5mBUuWKPmICLGYZdglXRYA_lbhW6KUMXkb3LxDVU_-24H3PCqTOAtEH5Jl9QPUEpvcLj1LFFDuRPxuj-d7BnY4hxgBsfhx/w387-h393/Collector%20Connection%20Mar%2023.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I won a lot of five autographed 1980 Topps baseball cards. I'm very slowly accumulating signed 1980 Topps and building the set with signed cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also won a lot of two 1951 Topps Red Backs. I bid on these win a low bid and then thought to check my want list to see if I already had thenn or if I needed them. Turns out I already have both of them so these two are going into the dupes box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then I won two lots of 1970's Topps Football RCs. There a several vintage football card RCs that I have been wanting for some time now so when I saw these two for decent prices I bid on them. One is a 1973 Ken Stabler RC and the other is a 1975 Dan Fouts RC. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm watching and bidding on some lots in other auctions right now. I'll let you know how they go and if I win anything else, I'll post it here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-62985214294012245492023-03-26T20:28:00.000-07:002023-03-26T20:28:43.458-07:00Recent Pick Up<p> <b>I recently picked up another 1921 W516-1 Becker Prize Back example!</b></p><p>I try to pick these up whenever I see them as long as they are reasonably priced. I saw this one on eBay the other day and put a snipe on it. It was ending while I was going to be working so I couldn't watch it end and snipe it myself. </p><p>When I checked back the next night I saw I had won it and I was very excited to add another example to my collection. It's a dupe for me, but I'll pick these up no matter if I have it or not. </p><p>Here is the Doyle that I picked up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_o-_tTuO0jArgM1EpZ4YoNQz1c6DlCRIuzf3svlcld1C0sGZGLsQH3JPIWxeahBVNDgzwCTiVLHvXxEvI5bsUnPp5EEnXAW6F--PMklCtlR-BCY1ZAvQA5Afnu8Dk65mAjURfe8saHvjsvP2Rlcbb9WZrhf90AuTgvccd_6pXYdco9zw1AUDKaC1/s804/W516%20Doyle%20Becker%20Back%20Front.Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="804" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_o-_tTuO0jArgM1EpZ4YoNQz1c6DlCRIuzf3svlcld1C0sGZGLsQH3JPIWxeahBVNDgzwCTiVLHvXxEvI5bsUnPp5EEnXAW6F--PMklCtlR-BCY1ZAvQA5Afnu8Dk65mAjURfe8saHvjsvP2Rlcbb9WZrhf90AuTgvccd_6pXYdco9zw1AUDKaC1/w447-h364/W516%20Doyle%20Becker%20Back%20Front.Back.jpg" width="447" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you've never seen these cards before, the back reads,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Save your tablet fronts and win a prize</i></div></blockquote><blockquote><p><i>L.A. Becker</i></p></blockquote><p>I've always assumed that L.A. Becker was a teacher who would give these cards out to his/her students to remind them or some sort of game or something where they could win a prize for turning in their tablet fronts when they were done filling out their tablets in class.</p><p>Maybe they also turned these cards back into the teacher with their tablets. Maybe they got to keep them. Either way, how did they survive all these years? How many could have been made in total? I can only imagine there were not too many created by Becker. The cards came in 10 card strips to the teacher would have had to buy these from a store and cut them up and written the notes on the backs of each card. </p><p>And only one 10 card strip was used for these. All the known examples are from the same 10 card strip checklist. Here are the ones I have so far (less the two dupes).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q6hOmnlkT56MgyQMFgy70qX7qoo3X5btGqnRBpM81FfYzWBKyHF7ZU_6LGYNr7sLN6HdACTSLyDk9IfU91udXCUvzRYXfbFQMDhIgjWdcvhBJT3vlA_De7xUecb6IRqauKvDpqDI2kPv3bDnmcLD_u4PSIGq9690oqaLea6PSjDuwyJq2y3n7J5_/s1015/W516%20Becker%20Backs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1015" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q6hOmnlkT56MgyQMFgy70qX7qoo3X5btGqnRBpM81FfYzWBKyHF7ZU_6LGYNr7sLN6HdACTSLyDk9IfU91udXCUvzRYXfbFQMDhIgjWdcvhBJT3vlA_De7xUecb6IRqauKvDpqDI2kPv3bDnmcLD_u4PSIGq9690oqaLea6PSjDuwyJq2y3n7J5_/w462-h210/W516%20Becker%20Backs.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is an example of Peckinpaugh that has been confirmed but I have never seen one. And the last two players that were on the strip that have not been confirmed are Ring and Kauf. If you have one of those two with the Becker back please let me know. I would love to see them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get excited every time I see these. I know of one other collector who picks these up as well and he has like 25 or more of them so far. He has the Peckinpaugh and has also never seen the Ring or Kauf with this back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have any of these please contact me. If you want to sell or trade what you have I would be interested in chatting with you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What do you think about these cards? Do you like them too? Let me know guys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-80110617795160027562023-03-04T14:10:00.001-08:002023-03-04T14:10:52.842-08:00Recent Pick Ups<p> <b>Well, It's been a while since I posted anything. And I apologize for that guys. I've been extremely busy in life the last few months and my blog had to go on the back burner for a while.</b></p><p>So what have I been up to lately? I've been slowly picking up some things but mainly working on my low grade T205 set. I always liked the set, but it never really grabbed me until a few months ago. I started grabbing low grade commons of cards I liked.</p><p>What I really enjoy about them is the color, especially when they are all pictured together. I've put together the image below with some of my newer acquisitions.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGTza3HdWCAkQvvE7Kt5RL6K1PS7vfT9nveGfk7EQFSc3l5zZKOv4pFuSteZ0efzxLaPHNV2hv61ljKXh0zGtAD6IAB4bEfs7FDgagkRsGIah_2cQ81fmiu8wi48ket0m2RLs1-r5PPAB2hEKRgbtAs6PoVUjFZScqH_1jc0zuLnra4xO-_KBO01X/s2340/T205%20Group%20Jan%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2340" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGTza3HdWCAkQvvE7Kt5RL6K1PS7vfT9nveGfk7EQFSc3l5zZKOv4pFuSteZ0efzxLaPHNV2hv61ljKXh0zGtAD6IAB4bEfs7FDgagkRsGIah_2cQ81fmiu8wi48ket0m2RLs1-r5PPAB2hEKRgbtAs6PoVUjFZScqH_1jc0zuLnra4xO-_KBO01X/w451-h319/T205%20Group%20Jan%2023.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I've always liked the Bates with the pink background and was thrilled to get the Wiltse one ear variation. He goes in my NY Giants team set as well as my low grade set. </p><p style="text-align: left;">These are all rough of course, but that's how I like them. The colors still look great together.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm only up to 44 cards in the set so far but I'm enjoying the quest. </p><p style="text-align: left;">What have you guys been working on lately? </p><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-16353617380522235832022-09-19T15:48:00.000-07:002022-09-19T15:48:18.743-07:00Recent Pick Up<p> <b>I recently won a lot in the last Love of the Game auction of a complete set (sort of) of 1946-49 American Nut & Chocolate pennants.</b></p><p>Just wanted to share this most recent acquisition with you all. I placed a bid on this lot in the last Love of the Game auction and was pleasantly surprised it was enough to hold up over night after I went to bed. </p><p>I already had a handful of mini pennants in my collection but I didn't have any of these ones. This is basically a complete set of 16 pennants, one for each team in the majors at the time. There are five variations bringing the actual total to 21 pennants and I may pursue those others in time. But for now I'm content with the 16 I have.</p><p>The variations come in different color pennants, or a slightly different design for the team. The teams with variations are the Dodgers, White Sox, Reds, Giants and Browns. Trading Card Database (TCDb) has images of all the pennants except the Tigers variation, so I don't know what that one looks like. </p><p>Here are the 16 I picked up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdSrl7ROPxT4vtU6leJ3uVQcx52cBtCz1XgFD8CnulCB2QjHNhJuduhO3aPP9a75pxFyfZ33i5zs6ybyi8X1buiSNLnI_vLx93fCgcIQTXMqOwJJbjx7l4A4gzLv-nAXcDe_STsriLhhTo35uoN7uJQ2cSjRZRA2lMZcITJoRxyjEHm2-q0sf_-sE/s890/American%20Nut%20&%20Chocolate%20Pennants.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="890" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdSrl7ROPxT4vtU6leJ3uVQcx52cBtCz1XgFD8CnulCB2QjHNhJuduhO3aPP9a75pxFyfZ33i5zs6ybyi8X1buiSNLnI_vLx93fCgcIQTXMqOwJJbjx7l4A4gzLv-nAXcDe_STsriLhhTo35uoN7uJQ2cSjRZRA2lMZcITJoRxyjEHm2-q0sf_-sE/w449-h371/American%20Nut%20&%20Chocolate%20Pennants.JPG" width="449" /></a></div><br /><p>They measure 1 3/4" by 4". They came delivered from LOTG packaged in a couple really nice black frames with glass fronts and padding behind them ready for display. Great job packing them by the way. And very fast shipping. </p><p>American Nut & Chocolate produced pins for each team as well that were packaged in boxes of candy with the pennants. The treats were called Double Play and cost five cents a box. </p><p>Years later, the company produced another 22 pennant set that included white pennants with a line drawing of a player along with a facsimile auto. Those sets were sold for fifty cents back in 1950. </p><p>Here are examples of the original Double Play box, both types of pennants and the pins.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLe6BvsWfYHzYKIpiUApKUF-9d-Dy7XkKXl_yHWw81x6FoR0fq2VlQjmM46yLhhgo-vLY1t2v8yCeJ4cflcFjoxmrXVXdjgTvbvqQQ0Nvq4-gugA6B3tj7Y36dlyNd9-gHo8XlZmVIpKvX8Yy3ld16knJsle83Pxny5E3tjTPC7b1r8sXlK4WJJSV/s534/American%20Nut%20&%20Chocolate.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="534" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLe6BvsWfYHzYKIpiUApKUF-9d-Dy7XkKXl_yHWw81x6FoR0fq2VlQjmM46yLhhgo-vLY1t2v8yCeJ4cflcFjoxmrXVXdjgTvbvqQQ0Nvq4-gugA6B3tj7Y36dlyNd9-gHo8XlZmVIpKvX8Yy3ld16knJsle83Pxny5E3tjTPC7b1r8sXlK4WJJSV/w457-h446/American%20Nut%20&%20Chocolate.JPG" width="457" /></a></div><br /><p>I hope you enjoyed my latest pick up. These are fun little pennants to collect and I'm hoping I eventually find some of the variations.</p><p>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-82086704672951265142022-08-25T17:19:00.000-07:002022-08-25T17:19:58.931-07:00A Back Stamp Leads to a New Discovery for Me<p> <b>There are many many different stamps on the backs of T206s.</b></p><p>They range from images to dates to names or numbers. I have an entire online project documenting these stamps. I have known of one particular stamp for some time now, and have a few documented on my site, but I never knew anything about the person who stamped their name on the cards.</p><p>A recent post on Net54 mentioned this stamp and who the person was however. Which led to a little more research and I was amazed at what I found out.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEG3KHIf_HLQMCyjuYdfUQMxyKsLDUmvYFInSxm9VqIwmIdD4xZ8a0Ow2gKKX5I1RT-VfT4595RePUrD7jjOVmZ_KfNrNtvKGWHsz_G6oX6Aj5kyJ9VUttN4UqN5GSB-EyjXU0_kiFiGusL1IqMKvQXkdzXVWOPC7GX2PBxmD4MRvK2ieMjmugqT3/s455/L%20Kurzrok%20MD.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="254" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEG3KHIf_HLQMCyjuYdfUQMxyKsLDUmvYFInSxm9VqIwmIdD4xZ8a0Ow2gKKX5I1RT-VfT4595RePUrD7jjOVmZ_KfNrNtvKGWHsz_G6oX6Aj5kyJ9VUttN4UqN5GSB-EyjXU0_kiFiGusL1IqMKvQXkdzXVWOPC7GX2PBxmD4MRvK2ieMjmugqT3/w224-h400/L%20Kurzrok%20MD.03.jpg" width="224" /></a></div>Here is the stamp I'm talking about. It reads:<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>L. KURZROK M.D.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>9 E 96 ST. N.Y.C 28</b></p><p>As it turns out, Dr. Lawrence Kurzrok MD was a practicing physician in New York City for 41 years. He retired to Longboat Key near Sarasota, FL in 1971 and passed away Feb 12, 1976. </p><p>He was a specialist in obstetrics, gynecology and endocrinology and supervised the birth of over 10,000 babies. </p><p>In the 1930's he ranked 10th nationally in tennis and won the Greater New York public courts title five times. </p><p>He was a Navy Commander during WWII and received two battle stars.</p><p>All of this is amazing enough, but this is a vintage and prewar baseball card blog, so why am I going on about some doctor who stamped some cards?</p><p>Well, as it turns out, Dr. Kurzrok was a pioneer in card collecting and can be noted along with such names as Jefferson Burdick, Lionel Carter and Charles Bray. He was the President of the Card Collectors Society of NY and often held meetings at his home located at the address stamped on his cards.</p><p>He would also meet in front of groups to discuss raising money for collecting clubs in high schools and colleges believing that collecting cards was a great way to learn about all sorts of things. He one said:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote> "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">The knowledge printed on these cards is so great you can't help but learn from them - You can learn anything from how to build a house or make a window frame to the names of the Kings of France."</span></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">The doctor had amassed a collection of over five million cards of all sorts of different subjects, but did state that his baseball cards were his favorite. He had over 2,000 Old Judge cards at one point. </p><p style="text-align: left;">After he passed away, Rob Lifson purchased the bulk of his collection and it has since been dispersed throughout the hobby.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Dr. Kurzrok was a pioneer I had never heard of before. And I was fascinated to learn more about him. He sounded like a really nice guy and someone I would've loved to have known. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAQvbLYoxxh-4Ln2g7cH2QubyDIWZhywyIa7mW9SG3t1dzUXz4PxGUklEiqzUFrajjsvqDjuMiTIbo7UMyXaCUhsjXVBy-AB5fyz3cy2k8e6_kpz21_lbFW2bexXbrBc53IRlVlhMe4jpoWb1X7xQ4cDXpkFQxU40RMUG5jV4PxrQD5zNXaaFIxJ3/s619/043173%20Article.03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="552" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAQvbLYoxxh-4Ln2g7cH2QubyDIWZhywyIa7mW9SG3t1dzUXz4PxGUklEiqzUFrajjsvqDjuMiTIbo7UMyXaCUhsjXVBy-AB5fyz3cy2k8e6_kpz21_lbFW2bexXbrBc53IRlVlhMe4jpoWb1X7xQ4cDXpkFQxU40RMUG5jV4PxrQD5zNXaaFIxJ3/w433-h486/043173%20Article.03.JPG" width="433" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><p></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-22505249163568623312022-08-21T16:11:00.001-07:002022-08-21T16:11:37.312-07:00Starting a T205 Set<p><b> I started thinking about what I want to collect these days and have landed on the T205 set.</b></p><p>This will be a long journey as there are many big names that I can't afford any time soon as well as several SPs and variations that cost a bit more than a common does. </p><p>I've been working on the NY Giants subset for many years and have accumulated 15/22 (I'm not including the back variations that bring the true total of Giants to 24) of those so far. In addition to those NY Giants cards, I also have eleven additional T205s bringing my grand total to 26 so far. </p><p>There are 208 cards in a complete set. However a master set is considered complete at 221 cards and even more when one considers the additional known errors. I'll be focused on the 208 basic set for now. After that maybe I'll expand to more cards. </p><p>At 208 cards, it's not as large as the 524 card T206 set, but it poses quite a challenge of it's own. There are 18 SPs in the set that are more difficult that regular cards. Then there are a bunch of variations in the set as well. </p><p>Some players, like in T206, have multiple cards in the set. Hal Chase has three cards in the set and Eddie Collins and Roger Bresnahan have two cards each. There are also twelve minor league cards in the set with HOFer Jimmy Collins being the key to those. </p><p>There are three distinct styles of card in this set. The National League cards have a portrait set against a colorful background and have a facsimile autograph at the bottom while the American League cards also have a portrait but it is set inside a diamond (either an infield or made up of bats) without a signature but rather a name plate or scroll at the bottom. </p><p>Minor league player cards are some of the more beautiful cards in my opinion with several different variations in the design but all easily recognizable as a minor league card. These have action shots as opposed to portraits.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPCZRO9Ua95ocZ7_kGO0IpD46xFH_f6CwRlxJ4LDdQfy0m-S_NJtpLocATng9xUandJjjzyIPsdWqSnXjlzHSVaukXaMLTwu5HTYsx46Wqm4jeN3PGo8R7SVwVmyWJe2UZEbJBNSMnEvvy6v8kNxxvuzN97Qma-QAMuP2VE-9e2rMo1nRhe1jlEa8/s1362/T205%20Group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1362" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPCZRO9Ua95ocZ7_kGO0IpD46xFH_f6CwRlxJ4LDdQfy0m-S_NJtpLocATng9xUandJjjzyIPsdWqSnXjlzHSVaukXaMLTwu5HTYsx46Wqm4jeN3PGo8R7SVwVmyWJe2UZEbJBNSMnEvvy6v8kNxxvuzN97Qma-QAMuP2VE-9e2rMo1nRhe1jlEa8/w480-h288/T205%20Group.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American League National League Minor League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">In many collector's opinion the T205 set is the nicest looking of all the early tobacco sets. I chose the minor league subset as some of the five best looking sets of all time in a list I made back in 2020 <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/2020/10/five-most-esthetically-pleasing-prewar.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I'll keep ya'll updated on my progress on this set here on my blog. I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I do.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-50232863007633724862022-07-31T16:14:00.002-07:002022-07-31T16:14:47.751-07:00Latest Pick Up<p> <b>Hey Guys and Gals! I know it's been a while since I've posted anything here. But I wanted to share my latest pick up.</b></p><p>Of course, it's another E98. And I picked it up quite some time ago, but never posted it. It's an Eddie Collins green background.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCHhZjoOyRDFw7Jq-I8SQ_frxK46ASvj4yGtvdCtLPQbvxMpHu8ci3ZgpDckAJx41lRYm-LRjlemzMWGlgr3ADKy7r05coeX6b5osf2sp6qnuhWSxn_XdxM3l4I3ONXeFZlUFMfeBmTjh0y-nnIPwW4nmAdgqn4fqe7TOCqkh4QXM5B19YyMpu7hX/s623/E98%20Collins%20SGC%201%20Front.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCHhZjoOyRDFw7Jq-I8SQ_frxK46ASvj4yGtvdCtLPQbvxMpHu8ci3ZgpDckAJx41lRYm-LRjlemzMWGlgr3ADKy7r05coeX6b5osf2sp6qnuhWSxn_XdxM3l4I3ONXeFZlUFMfeBmTjh0y-nnIPwW4nmAdgqn4fqe7TOCqkh4QXM5B19YyMpu7hX/w392-h640/E98%20Collins%20SGC%201%20Front.JPG" width="392" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">This brings my total for the set up to 26/30 and leaves me with needing a Cobb, Lajoie, Wagner and Young to complete the set. I'm not likely to get a Cobb, Wagner or Young anytime soon, but have a line on a Lajoie that I may be able to afford. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Young will be the last card I buy for this set as I can't stand the idea of paying Cy Young prices for an Irv Young card. I always told myself I would never buy that card or any other Irv Young card that is selling as a Cy Young card. </p><p style="text-align: left;">But, when I get down to just the Young, I might change my mind to complete the set. We'll see.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Here is the composite image of my current set as it stands now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC741Du-zExMEVuUoxBVn9CYphCi1HAIR3zDEbypxqChLCbc1nPZf3IhTldz5hnUViSCsNqn68TpYcxFTqX05S-8Fm_qLjKVEyC8qdy2GBmERseoZ-e-QTesPuhIkQvmHau1Bk9Su70xh891vy7gbNE9IcSh2NoqSlRYxbx-ERImosHtUnxPUFhZCh/s1308/E98s%20073122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1308" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC741Du-zExMEVuUoxBVn9CYphCi1HAIR3zDEbypxqChLCbc1nPZf3IhTldz5hnUViSCsNqn68TpYcxFTqX05S-8Fm_qLjKVEyC8qdy2GBmERseoZ-e-QTesPuhIkQvmHau1Bk9Su70xh891vy7gbNE9IcSh2NoqSlRYxbx-ERImosHtUnxPUFhZCh/w400-h238/E98s%20073122.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I really like the randomness of the background colors in this image. I only know of one collector who has completed the master set of 120 cards from this set. That's each card in all four colors. Of course I'm not going for that craziness.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Which are your favorite background colors? Blue is my favorite, then orange, then green, and lastly red. I think that red is my least favorite because so many of the cards found in the Black Swamp Find were red backgrounds and that just killed them for me. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Blues are the least available ones in my personal experience working on the set so I tried to pick up blue backgrounds as much as possible. When I couldn't find a blue I would search our orange backgrounds. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Well thanks for reading and I hope you are all doing well.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-10843341178070547312022-02-26T11:31:00.000-08:002022-02-26T11:31:53.780-08:00c. 1910 Frank "Home Run" Baker Cigar box and Matching Card<p><b>There are some pieces that I find extremely intriguing, and this pair fits that description.</b></p><p>It is well known that several ball players endorsed cigars and cigarettes even into the 1980's. Some players loaned their name and likeness to these products, especially when it came to cigars at the beginning of the 20th century. </p><p>Stars like Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Cy Young all had tobacco brands with their name and likeness attached to them. </p><p>In this post I am focusing on a Frank "Home Run" Baker cigar product. There appears to be more than one type of Frank Baker cigar box (as shown below) using the same image on the inside of the top, but with slightly different box labelling and design otherwise.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmtdPnjuKDw7Nohuix5QWyqGv-kKWY6LxZ_1nbuCweNKUImKSNmCAzXtZ4uqyEiTg5oloCfHfOcwuACEzgjfveqvNpu_kEcu-TNuQhMf6kmTjHs36hZXIQGw-dUZ-FxaKC2CFAQZ1Bn6btKY7rXeaw1blO-dNsyjvuQ3fNIjwlqLWYrnflztrSRdz9=s890" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="890" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmtdPnjuKDw7Nohuix5QWyqGv-kKWY6LxZ_1nbuCweNKUImKSNmCAzXtZ4uqyEiTg5oloCfHfOcwuACEzgjfveqvNpu_kEcu-TNuQhMf6kmTjHs36hZXIQGw-dUZ-FxaKC2CFAQZ1Bn6btKY7rXeaw1blO-dNsyjvuQ3fNIjwlqLWYrnflztrSRdz9=w443-h242" width="443" /></a></div><br /><p>As you can see, the box on the left has FRANK BAKER on the front of the box and the one of the right says LONDRES GRANDE. The box on the left also says Smoke FRANK BAKER Cigars inside the back of box. Both, however, use the same image on the inside flip top when opened. </p><p>What I really love about the Frank Baker cigars is this card that doesn't appear to be from any particular set, yet uses the same image as that used on the boxes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitP7KK2EsdnO5jG0C8LDvwFNeS0Ao1m-5fBzrJpng_nffyPVVUJg7NkuWO3Yg3kwi_XgL8pbAbQKsFwFDJxs9isyC09RYztlXI2DNn1YYfO6nB1n10w8ZXBsTA-xquaag3f36w-2FZ5aBwuSo_BzXrYA1Lce7HHAhyEW5JKs8nrloa5oIJKjMx1Jbr=s890" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="890" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitP7KK2EsdnO5jG0C8LDvwFNeS0Ao1m-5fBzrJpng_nffyPVVUJg7NkuWO3Yg3kwi_XgL8pbAbQKsFwFDJxs9isyC09RYztlXI2DNn1YYfO6nB1n10w8ZXBsTA-xquaag3f36w-2FZ5aBwuSo_BzXrYA1Lce7HHAhyEW5JKs8nrloa5oIJKjMx1Jbr=w400-h321" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The card has Baker's name and team in the caption at the bottom and measures approximately 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". This particular card is currently for sale on eBay <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/193710801794" target="_blank">here</a> at a $2,000 Buy It Now. The seller claims it was once part of a pair of these cards, but that one of the two was lost or destroyed leaving just this one known now. </p><p>Of course, there is no advertising or sponsor named on the card, so it is speculation that it is related to the cigars, but using the same image seems to indicate it is. </p><p>As a side note, here is a cigar box I once owned from the sixties that was sponsored by Pedro Ramos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4REbIgBmP2_V70RxMAYNrSU7NfjPtr-eHLol-1w007C8gdoegB3XbnZ9OYkpFrx0vvbbhokDYFWbtqN3ouYlg_xvd5RhI5lW5GEPM-CR5NJQZYOokl0ehD9FH231A6N82qRkP5_1JUFvBJwjsWH_Ap9YEDfVCMFzUXFfZLhII5S95GYeVR8DL01m-=s468" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="468" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4REbIgBmP2_V70RxMAYNrSU7NfjPtr-eHLol-1w007C8gdoegB3XbnZ9OYkpFrx0vvbbhokDYFWbtqN3ouYlg_xvd5RhI5lW5GEPM-CR5NJQZYOokl0ehD9FH231A6N82qRkP5_1JUFvBJwjsWH_Ap9YEDfVCMFzUXFfZLhII5S95GYeVR8DL01m-=w400-h271" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ItrnS73S6-5pnwtbBXJBHO5CPgorBijJV3LdWWrRR_53Kwavoqvw917LnJj-S8xsJKMHDwQ_82lqRqhl1_B_d_-QlAcdCQ_cjMJsLcUr20Zq_XnuKO3BHgn748USgxqMKvL4mu55y0ihXhFnWhK7IBWyvxqKfX9f3hcruh4UFMCvg1CRGrY9LxYI=s656" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="569" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ItrnS73S6-5pnwtbBXJBHO5CPgorBijJV3LdWWrRR_53Kwavoqvw917LnJj-S8xsJKMHDwQ_82lqRqhl1_B_d_-QlAcdCQ_cjMJsLcUr20Zq_XnuKO3BHgn748USgxqMKvL4mu55y0ihXhFnWhK7IBWyvxqKfX9f3hcruh4UFMCvg1CRGrY9LxYI=w395-h454" width="395" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So players were still lending their names and likenesses to cigar brands into at least the sixties. I've never seen another Pedro Ramos box by the way. Still bummed I sold it years ago. <div><br /></div><div>What are your thoughts about the Baker card being associated with the cigars? </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.<br /><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-21000159300623182022-02-24T14:52:00.007-08:002022-02-24T14:52:59.926-08:001930's Western Strip Cards<p> <b>I know, I know, it's not baseball cards but I like them anyway.</b></p><p>There is a little known western strip card set from the thirties (I believe) that includes one very cool card. The cards have a smooth surface, almost glossy, and are of a thicker stock than most other strip cards from the twenties. </p><p>The specific card from the set that I really covet is the Jim Thorpe card pictured below. It shows Thorpe in his traditional Indian head dress and is not a sports related card at all. But, this is a western movies set so why would it be?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJvbBhWHnwPoGKYDhPgd3KH8GO28D-JTZ78GSDZRs33TNLmmOsiePvIQPwWrfuguORSIgCODngSGPm8SL4lc5wvM8bqrm94ekZJvvC9wxrt35y0fAqvu0itKp7Qs17ui4ZPp_dZi3bCe1cYEm6lSLsBhaBmw25bSQr6ck9dVn-3gNPLrCjNDBo8wDo=s553" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="332" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJvbBhWHnwPoGKYDhPgd3KH8GO28D-JTZ78GSDZRs33TNLmmOsiePvIQPwWrfuguORSIgCODngSGPm8SL4lc5wvM8bqrm94ekZJvvC9wxrt35y0fAqvu0itKp7Qs17ui4ZPp_dZi3bCe1cYEm6lSLsBhaBmw25bSQr6ck9dVn-3gNPLrCjNDBo8wDo=w384-h640" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This same image is also used on some Exhibit cards in different colors. I wrote about Thorpe cards <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/search/label/Thorpe" target="_blank">here</a> where you can see the Exhibits as well as several other cards of his. The cards are about the same size as other strip cards. They have a thin color strip at the bottom of the card that matches the background color and the actor's name on the front as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently picked up three cards from the set and am actively looking for more. Someday I'll land the Thorpe. Here are the three that I found so far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu3RyUEmWld8c-0kKhqbTfDapnxRORPteN6lD5xbvquJDAl0aP6nMrWevVihWr2WnlXlyHV4Zb_JFzcQEFOd7E7jqm1rvc8KN4m62OrFmd6G3GmXi4v7Vpsfr3XmhxpmcJr2YIbRpNb-gP3qjs2441oq-ijKt4lG7VjwXDMx7S5T7Z_s1nGWgC6KAP=s837" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="837" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu3RyUEmWld8c-0kKhqbTfDapnxRORPteN6lD5xbvquJDAl0aP6nMrWevVihWr2WnlXlyHV4Zb_JFzcQEFOd7E7jqm1rvc8KN4m62OrFmd6G3GmXi4v7Vpsfr3XmhxpmcJr2YIbRpNb-gP3qjs2441oq-ijKt4lG7VjwXDMx7S5T7Z_s1nGWgC6KAP=w400-h244" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have any of these, please let me know, especially if you're willing to let them go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't find much info about this set anywhere, so I don't know how many cards are in the set or a checklist of cards. If you have any further info, please share it with me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-92171651582471347262022-02-22T15:26:00.000-08:002022-02-22T15:26:20.034-08:00A Couple Recent Pick Ups<p><b>Recently picke up a couple new cards to share.</b></p><p>Not too long ago I wrote about the N165 Goodwin Games and Sports set from 1889 after I had picked up one of the four baseball subjects in the hset. </p><p>Well, I was able to pick up another card from the set, the Hurdle Race card. This one is a bit better condition that my baseball example. Here is the new card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxqCah2sukCBTa_wjpYjNjqGC1u29QiiwOmnWn43r2hwCgTCAXzEeF7eAryc1neSrAxAM7zIC8Ie4DYTpeyPDH-7I2h-9sBvmm1FjnSM1e3CF6J7omaMVsVEZPCrlvSK3XBsNgplhQOA36T2N2wRSkI6rcUzSndELCJbpxnDwC1dBG5aob9aGKZ3OU=s827" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="827" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxqCah2sukCBTa_wjpYjNjqGC1u29QiiwOmnWn43r2hwCgTCAXzEeF7eAryc1neSrAxAM7zIC8Ie4DYTpeyPDH-7I2h-9sBvmm1FjnSM1e3CF6J7omaMVsVEZPCrlvSK3XBsNgplhQOA36T2N2wRSkI6rcUzSndELCJbpxnDwC1dBG5aob9aGKZ3OU=w400-h229" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I really like the design of these cards with the lady in front and the action scene behind her. I listed the 50 cards in the set in my previous post <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/2022/01/1889-goodwin-games-and-sports-n165.html" target="_blank">here</a>. So I won't go into that detail again here. </p><p>The other new pick up is a really nice E102 of Germany Scheafer. This is a great horizontal pose card which I am really drawn to. I've decided to collect horizontals again after many years of not focusing on them. I had a modest collection of them a while ago and slowly sold most of them off over the years. This one gets me back on track with that pursuit. It's also my only E102 at this point. So it's a nice typecard as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM2ulgrcJm3rgnezysgHlA8UYKSS-b9Y_JLKmhtabY_GwdqMzo_Or9R5GCW-8N-OnQNThVsGAhcwQkGj6v18QcpK2eI6Xhu2I5xI3_RWI2suaFZtX_TTip92hNIwGFbvVJW1cKYFcS7R7JhSVng1XfTWotOTDVCPRKZjZyJTKY9i95Uu2E3_mDWzpJ=s832" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="832" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM2ulgrcJm3rgnezysgHlA8UYKSS-b9Y_JLKmhtabY_GwdqMzo_Or9R5GCW-8N-OnQNThVsGAhcwQkGj6v18QcpK2eI6Xhu2I5xI3_RWI2suaFZtX_TTip92hNIwGFbvVJW1cKYFcS7R7JhSVng1XfTWotOTDVCPRKZjZyJTKY9i95Uu2E3_mDWzpJ=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>If you look closely enough you can see a printer's mark above Germany's head in the border as well. This doesn't really add any value, but I think it's pretty cool. Germany was known to be a bit of a jokester amongst his teammates during his playing days as well. One well known shenanigan Scheafer took part in was when he stole second base attempting to get a throw from the catcher and allowing a double steal of home. The catcher didn't throw the ball, so on the net pitch, Germany stole first base back again and tried it again on the next pitch. History is a little unclear on whether it worked however.</p><p>I hope you liked my new pick ups and I hope to have some more for you soon.</p><p>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-85886517836039277492022-02-20T13:01:00.000-08:002022-02-20T13:01:32.554-08:00What's Going on With T206 Prices?<p> <b>T206 prices seem to be on the rise as of late.</b></p><p>Anyone else notice this happening? All across the board, T206 prices have been going crazy in my opinion. Not only higher graded examples either, but even low grade commons are seeing a spike.</p><p>I haven't been in the market for T206s in a while, but now that I'm looking at them again, they are quite a bit higher that what I remember buying them for. It wasn't that long ago that I was buying lower grade commons for $10 - $15 a piece, whereas now they are selling for $30 - $40 each. You can still find a nice poor example for $20 but that's even inflated.</p><p>PSA 3 commons selling for $100? Lower tier HOFers selling for multiple hundreds? I'm not just talking about graded Cobbs selling for $5K plus, but the run of the mill T206 instead.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHxgQgr-mG7XevaONHeZHA0d7U-12rToILoOKTdVcmf1xP9FLYuwcO3OixExKhlpz7ObYP9yRtCmsZvfvOwMrj6IuUyjjgszghw7utqouY4RELaCLYWmZZLajrnMahYouaKYgg8XOpBKK4hdxxNP61iNB_mzb61E9_s5yZB8Zv2Rn8rnLwFx5fki5c=s1015" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHxgQgr-mG7XevaONHeZHA0d7U-12rToILoOKTdVcmf1xP9FLYuwcO3OixExKhlpz7ObYP9yRtCmsZvfvOwMrj6IuUyjjgszghw7utqouY4RELaCLYWmZZLajrnMahYouaKYgg8XOpBKK4hdxxNP61iNB_mzb61E9_s5yZB8Zv2Rn8rnLwFx5fki5c=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div>I'm seeing this on Facebook everywhere. Forget about what delusional eBay sellers are asking for their cards as BINs and ridiculous starting bids. Those are just stupid. <p></p><p>Here's an example of a card sold on eBay. This is a common Anderson, Providence in rough shape that sold for $52.00 including shipping. How? What's so special about this card? It's a common back too.</p>Another example below shows a poor condition common that has a back stamp that sold for $64 including shipping. I understand that back stamps are becoming more popular, but the paperloss on the front of this card should have devalued it considerable regardless of the back stamp. <div><br /></div><div>As a side note, I have added this back stamp to The Great T206 Back Stamp Project (Shameless plug).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5VG42m9icW0SgB0CVehSndE2qAXEOwCXh6fc6tirwVM5Lt9vifvkZTCpEQ2EouTCG65VaSY9-pbSHS0kGQ-iwOHab3EvI5xnLjy9woCDyKCjDMo0H_vK9jtc9dUceiVBiP1jGH4h6LVvJY50LdpvwEGiAI8259GZATkSuaAC6zTKoZTbOdIJywqkd=s729" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="729" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5VG42m9icW0SgB0CVehSndE2qAXEOwCXh6fc6tirwVM5Lt9vifvkZTCpEQ2EouTCG65VaSY9-pbSHS0kGQ-iwOHab3EvI5xnLjy9woCDyKCjDMo0H_vK9jtc9dUceiVBiP1jGH4h6LVvJY50LdpvwEGiAI8259GZATkSuaAC6zTKoZTbOdIJywqkd=w400-h355" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>These are just two examples of T206s that, to me, seem to have sold for crazy prices. But I guess this is where we are with these cards these days. </div><div><br /></div><div>Will they ever come back down to reasonable prices? I don't know folks. But my gut says they aren't going to come down much if at all. T206s don't tend to go down in value over time. They are certainly in an upswing right now and I feel like I should've bought more a few years ago. I just can't bring myself to pay these prices of today. </div><div><br /></div><div>Not to fret however. There are still other issues that I like that haven't yet exploded in price so I can still play in the prewar sandbox. But I'm a little disappointed that T206 seems to be too far gone for me at the moment. </div><div><br /></div><div>I used to pay around $100 for low grade SGC HOFers (lower tier of course) and those are now going for $200 - $250. I just can't do it. I'm thinking of selling mine but I really like them and just can't do it. There are a few things I'd like to but that I would be able to pick up if I did sell my T206s, but I'm just not ready yet.</div><div><br /></div><div>So what about you? Do you see this increase in prices like I do? Are you selling during this time?</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...It's a great one.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-43569340524674114052022-02-18T15:07:00.001-08:002022-02-18T15:07:14.346-08:00The Great T206 Back Stamp Project - Updates<p> <b>I've recently completed several updates to The Great T206 Back Stamp Project website.</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVHnt-VCE5i6VSNueYXljn1Wn-6n_1Lf5DvaFeVLc8hpMBDuheVQQgGmGHYke9GAg5nqGvnsffRPd0Cv0BPBYJAnl4jceFMKh0Q3FLuc2Xq3hoc4dRBk-_KfRe543PKzTfRamNz1AKvl_Pb_5ggPFwLpxsy4ysKysDoeOwqe47qd9wH0meEj7kN00C=s905" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="905" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVHnt-VCE5i6VSNueYXljn1Wn-6n_1Lf5DvaFeVLc8hpMBDuheVQQgGmGHYke9GAg5nqGvnsffRPd0Cv0BPBYJAnl4jceFMKh0Q3FLuc2Xq3hoc4dRBk-_KfRe543PKzTfRamNz1AKvl_Pb_5ggPFwLpxsy4ysKysDoeOwqe47qd9wH0meEj7kN00C=w441-h106" width="441" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>If you haven't checked out my project where I document T206 back stamps, then you really should, especially if you collect prewar cards. You can <a href="https://thegreatt206backstampproject.yolasite.com/" target="_blank">click here</a> to visit the website and see the project. </p><p>Basically, I document all the T206 back stamps I can find as well as all the ones that other collectors submit to the project. Have you ever seen a T206 with a stamp on the back of it? You can check my site to see if I have it documented yet, and if I don't you can send me a clear image of the stamp and I'll update the site. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEBBVWBpjvMYrZ_fr-LPI8xP5k7SDoGwufVwRvTg-oiX7jN4-ZZRU6NiJK0Tez-bchPVYDRLXLFw83vradDmqhpBo9CnlYG7HOUHmjklOWAs8ERJHniryZC4k8fT4XJHML3MLb4aEwiKuE43D4z58rfYTJNLTB3FfmJjNPAbMafB3a3fvSOZY-5JIV=s534" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEBBVWBpjvMYrZ_fr-LPI8xP5k7SDoGwufVwRvTg-oiX7jN4-ZZRU6NiJK0Tez-bchPVYDRLXLFw83vradDmqhpBo9CnlYG7HOUHmjklOWAs8ERJHniryZC4k8fT4XJHML3MLb4aEwiKuE43D4z58rfYTJNLTB3FfmJjNPAbMafB3a3fvSOZY-5JIV=s320" width="185" /></a></div>I like to give credit to anyone who participates by listing their name on my contributors page. As of today I have 55 collectors who have assisted with my endeavor. There are hundreds of examples documented so far with 65 individual pages that contain like stamps on each page where there are multiple examples of the same stamp.<p></p><p>All unique stamps are posted on the Main Gallery page, then when I have more than one of a particular stamp, I create a new page for that stamp and begin adding more as I find them. As of today, there are 186 different stamps on the Main Gallery page. </p><p>Several of the stamps have little write ups on their individual pages that collectors have submitted after they have researched the name in the stamp on their cards. Some collectors are working on collecting multiples of the same stamp as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEOv4saUjwK5ipI4QVWK7EMTwHmvzmycxor1w3wZMJNNcxkH5sOQ2C_FosIwamMOw53JYWmc-lr4r0JFz-aWds7XuvMJ1NiKprBzDlz87ePKZNFeOfnwFGG1DH91MooClxu5zqWm9WESKtQcm99bMxyVbu0Usoe-Em_iGg0vuazNsSMD1WineSUrcy=s592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="592" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEOv4saUjwK5ipI4QVWK7EMTwHmvzmycxor1w3wZMJNNcxkH5sOQ2C_FosIwamMOw53JYWmc-lr4r0JFz-aWds7XuvMJ1NiKprBzDlz87ePKZNFeOfnwFGG1DH91MooClxu5zqWm9WESKtQcm99bMxyVbu0Usoe-Em_iGg0vuazNsSMD1WineSUrcy=w409-h175" width="409" /></a></div><p>Personally, I collect the Purple Number back stamps like those shown above. Most of the ones on my site are mine, but not all of them. Another collector, Ed McCollum, collects all cards of Howe McCormick. Ed currently has over 380 of Howe's old cards in his collection. I was lucky enough to interview Ed a while back and that is posted on the Howe McCormick page of the project.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPYshjXcoD0XfhIcQHvLwTGjw3sjzf17EvxkIlUOgaAfG50oZBtjRnM11Mi5dWe9lXJ_IUfWncj9bvGhbdAtdweXGLQNgsOQ8sJU9J44n6Mi7u_2oMh5WoEnV6SvDaUO--qeyBoLumTNXR52uODrZlo8_3vfRUx6EtNGDzkdZA0rINxcWmFwWsRv7G=s553" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPYshjXcoD0XfhIcQHvLwTGjw3sjzf17EvxkIlUOgaAfG50oZBtjRnM11Mi5dWe9lXJ_IUfWncj9bvGhbdAtdweXGLQNgsOQ8sJU9J44n6Mi7u_2oMh5WoEnV6SvDaUO--qeyBoLumTNXR52uODrZlo8_3vfRUx6EtNGDzkdZA0rINxcWmFwWsRv7G=s320" width="187" /></a></div>This has been a labor of love for over a decade now. I started the project because I was really interested in T206s with back stamps and was collecting them when I started the project. I've since sold off most of my stamps (except for my purple number ones) but still love to document them.<p></p><p>The project has gotten a little press over the years as well. Sports Collectors Daily ran an article about me and the project back in 2008 which you can find <a href="https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/stamped-t206-backs-grab-collectors-interest/" target="_blank">here</a>. Wow, a lot has happened to the site since then! And our friends over at PreWarCards.com ran an article in 2019 that you can find <a href="https://prewarcards.com/2019/01/03/t206-back-stamps-baseball-cards-tobacco-cards-howe-mccormick/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>If you have seen my project before, then one of the updates I did was to add larger images at the top of each page so the featured stamp can be read/seen easier. Then I have all the examples below it four to a row. This helps on many of the stamps where the smaller images were hard to see. I also added several new pages and new examples on the Main Gallery. </p><p>Let me know what you think of the project and, please, if you have any stamps that I don't already have documented please email thegreatt206backstampproject@gmail.com to send me an image.</p><p>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-90899402670422050782022-02-10T18:10:00.008-08:002022-02-10T18:13:10.358-08:00The Babe and Sweet Lou Batting<p> <b>Boy, I wish I could've seen Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig batting........wait, WHAT! I <i>can</i> see them batting?</b></p><p>Yup. Here you go, a colorized video of the Babe and Sweet Lou taking batting practice and a little footage of them in action and together for the camera and fans.</p><p><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O5_301iSdhQ" title="YouTube video player" width="475"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just had to share this when I saw it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's so cool seeing Ruth's classic swing in motion and not a snapshot of the swing. Same with Gehrig. I love how Ruth starts with his feet close together and then give a nice stride when he's waiting for the pitch to arrive. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These guys have several cards showing them in a batting pose and you can see those poses in the video. Here are some of their cards showing them batting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdA_cdyBckMRtKeBAlfozLyM2oKiU6PdCSxaSHzwmQFixPhQkhyWNEHFmiRDiz8A8SlBC8rxqN6EXFr-v-lZso6cWasMRGh9CeLOpTu71qPLgVBjDHTdhycB8Zd7micvMQaZwN8pScetEh_Y7yhxOH4g24CBE1iF_Bn2njZLHHsTqHnuWf8FYpbrR0=s1048" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdA_cdyBckMRtKeBAlfozLyM2oKiU6PdCSxaSHzwmQFixPhQkhyWNEHFmiRDiz8A8SlBC8rxqN6EXFr-v-lZso6cWasMRGh9CeLOpTu71qPLgVBjDHTdhycB8Zd7micvMQaZwN8pScetEh_Y7yhxOH4g24CBE1iF_Bn2njZLHHsTqHnuWf8FYpbrR0=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr1fweZWu4yFqxkE6D2W9M6XeeZ6oc_CA-TscZYuFXbo42C34dEXKiRCIoSW4m2W8z5dtZyZLBJByxyMtU7XCfLU9S9ApuECvm54TqFOo0XwiCSIOYvhxkvuDZ-MJ3dN_I53xxNowyQyxGc50al2DQpn3LYdEcH6J4TezFuGc8DabOOo-3jZ5rZS3m=s1464" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1464" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr1fweZWu4yFqxkE6D2W9M6XeeZ6oc_CA-TscZYuFXbo42C34dEXKiRCIoSW4m2W8z5dtZyZLBJByxyMtU7XCfLU9S9ApuECvm54TqFOo0XwiCSIOYvhxkvuDZ-MJ3dN_I53xxNowyQyxGc50al2DQpn3LYdEcH6J4TezFuGc8DabOOo-3jZ5rZS3m=w469-h416" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These two combined for 1,207 HRs, 4,209 RBIs, 4,062 Runs and 5,594 Hits. Those are some impressive numbers folks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, I hope you like the video. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-6587668615674496262022-02-07T15:58:00.000-08:002022-02-07T15:58:29.712-08:00Briesch-Williams and The American Caramel Company<p> <b>Two distributors of caramel cards at the beginning of the 20th Century were The Briesch-Williams Co. and the American Caramel Co.</b></p><p>Breisch-Williams put out what we now call the E107 set from 1903-04. This was the first major caramel set of the time and is a historical set that contains many of the first cards of the players depicted on the cards. These cards are quite rare and finding examples from the set can be a challenge to even advanced collectors.</p><p>The American Caramel Co. put out several different sets circa 1910 including the very popular E90 set. There are three types of E90s, but the type one set is one of the most collected of all caramel sets of the period. </p><p>What do these two companies have in common? It would appear the Briesch and Williams of the former company later became part of the latter company. </p><p>I was very generously gifted this American Caramel Co. stock certificate a while back by a good friend of mine and I noticed something interesting one day while looking at it more closely.</p><p>The person receiving these shares is one Frederick G. W. Briesch and the secretary of the American Caramel Co. at the time of issuance was George W. Williams. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrVBoUH_p-NEnZFbvW9Xps5apQM4TsEB-6Huq7qHFYrrDWHiOs83TkBYCHpgTAPHAn9In1JLbcZBe9jTSmkYY95Fpb1ugZmJ5mwGSFaUtMLTRsoLCsbX_c2kwYApq1ng_LYfhXR9ELoURhz90u4Dvt5_tVTPZrOwos_BIJgbyB_fFyEneQ3gsoFUcG=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1600" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrVBoUH_p-NEnZFbvW9Xps5apQM4TsEB-6Huq7qHFYrrDWHiOs83TkBYCHpgTAPHAn9In1JLbcZBe9jTSmkYY95Fpb1ugZmJ5mwGSFaUtMLTRsoLCsbX_c2kwYApq1ng_LYfhXR9ELoURhz90u4Dvt5_tVTPZrOwos_BIJgbyB_fFyEneQ3gsoFUcG=w400-h289" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to Enlarge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Frederick is named as the Briesch part of the company in the snippet below so we know that he is, in fact, the correct person of the Breisch-Willaims company. I haven't been able to find definitive record that George W. Williams is the person for the Williams part however. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhniRX78kqRft8qbGqDKzcVSz_Oe2HZkDdHfEuRX7CSBiSXFYBUTGTwl-7rLnpdkNqUmUIlEvkeV1vGqKqjO5fH-dG6n1VlQsFkPiPAFiHNf9i2VtzOfPmIoB1GnPiVUem-2kc-bNd31K7avlR1evY1s1o_S4vZc_zX9nrL18QCgN7QnmxnOGmNIhA6=s600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="600" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhniRX78kqRft8qbGqDKzcVSz_Oe2HZkDdHfEuRX7CSBiSXFYBUTGTwl-7rLnpdkNqUmUIlEvkeV1vGqKqjO5fH-dG6n1VlQsFkPiPAFiHNf9i2VtzOfPmIoB1GnPiVUem-2kc-bNd31K7avlR1evY1s1o_S4vZc_zX9nrL18QCgN7QnmxnOGmNIhA6=w400-h129" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Interestingly, also noted in the snippet above is mention of the Williams Caramel Co. which distributed the E103 set and the Oxford Confectionary Co. which distributed the E253 set.<div><br /></div><div>It's not surprising that all of these companies are somehow related to one another as companies were bought out by one another to form larger companies of the day. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are several examples of E107 cards for those not familiar with them. There are three different types of backs for this set as well. Advertised on some backs is the fact that there should be 150 different cards to be found. To date, only 148 different players have been confirmed, however when team changes are taken into account there are actually more than 150 different cards.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbPj3vhaonkyEbQ1u-ke1Smv_-7mtd-bUUt2e2AqKXEL-w5BEk4VfjNAI1_nO1JBNwpGcHfbY76_mWW--5uOd6TyLxv8MfyXJFyAHddB9GSKuO1aD8-wmLsKmKe8l5-KPRk0betQh6EXhPrIT7_L73mcCNmYpW1DpvUrd0sQUZ3DFW86GZiQHHvkwp=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbPj3vhaonkyEbQ1u-ke1Smv_-7mtd-bUUt2e2AqKXEL-w5BEk4VfjNAI1_nO1JBNwpGcHfbY76_mWW--5uOd6TyLxv8MfyXJFyAHddB9GSKuO1aD8-wmLsKmKe8l5-KPRk0betQh6EXhPrIT7_L73mcCNmYpW1DpvUrd0sQUZ3DFW86GZiQHHvkwp=w365-h640" width="365" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fdUP7gG-qqHkngjKFt2En36VPiAFngKuIHtUaC4W1_nItDaFI96S6rYqEPU_XvRR8KcTxWLCJyykGAyQxk3zdI8bGM0W6Y1seRFYtl4WXuroapW-HHJj8r1NYQXkYXdSeau4zAa5LwJIKIgMhRkKPTlyuWZ6KvRfJznobjMlblukTz3p7SLhAaBU=s675" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="675" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8fdUP7gG-qqHkngjKFt2En36VPiAFngKuIHtUaC4W1_nItDaFI96S6rYqEPU_XvRR8KcTxWLCJyykGAyQxk3zdI8bGM0W6Y1seRFYtl4WXuroapW-HHJj8r1NYQXkYXdSeau4zAa5LwJIKIgMhRkKPTlyuWZ6KvRfJznobjMlblukTz3p7SLhAaBU=w400-h270" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image courtesy OldCardboard.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As you can see there is no print on the backs that name The Breisch-Williams Co. as the issuer of the cards, however the very rare overprint back has a stamp identifying them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even with the images being black and white, these are striking cards. All in portrait format, they use real photos instead of lithographs like so many other caramel cards. Many of the images are also used again in later issues like T206. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">E90-1 did use colorful lithographs in contrast as well as a mix of action shots and portraits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJU9Nx9Ss263-a2XU_kLf8s__ET8Df0HRPZ4Joblox9uWHVM3pRT-4mbcrUKdHJdJ3dJAjzDTAPDPYAGZF2k2vib6GRJCdN-SLfNmXyJjd57YQUhciFFAos1H8MN7f-ALGoBm9CbgcS76jRw5a7NXANCCGAnsioX8i3JhbrgmTmrTZF3TMpmU-yXpp=s1049" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="1049" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJU9Nx9Ss263-a2XU_kLf8s__ET8Df0HRPZ4Joblox9uWHVM3pRT-4mbcrUKdHJdJ3dJAjzDTAPDPYAGZF2k2vib6GRJCdN-SLfNmXyJjd57YQUhciFFAos1H8MN7f-ALGoBm9CbgcS76jRw5a7NXANCCGAnsioX8i3JhbrgmTmrTZF3TMpmU-yXpp=w400-h125" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are 122 checklisted cards in this set including variations. Several short prints keep this set fairly tough to complete however as well as the inclusion of the Joe Jackson card which is quite expensive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many consider this set as being the best looking of all the caramel sets of the time as well. Personally, I love this set for the colorful images, variety and the players included. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-10043849456261704512022-01-30T15:31:00.000-08:002022-01-30T15:31:25.814-08:00My HOMer: Jimmy "Toy Cannon" Wynn - 1967 Topps Punch Outs<p> <b>My Hall of Mediocrity (HOM) inductee was Jim Wynn and I have a nice little player collection (PC) of him so I wanted to share a card with you.</b></p><p>I wanted to share my PC of Jim Wynn with you so I'm going to post a card that's in the collection every now and then. Some of these will be a little rare, some of them very common (pun intended) and some will be from the dreaded modern side of the hobby. </p><p>The first card I wanted to share was this 1967 Topps Punch Out test card. I have read that this set is one of the more rare Topps issues due to limited distribution. I think they are not that rare, but maybe scarce would be a more accurate term as they can be found fairly easily for a type card. Maybe if you're looking for a specific player it might be difficult. Although you could just get lucky like I did and have one fall in your lap.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKpkKsJfiCXACReVFfM0n0WNYRhEGt2aH6d4Q0VL3KjMJklQCFGK3n_hTiq_47tmZ3OB49hBawfcNp2rd6O-A4pgVpLi_oKknrmoBMEq6Mgbp_75vKzVhx1nYVAkzTaGXxm6veBMqs8_im67jY0oH95Oewy4kP_RnOuEN1ieC_cKBRJsES30upjOzq=s1408" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="783" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKpkKsJfiCXACReVFfM0n0WNYRhEGt2aH6d4Q0VL3KjMJklQCFGK3n_hTiq_47tmZ3OB49hBawfcNp2rd6O-A4pgVpLi_oKknrmoBMEq6Mgbp_75vKzVhx1nYVAkzTaGXxm6veBMqs8_im67jY0oH95Oewy4kP_RnOuEN1ieC_cKBRJsES30upjOzq=w223-h400" width="223" /></a></div>I was just searching Jim Wynn cards on eBay one day and there it was. The condition is not very good as several of the punch outs have been punched and there is paper loss is the black area towards the bottom, but if you have read my blog for a little while then you know I'm not a condition freak. So this card works for me just fine.<p></p><p>Cleaner unpunched example without the kind of paper loss that my card has can get expensive. Especially higher graded examples.</p><p>Here is my Toy Cannon example from my PC shown to the right.</p><p>These are cool little cards. They are larger than a standard Topps card but not as big as I thought they would be before I ever saw one in person. They measure out at 2 1/2" x 4 2/3" and there are eighty six cards in the set.</p><p>There are also four variations in the set where the images of the player is different in each variation. They are Matty Alou, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Frank Robinson. Of course it had to be Mantle, Clemente and Robinson right? Figures.</p><p>The set includes some big names too. In addition to the four variations there are names like Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Pete Rose and Willie Mays to name a few.</p><p>I believe putting together a complete set would be tough. Trading Card Database (TCDb) is still missing images of both Matty Alou variations, Johnny Callison, Roberto Clemente (plain background variation), Donn Clendenon, Andy Etchebarren, Jim Fregosi, Tom Haller, Willie McCovey, Rick Reichardt, Mel Stottlemeyer, Tom Tresh and Bill White. That's a decent number of missing images for a set this size. I have to assume these players are tougher than the rest.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjt7OAf383nAyHhyYk92djdo8VfqxJgsJJ3c2l1tjaVytWvzpG9LcT_5WqiYrF2-quj-0xUHwKdsqup_Jr2rUmGTTmoUUVrIeNH0xe_oHwoaJsZ6ow3aNlcIc0mfMMvUQRlrIeTAVGN5mrr3CoGgIH2k1GCWmAXYIjHlBgxAocG6XOMVpnbBUANW_Y=s550" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="550" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjt7OAf383nAyHhyYk92djdo8VfqxJgsJJ3c2l1tjaVytWvzpG9LcT_5WqiYrF2-quj-0xUHwKdsqup_Jr2rUmGTTmoUUVrIeNH0xe_oHwoaJsZ6ow3aNlcIc0mfMMvUQRlrIeTAVGN5mrr3CoGgIH2k1GCWmAXYIjHlBgxAocG6XOMVpnbBUANW_Y=w320-h290" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to Enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>The National League players came in black with red "National League" titles and the American League players came in red with black "American League" titles. Here are two of the cards side by side as a reference.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p>The cards themselves were packaged in a long cello pack with three cards connected top to bottom with perforations between the cards. You can see the perforations at the top of the Koufax card above. The cello pack and an unseparated trio are shown below.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF0AcupSOXTpOjPE66TUQmwLwLfgffwyfs0yYgcNO2I81n47-tkbwjIhxrSGJ20gqrEFuItdtHqZkgyyGNj43kFRJj2zaMGh8L3IA5-Ea5oVSF9aH0S6e1fOXLy20xz2UJxtMJWZGBHZ0DlfDcCbtUIiBZgZDO0UNFpE1zV_l1Oi70QHPHdOe5TzJs=s709" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF0AcupSOXTpOjPE66TUQmwLwLfgffwyfs0yYgcNO2I81n47-tkbwjIhxrSGJ20gqrEFuItdtHqZkgyyGNj43kFRJj2zaMGh8L3IA5-Ea5oVSF9aH0S6e1fOXLy20xz2UJxtMJWZGBHZ0DlfDcCbtUIiBZgZDO0UNFpE1zV_l1Oi70QHPHdOe5TzJs=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy Mile High Card Co. Auctions</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The cards all had the same backs which was where the instructions on how to play the game were. It has a legend at the bottom that shows what the abbreviations on the backs of the tabs that you punch off the card showed. Then you would move the runners around the bases as needed. When a runner crossed home you recorded a run for your team. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihd9T5BzEFAmmKIhercD0y-0YSQS6m2TI9sLiPtzfn6P-zJFoUyyCEScLOQPVfymQpe9-9K7WKPcfpV_ZeRXYRRys1L2-RJpf59_a05WEsgeny-uL8B0PFoVMJD6OZEEVOjyczPzTflnqiTFu1qRn02_olfs1aH9Q0iBAvdS9ytfx3dLLg7BCTh4qT=s498" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="277" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihd9T5BzEFAmmKIhercD0y-0YSQS6m2TI9sLiPtzfn6P-zJFoUyyCEScLOQPVfymQpe9-9K7WKPcfpV_ZeRXYRRys1L2-RJpf59_a05WEsgeny-uL8B0PFoVMJD6OZEEVOjyczPzTflnqiTFu1qRn02_olfs1aH9Q0iBAvdS9ytfx3dLLg7BCTh4qT=w223-h400" width="223" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to Enlarge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>These instructions are fairly simple and I would think the game was fairly easy to play and would actually be fun. It sounds like it would be similar to playing the 1968 Topps Game cards. You would need to set up a small baseball field and use something for runners to keep track of where your runners are on the bases during the inning. When I was a kid I was the kind of kid that wouldn't have punched out the pieces and played the game. I would have kept them in the best condition that I could. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What would you guys do? Play the game or keep the card original? At least you can play the 1968 Topps Game cards without destroying them. Do you have any of these in you collection? Are you collecting the set? Let me know your thoughts and answers in the comments below.</p><p>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-92220174350763390472022-01-25T14:30:00.000-08:002022-01-25T14:30:22.325-08:001889 Goodwin Games and Sports - N165<p> <b>The 1889 Goodwin Games and Sports set, designated N165 in the American Card Catalog (ACC) is a pretty cool 50 card set.</b></p><p>The N165 set includes 50 cards of several different games and sports. They picture a portrait of a woman in front of a scene of the subject game or sport. There are four baseball cards in the set and one football card. The football card is one of the earliest cards issued featuring the sport. </p><p>There are cards of bowling, boxing, cricket and lacrosse among others. The baseball cards and football card are the most popular (not surprisingly) and they command the highest prices for cards in the set. </p><p>I recently picked up an example of one of the baseball subjects (shown below). The four different baseball cards feature a batter, pitcher, catcher and fielder. I picked up the batter card. It was not expensive but the condition is quite low so that may have had some influence on the price. It was in an auction lot of three cards, the other two cards being N28 Allen & Ginter cards of boxer Jack Dempsey and a billiards player.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMJgtxddxxZ-QkpCrRdkCe3-muMtwKlKSJhS1M2PLcnm91bGfy77-1psEFudIcCX2yN5ostG_1q_zWglSJcLtwcCs4PZWk2oh7azUK1lHy8nIT477K7YIYs9k1jp3k3pFN6E9NqtIhTbivDHamhltlm_rRu9RkBh8dmd5XeAb8hBGOIwtuBB-Chq1X=s507" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="507" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMJgtxddxxZ-QkpCrRdkCe3-muMtwKlKSJhS1M2PLcnm91bGfy77-1psEFudIcCX2yN5ostG_1q_zWglSJcLtwcCs4PZWk2oh7azUK1lHy8nIT477K7YIYs9k1jp3k3pFN6E9NqtIhTbivDHamhltlm_rRu9RkBh8dmd5XeAb8hBGOIwtuBB-Chq1X=w400-h250" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>All of the cards in the set are horizontally laid out and they measure about 1 1/2" x 2 3/4". They are cool little cards and it's a neat set to collect. Even if you just go for the four baseball cards. </p><p>The checklist is below.</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Ancient Tournament</li><li>Archery</li><li>Baseball (batter)</li><li>Baseball (catcher)</li><li>Baseball (fielder)</li><li>Baseball (pitcher)</li><li>Bicycling</li><li>Billiards</li><li>Bowling</li><li>Boxing</li><li>Bull Fighting</li><li>Canoeing</li><li>Chariot Race</li><li>Club Swinging</li><li>Coasting</li><li>Coursing</li><li>Cricket</li><li>Curling</li><li>Dumbbell Raising</li><li>Fencing</li><li>Fishing</li><li>Football</li><li>Foot Race</li><li>Fox Hunt</li><li>Gladiators</li><li>Hand Ball</li><li>Hare and Hounds</li><li>High Jumping</li><li>Hurdle Race</li><li>Ice Yachting</li><li>Lacrosse</li><li>Lawn Tennis</li><li>Pedestrian Contest</li><li>Pigeon Shooting</li><li>Pistol Shooting</li><li>Pole Vaulting</li><li>Polo</li><li>Putting the Shot</li><li>Quoits</li><li>Roller Skating</li><li>Rowing</li><li>Running Race</li><li>Shuttlecock</li><li>Skating</li><li>Skittles</li><li>Snow Shoeing</li><li>Swimming</li><li>Throwing the Hammer</li><li>Tobogganing</li><li>Yachting</li></ol><div><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">There is another piece that goes along with this set. Goodwin put out an album, designated A38 in the ACC. It has very colorful front and back covers (pictured below) and the pages have images of all 50 cards in the set. A collector in 1889 could paste their cards in the album and try to complete the set with a very nice finished product when the album was completed.</span></p><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv6TdiWDASPbOai_YuBDSWaVmI4QkdrFgcJJYZB8lIvpIEbsM8K6S1PdLmSyIPbI8cSEy_ECnI66q20L03n1qohmx7_hXzacJTypod83MqJ-Y4JJY0itCNUvsBUB2YZKbG81R4RLKukVk1Y6AldaPpixRRNr3NOWgHbk8h1d9W5iYJiTnTOwNjFNTg=s821" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="821" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv6TdiWDASPbOai_YuBDSWaVmI4QkdrFgcJJYZB8lIvpIEbsM8K6S1PdLmSyIPbI8cSEy_ECnI66q20L03n1qohmx7_hXzacJTypod83MqJ-Y4JJY0itCNUvsBUB2YZKbG81R4RLKukVk1Y6AldaPpixRRNr3NOWgHbk8h1d9W5iYJiTnTOwNjFNTg=w400-h294" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5oFV4-O0Nm6dTJ9NRXGVZSdXnPQOm29Mp-ynUZrva8DKT7HMXUs_cKQtMeRZCiTwEGnuxT4u992TF1VzmC0D0q73Oix4AG8W-ZdqqMI_lLoLaygISMQocu7fr0k96aBMejwlE26XNfCenmbFqmCVasOGAph4XasomtoH5JYzs-6irvIEjpWAlBGER=s817" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="817" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5oFV4-O0Nm6dTJ9NRXGVZSdXnPQOm29Mp-ynUZrva8DKT7HMXUs_cKQtMeRZCiTwEGnuxT4u992TF1VzmC0D0q73Oix4AG8W-ZdqqMI_lLoLaygISMQocu7fr0k96aBMejwlE26XNfCenmbFqmCVasOGAph4XasomtoH5JYzs-6irvIEjpWAlBGER=w400-h297" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;">Here are some pics of the other pages and the inside cover.</span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-bK5IfigV8gsoQ9nVqA-HH_0a8bh6yXNgdF0Gf54wDCoqPc7dLw0Dx-ARp72xKmdXTd_adRGTAXKQXc0MvGKcQhT0HiPlLFmL9ILrbHzxErz2EZw1IoiZprMmjpIXvTMeLQ-rx2f6ujnhHkXwCxTIFoOXSlM79_QfAnAsMMCDrICCnAITysaZsTJG=s1050" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1050" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-bK5IfigV8gsoQ9nVqA-HH_0a8bh6yXNgdF0Gf54wDCoqPc7dLw0Dx-ARp72xKmdXTd_adRGTAXKQXc0MvGKcQhT0HiPlLFmL9ILrbHzxErz2EZw1IoiZprMmjpIXvTMeLQ-rx2f6ujnhHkXwCxTIFoOXSlM79_QfAnAsMMCDrICCnAITysaZsTJG=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7-hXIuNUFgA96ppjKeHyghKJI1Bsi2XxqW_S91FkipNgW7vuqSfNao5SSTgyf4FvqIRSp3i-8KKTFOs7yrNO5yiPJBBjoUgVOv-djwipyiym9NOosPivp8YqISb9HzUgXVucQJQGFNbkn3PLdDfTigJqlhNw8DRdxjA2xTItwFWU60uIanXxleoWl=s1146" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju28JpFmL_-n4UzrgJ6hBUIAbx82ed74GovkPUfERR28tG-B_MmpmcCt1bwocuNR2jm2DJVY4pNv9YXZeycVl-9KrhTqAwHYIyY8L4O0q6TPaBTRAXnmSlGc_0dGh11m4OGlfWBHO1avf7Jx24Gx5jFepueK0kQIlsfU1vjgAxpGIiAIEpB7TB3j5O=s1081" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1081" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju28JpFmL_-n4UzrgJ6hBUIAbx82ed74GovkPUfERR28tG-B_MmpmcCt1bwocuNR2jm2DJVY4pNv9YXZeycVl-9KrhTqAwHYIyY8L4O0q6TPaBTRAXnmSlGc_0dGh11m4OGlfWBHO1avf7Jx24Gx5jFepueK0kQIlsfU1vjgAxpGIiAIEpB7TB3j5O=w400-h278" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The last page shown here is especially nice as it has a baseball scene on the page and includes the spot for the football card. </div><div><br /></div><div>The albums are tough to find complete and sometimes collectors will see individual pages when a complete album has been separated. Also, people will sometimes cut the card images out of the pages and sell those. Those cut outs will have the other side of the page as their backs instead of the checklist that is found on the actual cards so they are quite easy to identify. </div><div><br /></div><div>So that's about it for this set/ I find it to be a cool set. I like the artwork and different assortment of sports and games. The album is pretty cool too. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.<br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-71238097862340386442022-01-22T00:19:00.000-08:002022-01-22T00:19:49.781-08:001910 E98 Ty Cobb PSA 10 Gem Mint<p> <b>Leland's Auction, the Mint25 auction, has several great items in the small 25 lot auction. But one card stands out to me.</b></p><p>With my affinity for the 1910 E98 set, I'd be remiss if I didn't post about this card. I did a post about the E98 set <a href="https://forloveofthecards.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-look-at-1910-e98-set.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you're interested to learn more about it. </p><p>Here's a short version of that post:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAIYcqLSany2a-wuEefGc49LtpjNZdCzjrhUe3DdW9MYSzZGmeCXvW-moJfuCbrTp26fBG_eATuPzGc0jUAnkrAtOxEJAel6oPdeKAyeejMrF0_EFfsVwhULXWYL7ac9kw3SDQ2Mnjqm_TeaB1M0CR0k-VeNMVPygjTsk1nhNPAb3cNY-j09urFsU1=s296" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="167" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAIYcqLSany2a-wuEefGc49LtpjNZdCzjrhUe3DdW9MYSzZGmeCXvW-moJfuCbrTp26fBG_eATuPzGc0jUAnkrAtOxEJAel6oPdeKAyeejMrF0_EFfsVwhULXWYL7ac9kw3SDQ2Mnjqm_TeaB1M0CR0k-VeNMVPygjTsk1nhNPAb3cNY-j09urFsU1" width="167" /></a></div>E98 was issued in 1910 as a 30 card set. The issuer is unknown even to this day as there is no name on the back of the cards. The backs have a checklist and read, "This card is one of a set of the following 30 BALL PLAYERS" at the top with a checklist underneath.<p></p><p>Some cards can be found with an Old Put Cigar stamp on the back and this led to the set beings referred to as the Old Put set. but there is no evidence to support that this is an Old Put issued set. An example of the Old Put stamp is shown to the left.</p>The set is loaded with Hall of Famers with 17 out the 30 players being enshrined in Cooperstown. Some of the biggest stars of the day were included such as Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Cy Young and Christy Mathewson.<div><br /></div><div>The other big news about this set is the Black Swamp Find of 2012. Often referred to as BSF, the Black Swamp Find included hundreds of examples of E98s that were in superior condition to previously known cards. Most of the cards graded out at 8, 9 and 10 levels. </div><div><br /></div><div>Well, here is one of those Gem Mint 10 examples. A Ty Cobb with a red background. This card is stunning. Before the BSF, E98 was a tough set with cards commanding some good prices and not showing up for sale very often. They were just more rare than most of the other E-card sets. And certain color backgrounds were tougher to find than others. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then the BSF happened and the population of E98s grew considerably and their scarce status was changed to more of a commonly found issue. Some collectors, myself included, like the pre-BSF cards more than the BSF cards even if they are in worse condition. I just like the wear on a 112 year old card more than the pristine look of these PSA 10s. How can a card this old be in such nice condition? </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, they pre-BSF cards are still as scarce as they were before the BSF so I consider them tough cards still. Especially certain players like Vaughn and Coombs. </div><div><br /></div><div>But, even though I prefer the lower condition pre-BSF cards, I still think this PSA 10 Ty Cobb is stunning and should be shown off. So here it is...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnyJmdjBvK0yeX3LH_ByX0nQUG61G9kbfQIsDw6iQjLrSfUC4y_BkLnwPOmD5DOVV2Inuyt_jGwVIfyKn8HQjpqC_1FskEvPgW0KL4TIPKcpWglzoNUklT5yhtf7MXUzC-bRYWqWBNq9Trg2s3MAnX1t6OT11rC8OfjZTUPBefNx5OarHUV3OBhRp8=s570" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnyJmdjBvK0yeX3LH_ByX0nQUG61G9kbfQIsDw6iQjLrSfUC4y_BkLnwPOmD5DOVV2Inuyt_jGwVIfyKn8HQjpqC_1FskEvPgW0KL4TIPKcpWglzoNUklT5yhtf7MXUzC-bRYWqWBNq9Trg2s3MAnX1t6OT11rC8OfjZTUPBefNx5OarHUV3OBhRp8=w382-h640" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy of Leland's Auction Mint25 Auction</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Just look at the centering, the crisp white borders and the red that pops off the card. It's a thing of beauty. This card is being sold in the <a href="https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=107773" target="_blank">Leland's Mint25 Auction</a>. It is currently at $155,131 after nine bids with over 7 days left to go. I'm curious what this will end at next week. Only time will tell though.</div><div><br /></div><div>This card must have been regraded as there is no mention of the Black Swamp Find on the PSA flip. All the BSF cards that were graded have the Black Swamp Find pedigree named on the flip. Also, this card is in a PSA slab that was not used in 2012, thus the regraded assumption.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6F9-HaprJ9jp88h4E120ok116DLwDB5BQwsIpLbmPBjJyuYmLi_Aah-tZzfPM0QKTCH1AED05PfjUKKiBv5ji82ImfnVhetT70x16hbCIqAmj23Jig6x9jLd_LTyWWFgm-CYjDzxf086p9yAL8aDFkCDwKCBrD6TC3ugAiUVOjtgU_R9YqQAQi9lz=s1330" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1330" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6F9-HaprJ9jp88h4E120ok116DLwDB5BQwsIpLbmPBjJyuYmLi_Aah-tZzfPM0QKTCH1AED05PfjUKKiBv5ji82ImfnVhetT70x16hbCIqAmj23Jig6x9jLd_LTyWWFgm-CYjDzxf086p9yAL8aDFkCDwKCBrD6TC3ugAiUVOjtgU_R9YqQAQi9lz=w320-h195" width="320" /></a></div>Just for fun I want to share my E98 near set of 25 cards here. I love this set and hope to complete it some day. I know there are some that should be upgraded, but I don't care so much about condition. That said, I am hoping to upgrade a few of them eventually.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some closer pics of a few of them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZr3o3X8uvHcGrp8HYHORj44SZTNudtR5CmkwR3keEAyRtT3aHFkNgtVOxJ43IMupgUStxw21raKgjudVHUmBk4NsE3_OGu7EfTLoXyD_nfth26NuuI7pL4F5EvIxYUgLMaxkci5KkzQ6H8S4RaMJdyjYjECZdELMM3cvXvQMh7uZrzZ_y8v14BpUN=s1617" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZr3o3X8uvHcGrp8HYHORj44SZTNudtR5CmkwR3keEAyRtT3aHFkNgtVOxJ43IMupgUStxw21raKgjudVHUmBk4NsE3_OGu7EfTLoXyD_nfth26NuuI7pL4F5EvIxYUgLMaxkci5KkzQ6H8S4RaMJdyjYjECZdELMM3cvXvQMh7uZrzZ_y8v14BpUN=w381-h640" width="381" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixGn5bj0pol1qNY7j4qgPLj-s6NgEvLVIH1ZHKFEBt7XH-jWXi06tFdonKEEoWCnPESmTLgP34RvwfH3_LCyrXP1RXWjlN3-btsdHveV-KctwTnLZiHnCOvRsKmNqx2pRsCAuIWD-iFJmcvgSF_3h8-dC6bPgAEN5Z5CIYA1lMEwbXxvAkd3t8apjk=s1623" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1623" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixGn5bj0pol1qNY7j4qgPLj-s6NgEvLVIH1ZHKFEBt7XH-jWXi06tFdonKEEoWCnPESmTLgP34RvwfH3_LCyrXP1RXWjlN3-btsdHveV-KctwTnLZiHnCOvRsKmNqx2pRsCAuIWD-iFJmcvgSF_3h8-dC6bPgAEN5Z5CIYA1lMEwbXxvAkd3t8apjk=w378-h640" width="378" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4BgWzxM7ru0rz05o8eRc1qIDbWWAW5sfeDcNt5SNUgrhxIkWCgIeJKczY1dE3gxAqBz30xieYZrUmUq3LygP8PlSpdv7JKCfRKPsr2Ivk5P1esmGnJequPK_cKGXDVULppBb4KWiYdmYS0cZvNo0Z5WtYI87wJVlFUSzMim4Jfznv2a1sh1ibByTR=s641" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4BgWzxM7ru0rz05o8eRc1qIDbWWAW5sfeDcNt5SNUgrhxIkWCgIeJKczY1dE3gxAqBz30xieYZrUmUq3LygP8PlSpdv7JKCfRKPsr2Ivk5P1esmGnJequPK_cKGXDVULppBb4KWiYdmYS0cZvNo0Z5WtYI87wJVlFUSzMim4Jfznv2a1sh1ibByTR=w374-h640" width="374" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiruGFh9ESyEEGdLFpT6Ukm40SL3j-wRWvCQxx7ibZF5STGmLeXuZlJvOIiG6KBa7f_HSJh-ImO0zL7N73ipIZ_VNvDZfTq27Yr0P1AerD57Tz7vlg6ak2HSJh4S0ooBrFbIR-Dgxj27jUxioxEYuXSOIRiEKx4d00xwhuOUgnDFg35CDsi-wOGZM7M=s597" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="429" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiruGFh9ESyEEGdLFpT6Ukm40SL3j-wRWvCQxx7ibZF5STGmLeXuZlJvOIiG6KBa7f_HSJh-ImO0zL7N73ipIZ_VNvDZfTq27Yr0P1AerD57Tz7vlg6ak2HSJh4S0ooBrFbIR-Dgxj27jUxioxEYuXSOIRiEKx4d00xwhuOUgnDFg35CDsi-wOGZM7M=w376-h522" width="376" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><p>The Hal Chase above is an upgrade candidate, but I'll never trade or sell this one even if I do upgrade it. I love that this was once owned by Lionel Carter so I won't get rid of it. </p><p>What do you think about the E98 Anonymous Set of 30? What are your favorite subjects/cards in the set? </p><p>Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</p></div>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-59879419905053731402022-01-20T00:37:00.000-08:002022-01-20T00:37:56.997-08:00What Is The Hobby Becoming?<p> <b>The Hobby is becoming unrecognizable to me these days as people with seemingly unlimited funds are driving up prices for everything and collectors are getting priced out of the market.</b></p><p>I love the sportscard hobby, specifically prewar and postwar vintage baseball cards. I dabble a little in the modern side of the hobby as well, but not very often and I don't spend a lot in that market. But I'm a collector, and I'm pretty much priced out of a lot what I was chasing and picking up now. </p><p>What happened in the last few years? Well I'll tell you. Investors. Investors came in and started buying a few cards that they speculated would increase in value. Then more investors saw the sportscard market as an investment opportunity and they started buying the same cards the early investors were buying. Eventually enough investors came in and the competition for these cards began.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQxHg7rVHej5mZS5Dwxm-oELexMIqcMKc0nY32ck94hJVdxMxjEb3ax6thKb_A7N38l0im6MAY4qTiJl8tMO2_qAPNxuusHNWDZDWxzA-DGsaCvSR6F1bdDZsZ5myBqOfToAu9iQl1wBSQoGv0iEqBGTxpB6LazS50KlPUCmzomo-h-hqOOakznrr0=s639" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="371" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQxHg7rVHej5mZS5Dwxm-oELexMIqcMKc0nY32ck94hJVdxMxjEb3ax6thKb_A7N38l0im6MAY4qTiJl8tMO2_qAPNxuusHNWDZDWxzA-DGsaCvSR6F1bdDZsZ5myBqOfToAu9iQl1wBSQoGv0iEqBGTxpB6LazS50KlPUCmzomo-h-hqOOakznrr0=w233-h400" width="233" /></a></div></div><p><br /></p><p>Once the demand got big enough, auction houses were selling cards at record prices all the time. Many times the same card would be bought from one auction house and then a couple months later you'd see it in a different auction and it would sell for a new record price.</p><p>So this had an effect on the whole hobby and we saw prices rising for prewar cards and postwar vintage cards across the board. Now, I reside in the low grade market and those cards are going up in price too. Not as much as the higher grade cards but the effect has still influenced the low grade market. For example, T206 commons in VG or less condition used to sell for $15 - 20 but now they command $30 - 40 easily. And HOFers are seeing even greater increases. Especially cards of Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth. Honus Wagner, etc. These cards have gone up thousands of dollars in the last few years. They are breaking records for sale prices on a monthly basis.</p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPP5C5Y8pyyey8ddyOerzTA9IBycZ4Gufs-3jcbThc09A3w7GrvB2khkCY2nornmqrGYzJSz2kkaFYqX46gTXnTPsHTY0uRJ_qhSOKEWr-dwt3SFZS4wTKaQHt61UfTASKxfqgumjSBh8I6S9gMvw4oslxKv0JIz4F6oMzVHzG12M9XTNcsw4BSmi-=s578" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPP5C5Y8pyyey8ddyOerzTA9IBycZ4Gufs-3jcbThc09A3w7GrvB2khkCY2nornmqrGYzJSz2kkaFYqX46gTXnTPsHTY0uRJ_qhSOKEWr-dwt3SFZS4wTKaQHt61UfTASKxfqgumjSBh8I6S9gMvw4oslxKv0JIz4F6oMzVHzG12M9XTNcsw4BSmi-=w249-h400" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>What does this mean for the average collector? It means I can't buy the Hank Aaron RC or Ernie Banks RC to complete my 1954 Topps set any time soon. Those are two cards that have spiked in value considerably and are now out of my reach completely. I likely will not be able to finish my E98 set either since I still need Cobb, Wagner and Young. Those are priced out of my range as well. (I also need Collins and Lajoie but I'll should be able to pick them up eventually.)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkiuGeDyBBvx1c7Bi6tQB-vQkhI04KAmGP0kl5g0_HwfN6BLbcQqcG3J-K0THg5sT1AJG69M9__bXP2qMzJ82i_KcYa2_oRR_EyuChCEQly69AfSHc2h2xlFgX0sRSnjr7EzVsPt6auE6SKwdvmVGz-tyrRo6tK0Cy3n-H_dhN9IxJ82_YARIZJWOO=s574" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkiuGeDyBBvx1c7Bi6tQB-vQkhI04KAmGP0kl5g0_HwfN6BLbcQqcG3J-K0THg5sT1AJG69M9__bXP2qMzJ82i_KcYa2_oRR_EyuChCEQly69AfSHc2h2xlFgX0sRSnjr7EzVsPt6auE6SKwdvmVGz-tyrRo6tK0Cy3n-H_dhN9IxJ82_YARIZJWOO=w235-h400" width="235" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I'm reading about collectors everywhere being priced out of the market now. Some of them are just calling it quits and getting out of the hobby altogether. Others are changing their focus to other lesser priced sets and type cards. These are sets that weren't very popular to begin with and haven't risen in price as much where a collector can still afford them. Still some collectors are lowering their condition standards and are going after the lower grade cards. This is why the lower grade market is being influenced by the whole investor debacle. </p><p>I'm still buying when I find a good deal or I see something that's cool that is priced lower. I think about selling in this market and waiting for the bubble to pop and prices to come back down a bit; Then buy up some of the cards I sold at a lower price but I'm not a fan of selling my cards. They are in my collection because I like them and I don't want to let them go. But, the idea of getting some good money for these cards is a persistent and persuadable thing.</p><p>So is this bull market bubble going to pop one day and the investor will get out of sportscards and their seemingly unlimited funds will leave with them. Thus taking the demand away and driving prices down across the board. The collectors will be winning auction lots at lower and lower hammer prices as less money in the hobby means less bids and cards sell for less and less. </p><p>I believe this is the case to be honest. I think investors will get out of the hobby eventually and with their money gone it will result in lower prices for all segments of the hobby. What do you think? Put your answer in the comments and let folks know your thoughts on all this. How has this changed your collecting? I'd love to hear from some of you on this topic.</p><p>Enjoy the hobby.. it's an ever changing environment.</p><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274576636130306453.post-8328206176182093932021-11-20T17:10:00.000-08:002021-11-20T17:10:17.012-08:00A Couple More E98s Added<p> <b>In the last few months I've added a couple new E98s that I haven't previously shared and I want to share them here along with my newest composite of my partial set.</b></p><p>These are two great additions for sure. First up is a Chrisy Mathewson example. It's not in the best of shape, but it's one of my favorite cards in the set. Here is it is...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_C39ZtFrURR5wZDbb21AfZwfm7SIH8zVRtBCcMO5ga9jBCOXmyDo2LhOijob9e6iQ78Z-cO5rmWlDvM9HUDQIIOv98eJ7iSTgE9lFCfa1-K9ESvwarGsZnEpr3ljYK2p4fvVDog907A/s544/E98+Mathewson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_C39ZtFrURR5wZDbb21AfZwfm7SIH8zVRtBCcMO5ga9jBCOXmyDo2LhOijob9e6iQ78Z-cO5rmWlDvM9HUDQIIOv98eJ7iSTgE9lFCfa1-K9ESvwarGsZnEpr3ljYK2p4fvVDog907A/w230-h400/E98+Mathewson.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The really cool thing about this card is the back overprint on the front showing the checklist from the reverse of the card. I love the unique pose of this card that is not found in other caramel sets off the era. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up is the the very nice example of the Big Ed Walsh from the set. This is supposedly a tough card in the set and I was trilled to get a copy of it as well. He is my Walsh example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGUdGWq2CUmZEGeZvOzv66rux06oLeFe4u1zFsAVMeBSFZ-S-R8HoVcgx_gu4mLPhFiF7WCtYjxyFPzmaZi8GPPVnMqPrg5H-mmKKsxo8xedRaR1qvtd4nFTPmIQe3S7GxGaJbI-l14U/s350/E98+Walsh+PSA+1.5+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="187" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGUdGWq2CUmZEGeZvOzv66rux06oLeFe4u1zFsAVMeBSFZ-S-R8HoVcgx_gu4mLPhFiF7WCtYjxyFPzmaZi8GPPVnMqPrg5H-mmKKsxo8xedRaR1qvtd4nFTPmIQe3S7GxGaJbI-l14U/w214-h400/E98+Walsh+PSA+1.5+%25282%2529.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only am I happy to have a Walsh in my set, but it's an orange background too. Orange and Blue are my two favorite back colors. The image is very clear as well. These two card put me at 25 of the 30 cards in the set. I've put together the latest composite of my set below. I'm only missing the Cobb, Wagner, Young, Lajoie and Collins for completion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll likely get a Lajoie and Collins but the Cobb, Wagner and Young are a little out of my price range right now, so they will have to wait a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the latest composite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilAkv9TUNRwC3khqayMRj3oZQdw3cDAFIO4smeAve9d02RKgrS4fmfehYc_T0k13uPEZhs_PVWDiwLPmHcjn46mb7SXWlpi0jmvA-FBOcAwfzCtMlNYJgvqh-xYnkv8zuU7PlrSij874/s1330/E98s+090621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1330" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilAkv9TUNRwC3khqayMRj3oZQdw3cDAFIO4smeAve9d02RKgrS4fmfehYc_T0k13uPEZhs_PVWDiwLPmHcjn46mb7SXWlpi0jmvA-FBOcAwfzCtMlNYJgvqh-xYnkv8zuU7PlrSij874/w400-h244/E98s+090621.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think the blend of different back colors make the set really pop and look great. Of course there are some upgrade I will pursue at one time, but right now I love this partial set. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you are enjoying my E98 journey as much as I have been.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Andy Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422144986904500720noreply@blogger.com0