New Pick Ups

Got a few new cards lately and wanted to share them.

This one is not really a new pick up but I just got around to scanning it and now I can post it.  It's a 1963 Pepsi Cola Colt .45. 

 

A trader friend of mine sent it to me and I will likely start the set now.  But I won't likely find an affordable Bateman example.

 

These three help push me a little closer to the E90-1 set.  I really like this set a lot and love adding cards to it.  I also wanted a Fromme for a long time so I'm really thrilled to have it.

 

 

 

 

I like the added touch to the O'Connor.  What do you think?

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

 

 



Funniest Card Ever

A friend of mine shared this with me today and I just had to post it here.

It's a minor league card of Keith Comstock when he was playing with the Las Vegas Stars. Keith was a pitcher who saw major league action with four different teams as a reliever.  But he was in the minors a lot.  He wanted to do something different than the normal pitcher poses for his minor league card and decided to take one to the nuts. 

Here is a link to the story in his own words about how it all happened.

And, of course, the card...

 

Now there's one for the collection want list.  Now I just have to find one that I'm willing to pay for.  Since this story has come out the prices are through the roof for this card.  I'm sure they will come back down again eventually.

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

 



1916 Tango Eggs Ty Cobb Batting Pose

This card is being sold in the current REA auction and I wanted to highlight it in it's own post and not mix it in with the other cards I just posted about.

There is no ACC designation for the Tango Eggs set as it was not known until a rather large group or around 750 - 800 surfaced in 1991.  The checklist is incomplete but has 20 confirmed (I believe) cards to date.  Prewarcards.com lists 22 cards but includes Joe Tinker and Honus Wagner that have not been confirmed yet.

The Tango Eggs set most closely relates to the E106 American Caramel set with shared cards used in both sets. 

This post, however, is about a single Tango Eggs card, not the whole set.  So lets see this Cobb batting pose card.

 

 

This card is new to the hobby folks.  That's right, it's the only one known to exist.  So it's going to be interesting to see where the hammer falls when the auction closes. 

 

There is another Cobb in the set that has been confirmed, it is the leaning on bat pose that is shared with many other sets including E92, E101 and E102 etc.  That card is in rough shape and I believe it is also the only one known of that pose. 

 

This card sold in the Spring 2017 REA auction for $15,600.

 

 

Considering the condition of the newly discovered batting pose I can only guess the final price will be closer to $35K.  Like they say, it just takes two heavy hitters to go up against each other to get that price to skyrocket. 

 

So let's keep an eye on this one guys.

 

Here is the checklist for the set so far borrowed from Prewarcards.com.

 

1916 Tango Eggs Checklist

This checklist includes Wagner and Tinker, both of whom are believed to exist but have not been fully confirmed.

1. Bob Bescher
2. Roger Bresnahan
3. Al Bridwell
4. Hal Chase
5. Ty Cobb – front pose
6. Ty Cobb – side pose
7. Eddie Collins
8. Sam Crawford
9. Red Dooin
10. Johnny Evers
11. Happy Felsch
12. Hughie Jennings
13. George McQuillan
14. Billy Meyer
15. Ray Morgan
16. Danny Murphy
17. Rebel Oakes
18. Eddie Plank
19. Germany Schaefer
20. Joe Tinker
21. Honus Wagner
22. Buck Weaver
23. Heinie Zimmerman

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

 





 

A Quick Preview of the Current REA Summer 2019 Auction

Robert Edward Auctions is open for bidding and they have some serious stuff as usual.

 

The latest REA auction is now open for bidding and as usual it is full or great stuff.  The auction ends 08/18/19 for those of you who want to get in on the action.  I just wanted to highlight a few of the items that I really liked and am following.

I'm working on the E93 set slowly so I always like to see those.  There are a few Cobbs that I'd like to own.  One is a really nice looking PSA 1 with typical wear.  It has some great orange color though so it has that going for it and a clean legible reverse.  

Then there is also a lot of both an E93 Cobb and an E95 Cobb both graded A that I wouldn't mind having. 

 

 

There are also 12 T206 Cobb Green Backgrounds and 19 T206 Red Backgrounds.  Come on now! 

 

Of course there are some usual big boys starting the auction in the forms of a 1952 Topps Mantle PSA7 and a T206 Eddie Plank PSA1.  Then there is a really nice looking T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson as well.  Here are some pics of these items to drool over.

 



 



Here's another unique card that I have not seen before.  It is a 1933 Goudey blank back proof card of Babe Ruth. 

 

There are always some hobby significant pieces in any REA auction and this one has this rare 1869 Peck & Snyder Cincinnati Red Stockings trade card that has the Peck & Snyder ad back.  This is a very desirable card in the 19th Century collectibles arena. 

 

 

 





I'm also a big fan of the 1887 N690 Kalamazoo Bats set.  I really like the photography and the ballpark backgrounds, the size of the cards and the fact that they have several multiplayer cards and horizontal poses.  There are a couple (non including the team card) here one of which has the seldom seen as back.  I'll show both here as well as the ad back.

 

 



I really liked this one as I've never seen an example from this set before.  It's a 1888 M117 Sporting Times of HOFer Tim Keefe.  These are so rare that its the only the REA has offered in twenty years.  It's just a cool looking card if you ask me.

 

 

Also included in this auction is a lot of 76 E254 Colgan's Chips square proofs including 25 uncatalogued examples.  Personally I don't believe these are Colgan's Chips proof, but something else altogether, but that's a topic for another post.  Here's a pic of a group of them though.

 

 

How about this for a low grade card that will still sell for thousands.  It's a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in a GAI Authentic holder and it's one of the worst condition 52 Mantles you're likely to see.  It's going to be fun just to see where it ends.

 

 

This card, the 1952 Mother's Cookies,  is one that I really want someday as it features the Rifleman himself, Chuck Connors.  Some day I'll own this card, but I'm watching it this auction to see what it brings.

 

 

So take a look at the current auction online here and peruse some of the amazing stuff.

 



Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.











Another Great Multi-Strike Overprint Scrap

I've posted images of scraps before with some having some great overprints.

Well, I just saw this new one for the first time and had to post it for you all to see.  Scott Brockelman owns the card and will have it at this year's National if you you're going to be there.  (Update: The card has been sold and may not be at the National at this point).

It's a T206 Southern Leaguer Bill Bernhard.  The back has multiple advertisements on it including Piedmont, El Principe de Gales and what looks to me like a Brown Old Mill.  It also has the ghost image of Germany Schaefer under all the ads.

 

There was another great overprint similar to this one that I posted years ago.  I'll post it again here for comparison and because I just really like it.

 

 

Interestingly they both have the same advertisements but this one has a ghost of Cy Young.  Perhaps these were cut from the same sheet long ago. 

 

I hope you liked this new overprint scrap as much as I do.

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.



Important Card Focus: 1910 D380 Clement Bros. Ty Cobb

Here is a card that you should be familiar with if collecting prewar baseball cards.

This is a 1910 D380 Clement Bros. Bread Ty Cobb card.  It is considered one of Cobb's rarest cards out there.  I'm not sure of this, but I would think there are even more T206 Cobb with Cobb back examples than there are of this card. 

This set was issued only in Rochester, NY which explains some of the rarity.  There was a set issued in 1909 that only has eight Rochester players in the checklist.  Their portraits are inside an oval on the front of the card.  (One of these cards is on my Jersey City wantlist due to the player being pictured in his Jersey City uniform on the card). 

In 1910, Clement Bros. Bread issued another small set of cards that include twenty-four checklisted players with a mix of Rochester players and major leaguers.  There are five Hall of Famers in the set, Cobb being the key card.  The other HOFers are Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Addie Joss and Joe Tinker.

One interesting feature of this card is the pose used is the same as the batting pose used for Cobb in the E90-1 American Caramel set.  Obviously, this one being in black and white however. 

Ty Cobb's name, position and team are identified at the bottom of the card.

The back of the card has an ad for Clement Bros. Bread, Clement's pies (22 kinds) and mentions that the Rochester team is included in the series of cards.

There has been a couple additions to the checklist since I last posted about this card in 2012. 

So if you're a prewar baseball card collector, then you should definitely know about this card.  It's an important card in this hobby.

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

Washington Post and the Misadventures of the Hobby

Well this whole scandal that is unfolding in our beloved hobby has hit a new level.

The Washington Post has run an article detailing the scandal for those who haven't heard about it yet.  Here is a link to the article written by Jacob Bogage.

I think it's a well written story naming the folks involved and not pushing an agenda.  Jacob didn't shy away from posting names like PSA, PWCC and Gary Moser.  He included links to both Brent Huigen's (PWCC's CEO) post about the scandal on Net54 and Steve Sloan's (PSA's President) statement on the company's blog. 

Gary Moser of course denies altering any cards and claims he just buys what he thinks are under graded and cracks them out to resubmit for a better grade. 

Anyway, I just wanted to get it out there that this article was written and share it with you.

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one...still