What were we before we got trimmed?

[rdwyer]

Please identify.

[packs]

Looks post-career whatever they are.

[rdwyer]

Printing is non modern.

[swarmee]

I think you can date them until at least after 1973, as the left one makes note of post-career election to AL Pres in 1959 and remarks his name was on the baseballs for 14 years.

[4815162342]

Printing is non modern.


Are you sure? I think I used that font in MS Word this morning.

[swarmee]

I checked all Cronin and Cochrane cards that have ever been on COMC from 1970-1999 and they don't match any of them. Maybe a regional issue?

[rdwyer]

Ne1? I did Reverse image searches and came up with nothing. :(

[Sean1125]

I've spent more of my Friday night than I am willing to admit trying to figure these out.

What card stock is it? The Cochrane is a general photo used in biographies, but I cannot find the Cronin anywhere.

I believe it is an 70's or 80's reprint of some sort.

[Jay Wolt]

Richard, they are inserts from a 1991 issue of Sports Card News.

Here's a Lou Gehrig I found on eBay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lou-Gehrig-1991-Sports-Card-News-Magazine-Insert-2-New-York-Yankees-/141664081310?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20fbd6559e

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/K3wAAOSwEeFVUXXA/$_57.JPG

[rdwyer]

Thanks Jay. I spent most of my day also trying to find out what they were.

[Jobu]

Good timing for this question, I was wondering what this Joe Jackson was when it showed up the other day and now I have an answer:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SHOELESS-JOE-JACKSON-CARD-1900S-/371325578907?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5674baae9b

[swarmee]

I notified the seller; we'll see if they take it down or not.

[Leon]

Their feedback reflects some issues too...

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=kestedeni&ftab=AllFeedback


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[swarmee]

Seller response:

Dear mjohnatgt,
maybe but the back is blank and it does show some age to it that was not done with coffee or other ways. and its not even close to glossy
- kestedeni