ID Help - Johnny Mostil 1920s White Sox Strip Card

[Jobu]

Can anyone tell me what this is? Measures 2 3/8" x 1 3/8" and is printed on very thick stock.

Thanks in advance.

[RCMcKenzie]

Bryan, do you have a scan of the back?

It looks kind of like a 1920's strip card, but I have not seen this design before. Where did you find it?

[Jobu]

Hey Rick,

I just added a back scan, it is blank. It came from an estate picker in New York.

[RCMcKenzie]

Hey Rick,

I just added a back scan, it is blank. It came from an estate picker in New York.
Thanks for adding the pic of the back, Bill. Looks like a 20's strip card that I have not seen before. Maybe others can ID it. Nice find.

[Leon]

I have seen thousands of strips and never seen one like that. Very interesting.

[edhans]

Curious caption-"P&A photo" for a line drawing.

[bbcard1]

Curious caption-"P&A photo" for a line drawing.

I did a quick search for P&A Photo. but found nothing of value.

[packs]

Purely a hunch but it looks like some kind of game piece to me.

[NiceDocter]

I’m voting for a reprint made not in the era. Hate that modern font on the name and the thick stock.

[Leon]

I’m voting for a reprint made not in the era. Hate that modern font on the name and the thick stock.

That was my first thought but why?

[SMPEP]

No clue on what this is - but P & A photo probably stands for Pacific & Atlantic photo. They provided the photo for one card (out of the 120) in the W572 set.

Cheers,
Patrick

[brianp-beme]

This card reminds me of a mystery one I have that seems to have, for some reason, been produced many decades after the strip card era. Here is a link to the thread that a helpful Net54'er pinned down the source of the image, and scans of the mystery card and a W515, both of which seem to have been derived from the same photo, shown below.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=270600&highlight=strip-esque

Brian

[chalupacollects]

Here's a link to what looks like original photo... from here one of our uniform experts can probably date the card...

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/john-a-mostil-of-the-chicago-white-sox-throwing-a-ball-in-news-photo/173654598

[brianp-beme]

Here's a link to what looks like original photo... from here one of our uniform experts can probably date the card...

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/john-a-mostil-of-the-chicago-white-sox-throwing-a-ball-in-news-photo/173654598

Nice spotting! It looks like the photo is identified as being from 1923.

Brian

[Jobu]

Thanks Tim - nice find! (Sorry I missed your post the first time around.)

Anyone else ever seen a card like this? I emailed Lyman and it is new to him as well.

Here's a link to what looks like original photo... from here one of our uniform experts can probably date the card...

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/john-a-mostil-of-the-chicago-white-sox-throwing-a-ball-in-news-photo/173654598

[Leon]

The back looks a little like fake aging but that doesn't make financial sense. Possibly part of a reprint set? Or could be real :)

[Jobu]

In hand it feels and looks like it is probably legit. The thickness makes me think maybe it was cut out of a box, but hard to say.

I will try to remember to bring it to the next National I attend to see what people think (...and I look forward to forgetting).

[brianp-beme]

I will try to remember to bring it to the next National I attend to see what people think (...and I look forward to forgetting).

Forgetting is real aging.

Brian

[Jobu]

LOL - say it ain't so!

Forgetting is real aging.

Brian

[Jobu]

Bringing this one back around for a fresh look. Has anyone ever seen a card like this before?

[FrankWakefield]

I've not seen strip cards like that. The font doesn't look consistent with strip cards of the 20's. It doesn't look right.

Shine a black light on that card. I think it will fluoresce, and when it does you'll know that it's not genuine. And I hope I'm wrong and that you've got a 'find' there...