Horner Pirates sheet & vintage scissor operators

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Posted By: <b>bcornell</b><p>I won a group of 12 Pirates cards from Scott Gaynor & Co. recently and was wondering if anyone knows the origin. They came from a sheet and are now postcard-sized. Are there more, when were they printed, who's missing, etc?<br /><br />Secondly, what is it with 'vintage trimming'? Have scissors advanced so far in the past century that we can now cut in a straight line when others before us couldn't? These Horner pictures exhibit some really bad edges, like the person doing it was either drunk and/or furiously cutting the sheet before someone broke down the door. Sigh.<br /><br />Bill<br /><br /><img src="http://www.t207.com/images/horner/thm-horner_wagner.jpg"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/horner/thm-gibson.jpg"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/horner/thm-leifield.jpg"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/horner/thm-clarke.jpg"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/horner/thm-maddox.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Patrick McMenemy</b><p>Nice pickup Bill. It's the first time that I have seen this issue. What I find interesting is that George Gibson was frequently called George "Moon" Gibson. However, with this issue he is referred to as George "Hack" Gibson, which I'm sure is a shot at his not so good eye as a hitter.<br /><br />Patrick

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Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>When I was a kid, I cut just about that bad.<br /><br />These look like the Horner foldout postcards from 1907 that feature the giants. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>I would bet these are from an advertising poster of some sort...I really contemplated bidding on these. You got a great deal on them Bill.

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Posted By: <b>Scott Forrest</b><p>Hi Bill, They look like the 'glossy page' photos from the pre-1910 Spalding Guides. They seem to be almost the same size, but trimmed a little - are they the same stock?