R312s

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Are R312s printed on card stock or paper? Is the printing like a photograph or are the pixels readily visible to the naked eye?

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>I would say that the paper is somewhere between a card stock and a thicker piece of paper. They do not appear to be photographs.

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Posted By: <b>John Harrell</b><p>They are hand-tinted black and white photos, and a very nice set I must say.<br /><br />John

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Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>Does anybody know how the R312s were distributed? I really like the set, even if the artist put a bit too much blush on the cheeks of many of the players. Anyway, here's one of my favorites ...<br /><br /><a href="http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e278/ccmcnutt/?action=view&current=36cubs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e278/ccmcnutt/36cubs.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>John - are you saying that upon close inspection the images do appear to be like photo prints?<br />

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>They remind me of 1915 Cracker Jack cards...<br /><br />Bigger, of course, maybe ever so slightly thicker but not much. And the printing ink goes on as with a CJ... only it is oranges and browns, pinkish reds and blacks; not the CJ red. <br /><br />Obviously, what is printed is from a photograph. But these aren't photographic cards like the Fatima T200s and T222s.<br /><br />Does that help?

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Frank - that helps very much. What is the image resolution comparable to?

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Again, about like CJs. They are on think paper. And they're not really all that thick.<br /><br />One of my favorite cards is in that set... it depicts Connie Mack sitting in a dugout, with a scorecard in his lap. Lefty Grove is just a bit further away. Mack and Grove. If you've not seen that I'll dig mine out and scan it. After I read The Joy of Keeping Score, that was when I went on a search for that card. I got outbid on the first one I found. I didn't let that happen the second time.<br /><br />Frank.

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Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>From a art point of view I think this is one of the nicest sets out there. If I was collecting again this would be one to go for. Thinly traded as far as graded but prices are reasonable all things considered.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/215/178006.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/215/178035.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/215/178008.jpg"><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>That's it, Bobby, Mr. Mack sitting on some gloves, scorecard in hand, and his young pitcher Grove in the background. Lots of baseball history in that simple card.

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Posted By: <b>chris</b><p>This is by far my favorite 1930s set. I have built the set 2 times and have unfortunately sold and traded away both sets, regrettably. The cards are printed on a thin paper stock and are tinted black and white photos. I do agree the artist did exaggerate the blush on the checks. I highly recommend anyone to build this set. In reasonable VG-EX condition the set can be put together for under $2000. There are some cards that are much more difficult to find in any grade than others. I'm not sure why. <br /><br />Toughest Cards<br />Honus Wagner<br />Cubs Team Card<br />Red Ruffing, very tough<br />Connie Mack and Grove<br />Bill Dickey<br />O.Bejma/R.Hemsley<br /><br />The Dimaggio and Greenburg are the keys to the set but are not tough to find. At the last National I saw at least 5 Dimaggios and Greenburgs. But I didn't see any Honus Wagners or Mack/Grove. My personal favorite is the Ki Ki Cuyler. Good Luck to anyone building the set.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I really like this set. Thanks to RayB for this Bill Dickey as well as a bunch of other R312s.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kingyao/rcards/websize/1936R312BillDickeySGC80.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Well I was going to post Mr. Mack but Bobby beat me to it.<br /><br />Here are 2 of the toughies that Chris mentioned.<br /><br />Obviously, depression era Cubs fans would love that Cubs card, Hartnett stands out in the middle, like he's the 'take charge' guy of the bunch.<br /><br />And Ollie Bejma seems to have been a really nice guy. I've spoked to a fellow who knew him and thought the world of him. Ollie was only in R312 and 2 different Batter Ups. Hemsley made it onto later Goudeys, Exhibits, Playballs, and others. <br /><br /><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/greatwake/R312sBejmaHandcubs.jpg">