N321 S.F. Hess California League

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Posted By: Jeff W.

Ever since I won my lone example from Lew Lipset, I have tried to learn more about this very scarce set. From what I gather, there are very few examples that come up for auction. Recently, ebay had an example in poor condition that went for over two thousand dollars, about on par with other examples in this condition. Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350038328443&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT=022

Additionally, here is some basic information provided by vintagecardprices.com:

"S.F. Hess & Co. issued this set featuring players from the California League. The fronts are color drawing with their names, position and team in the white border on top. The bottom border has "S.F. Hess & Co's" and below that Creole Cigarettes. The stock can be found thick or a thinner version. Backs are blank."

This set contains 40 subjects from California Minor League
1. Bennett
2. Borchers
3. Buckley
4. Burke (Batting)
5. Burke (Pitching)
6. Burnett
7. Carroll
8. Donohue
9. Donovan
10. Finn
11. Gagus
12. Hanley
13. Hardie (C., wearing mask)
14. Hardi (C.F., batting)
15. Hayes
16. Lawton
17. Levy
18. Long
19. McCord
20. Meegan
21. Moore
22. Mullee
23. Newhart
24. Noonan
25. O'Day
26. Perrier
27. Powers (1st B, catching)
28. Powers (1st B & Capt., batting)
29. Ryan
30. Selna
31. Shea
32. Sheridan
33. Smith
34. Smith
35. Smith
36. Smett
37. Stockwell (Throwing)
38. Stockwell (Batting)
39. Sweeney
40. Whitehead

I would love to see if we could complete this set online through our personal collections and I will provide the first card. Also, I would love to learn more about this set, the California League, and the experiences that you guys have had with these rarities.



Thanks in Advance
Jeff Williams