Anybody know anything about "Lawson's"?

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Attractive, generic cards, 1884. The front begins in the middle and goes both ways. My catcher is dressed in reddish orange, with a minimal wire mask, and bare nands stretched out in front of him. In the upper left-and corner (both of them), is a blue baseball with "catcher" on it. The back is in various shades of brown, a sketch from behind the batter's box, showing slightly bent catcher, batter, pitcher, a lady in a long dress and two gentlemen, the 2nd baseman and short stop. Very professional looking, rounded corners.

The only cards I saw dealt with baseball, but i suppose it's possible it was some sort of a game.

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Posted By: James Walker, Jr.

Here are a few links I've come across. Looks like the cards you've described.

http://www.rotmanauction.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/rotman/113/lot1001

http://www.rotmanauction.com/113/load_bbmem.html

If I find anything else, I'll post it here.

James Walker, Jr.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

(James and the Giant peach is a children's book by Roald Dahl).

That's my catcher! But the back is chocolate brown, not blue.

I think $2000 is a bit steeop for the set, too. I paid $50 for my (mint) catcher.

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Posted By: Jaime Leiderman