COLGANS: "Send 25 Tin Tops From Packages of Colgans Violet or Mint CHIPS and

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

24 stamp~to get~PHOTOGRAPH of WORLD'S PENNNANT WINNING TEAM"

That's what it says on the back of every Colgan's "Tin Top" (hence the name).

What "Stamp"?

Has anyone ever seen one of these "WORLD'S PENNANT WINNING TEAMs"?

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Posted By: Julie

are you as msytified as I am?

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Posted By: Jay Miller

Julie--I read the post but I know nothing about these. Sorry!

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Posted By: Scott

The only Colgans in my collection at all are the ones you traded me a couple of months back so I definately can't help you there!

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

regular colgans but only a couple Tin Tops. As all were made in Louisville, I have great hopes to do some research someday on them but to date haven't done anything huge. I did win a really cool 1910 Louisville program that has a full page ad for Colgans in it that I will share with everyone when I can get it scanned. Lots about Colgan's that is confusing. If you scan ebay for them there's been some incredible advertising pieces like glass cases, wooden boxes and other items on sale there in the live auctions recently bringing $1000 or so on some of the better items. The mint chips display piece in RE auctions is going pretty strong right now. Live in Louisville and NEVER seen anything like any of those ad pieces out there. I did have a nice wooden box once that advertised Colgan's Taffy Tolu--completely different product from Mint and Violet chips. Sold it to Lelands and rue that transaction to this day. Anyway, sorry I can't shed anything more on them for you.............

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Posted By: Rhett

The middle one is the Tin Top

Julie, to my knowledge nobody has found the Photo in question. We have probably seen it and merely not known where it came from, it likely doesn't say Colgans anywhere on it. Until somebody finds one still in the mailer from the Colgans Co. (or the Autosales Gum and Chocolate Co. of New York that bought the Colgans Co.) we will never know what it looked like, etc. When it talks about the stamp they are merely asking the customer to pay fro the return shipping. You added the US 2-cent stamp so Mr. Colgan didn't have to pay fro the shipping costs.
-Rhett

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Posted By: Julie

Behrens--kindly pointed out to me that there are 10 players ((I assume all minor league) who appear ONLY on Colgans cards, and no others..

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Posted By: jay behrens

I am not sure if all 10 players are listed with minor league teams in the set, but they all played for major league teams at one point in their careers.

Jay