Personal Pre-War Set and Collector Survey

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Nice idea for a post Bob.

1. Had some pre-war as a kid, CJs & Goudeys. Got back in about 18 months ago. My focus is type collecting and a couple of E sets, but my collection spans 100 years of baseball 1885-1985.

2 & 3. Currently have 200 +/- pre-war cards.

4.. most significant to me would be parts of my West Coast type collection, T217 Mono, E224 Texas Tommy's, N321, E-100. Also enjoy my 1921 Exhibits Ruth and CJ14 Cobb, I never get tired of looking at those cards.

5. Currently working on an original circulation E98 Master Set 112/120 and a hi-grade E94 set 18/30.

I really enjoy pre-war collecting but also enjoy building post-war HOF groups from the 50's-70's.

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Thanks Phil. Looks like you have some great items and collecting interests as well. Your mention of a West coast type collection sounds really intriguing, and very expensive. LOL. I actually also type collect on top of the many sets I'm working on as well, and have a lot of oddball stuff I've acquired over the years. In regards to West coast items, are you at all familiar with the circa 1936 Sports Stamps that were printed in various newspapers across the country back then? They included pictures and short stories and bios of baseball players, as well as individuals from multiple other sports (even race car drivers), that were to be cut out of the papers so they could be saved and collected. The old Krause/SCD catalogs would list some of the newspapers these Sports Stamps used to be printed in, but one they never did list were 1936 Sports Stamps from the Los Angeles Examiner. Was wondering if you ever came across any of these in youe type collecting pursuits? I believe for baseball players they listed guys in the Pacific Coast League. Would seem to be something you'd be interested in. Just an FYI.