1915 St Louis Globe Democrat Color Sport Supplements

[bcbgcbrcb]

I believe that just about all of the ones that you have pictured appeared in a major auction catalogue a couple of years ago. I really tried for the Faber one as it pre-dated his rookie card but was not successful. Other than that info, I really love them amd congrats on putting together such a nice collection. They are definitely very scarce.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I believe that just about all of the ones that you have pictured appeared in a major auction catalogue a couple of years ago. I really tried for the Faber one as it pre-dated his rookie card but was not successful. Other than that info, I really love them and congrats on putting together such a nice collection. They are definitely very scarce.

Thanx Phil. That was the H&S Fall 2009 auction. Just prior to that I had discovered the supplements accidentally on ebay, when I received a few in the mail a couple days before the H&S auction close I was on a mission. I think I pretty much ran the table on the ones they offered. Had I not received the ebay ones for another week, I probably wouldn't have bid so aggressively on the H&S offerings.

Next time I cross paths with a Faber, I will let you know.

Doug

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks, Doug, but I'm okay on Faber now, I have since picked up a 1914 Chicago postcard.

[doug.goodman]

I kind of feel bad bumping my own post, especially since there are only a few guys out there who care about esoteric items such as these, but here goes...

While adding the Weilman / Plank that I received from Clint into the book I store these in, I discovered some additions to the "checklist". I suppose you could say they were hiding in plain sight. The updated list is :

April 25 - Cartoon about teams taking NL pennant
(ADD) May 30 - Tommy Long (most popular ballplayers)
June 27 - Carl Weilman & Eddie Plank (popular players)
July 4 - Two Of This Season's Stars (front of section)
July 4 - Feds Team (back of section)
July 11 - Lee Meadows & Urban Faber (pitching sensations)
July 18 - Ty Cobb & Jake Daubert (batting stars)
July 25 - Larry Doyle & Lee Magee (batting stars)
Aug 1 - Bennie Kauff & Vic Saier (base stealers)
Aug 8 - Tris Speaker & George Burns (outfield)
Aug 15 - Rabbit Maranville & Eddie Collins (both sides of second sack)
Aug 22 - Ray Schalk & Frank Snyder (catchers)
Aug 29 - Altrock, Schaefer & Jennings (coaches)

Those are all from 1915 and noted as "Color Sport Supplement" with the date at the top (except the July 4 Feds Team).

There are also color pages from :
(ADD) Sept 20, 1908 - Parade of players with bats on shoulders & crowd
(ADD) Apr 9, 1909 - Cartoon entitled "Play Ball" with a King watching game w/peanuts & scorecard
(ADD) Aug 11, 1912 - Drawing of kids playing titled "A Home Run"
(ADD) June 6, 1915 - Baseball cartoon "Bert Bush's First Game"
Sept 12, 1915 - Charles Comiskey (owner)
Sept 19, 1915 - Hank O'Day (umpire)


Based on the Tommy Long addition, I'm thinking there are a bunch more of these, hopefully one each week.

Also, I think that the Color Sport Supplements themselves were a section of 4 newspaper pages, with the front and back in color and the inside black and white.

Doug


PS - Phil, I found another Faber, email me your address and I'll send it to you.

[ksfarmboy]

Doug I think there is little talk because they are rare and not many people even knew they existed until you posted about them. They are beautiful pieces of art. Keep us informed about your progress. Nice research.

[John V]

Since I'm interested in Zinn Beck, I've had this July 4th scan but not the actual supplement.

[doug.goodman]

Thank you John.

What players are those?

I had completely missed the very obvious fact that the page I had listed as July 4, is actually the back of the July 4 supplement.

Thanx for adding to our "catalog".

Doug