This one has been bugging me. I have a Manning with similar lettering across the top. Could these be from misprinted sheets. The shape of the letter on the top, looking like an upside down U, appears to look like the top half of the O. Anyone else see this or is it just me? BTW I picked up the Gillespie pictured above.

Craig

If anyone has a Chris Fulmer Catcher, Baltimore and is willing to sell... let me know. My wife is related to him and would love to add to my collection. Thanks, Brad

Yeah, it's tricky. The partial block letters on my Ewing card are similar to yours (although NOT identical). Tough to tell WHAT letters they were, before being cut.

Bottom letters are the ORM of UNIFORM, it looks like. Top looks like RT to me, but it doesn't match with the currently known pattern.

Hello. Are either of your Paul Hines for sale? If not, would you by chance know where to get any GC or Old Judge of him? Thank you.

Try using the instant messaging feature in the board by clicking on the person's screenname in their post and selecting "Send a private message to...." in the dropdown menu. It is normally considered bad taste to respond to a discussion thread asking about items being for sale or not.
You could also make a post in the Net54 Buy/Sell/Trade section under the appropriate sport and date range of the cards you're looking for.

I'm making a lot of progress on this set, but I don't have either Hines, batter or CF. If I see an OJ Paul Hines for sale, I will let you know. Is Hines your relative? I'm glad you bumped this thread, as I enjoy reading about this topic.

ValKehl posted two; I figured that's who the new poster was asking.

N284s are the older brother of the E91s. The only N284 baseball card I like is Von der Ahe because it actually looks like him.

Sorry nothing to add about the actual set and the actual year of issue. I'm going to guess some hard core N284 collector has researched the player/team combos to see what year is consistent with the card set.

Yeah, I figured, but for a first post, I thought it was pretty good. I doubt Val would want to part with his in his Washington collection.

I think the baseball players are all 1887. I made a bunch of notes earlier this year about the set. This Meyers looks a lot like the actual player...I agree that the generic ones are tough to pony-up for towards the set.

edit to add Meyers(myers) OJ for comparison(not my card)

Chuck, I just sent you a PM.

Thank You
 

Thanks for reaching out Val, I appreciate it. And sorry for not following protocol on my post...this is my 1st time joining on here. I am searching for either an OJ or Gold Coin Paul Hines. It's for a project I started years ago to secure a card from each of the Triple Crown winners. I have some big names still to go (Cobb/Gehrig) but the Hines is my 'holy grail' :)

Here are pages 400-403 from the WTI.

Have always loved this set. Actually just picked my first HOF'er up. Got a Buck Ewing raw from a general auction in PA.

I've been searching for a Crowley - LaCrosse for years. In fact that particular Ebay alert has about an inch of dust on it. Here are the other 3 LaCrosse players.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29524https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29523

Those are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

I just came across something I had but had forgotten about when this thread was active in 2020. I think this piece is cut from a N284 poster, but I really don't know. I got it 20-25 years ago, most likely from a dealer. Al Myers, Washington short stop, is represented in the N284 set, but with a different pose (see card below). The pose on this piece does not seem to appear on any card in the N284 set, and Myers' face on this poster cut somewhat resembles the pic of Myers in https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...yersal01.shtml This piece is approximately 2.5" x 4" in size, and it is on relatively thin stock - it's much thinner than a N284 card and even thinner than a T206 card. I would appreciate receiving any thoughts & comments about this Myers piece. Thanks in advance!