Congrats Eric! Great addition to your collection!

Congratulations on the Seamless. IMHO, that is the best of Cobb’s 1907 rookie postcards.

Jim,

You need to bring over some of those neat Cobb postcards, and I'll show you some neat Cobb autographs that I have.

Consider this an invitation.

Mike

Thanks Ethan and Paul!

Completely agree Kevin, besides the D381 I need for the set I'm working on, I can't think of any other Cobb I'd rather own.

These were advertised in the Free Press on October 8th and 9th of 1908. Anyone have any of these?

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Congratulations Erick on the Tubes Cobb postcard!!! A badass card no doubt and super investment. Impressive Cobb collection you are amassing!!

Jc

Hey Jim/others...

Thanks for all of the info/research on the Cobb post cards. Much appreciated.

I have a number of the 1907 Cobb H.M. Taylor cards. Here is my earliest.
Oct. 9, 1907

Paul D.

Scott: Here's the 14 cards that are referred to in the Detroit Free Press in 1908.

http://www.oldcardboard.com/pc/pc773-4/pc773-4gal.asp

Thanks JC, That's the term I too think best describes the image!

were novelty cutlery postcards issued in multiple years?
 

tpg's state that these postcards were issued from 1907-1909. has anyone been able to verify that? if so, are they not considered cobb rookie postcards, which need to be limited to 1907 issuance?

1907 HM Taylor PCs
 

Jim - incorrect. If the production started in 1907, they are indeed a true “rookie card”. A classic example of this philosophy are many W600’s that were issued over several years and still represent rookie cards for many of baseball’s turn of the century players. I also believe the 1903/‘04 E107 Breisch Williams cards extended into the 1904 season. The key concept is the INAUGURAL production year.

agree hm taylor is a rookie issuance.

you clarified that novelty cutlery is 1909 issuance, so all good now. tpg's mislabel the year of this set.

Here is a cool companion piece to the LaFond floral horseshoe postcard that a fellow member discovered and was kind enough to pass along to me.

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Note the LaFond name front and back and the 1908 Tigers game it was used to score.

Anyone else have any LaFond baseball memorabilia?

Jim, that game took 1:40 to be played.

Postmark date on Taylor Postcard
 

Can anyone read the date on this postcard.

oct 7, 1907

Docpatlv do you have any information about what museum that might be? I want to see if I can find any information about that jumbo postcard?