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Capadura matchbox...
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This matchbox sold for what I think was a very reasonable price on eBay yesterday. The other side of the box shows another miniature version of a Capadura baseball-themed trade card. Are these common? Period?
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was watching
I saw that and was watching it. My guess is that it is 2 very inexpensive cards pasted onto a matchbox. I could be wrong but for that reason I didn't bid on it.....I have never seen another one.
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I believe I saw another one on Ebay about a year or so ago. I wasn't sure what to make of it, the seller listed the box @ 1.5" X 2.25", the cards these are fashioned after are post card sized.
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smaller?
I didn't notice they were mentioned as smaller. That being said I just compared to a few regular Capaduras I have laying around and these pictures on the matchbox look very grainy/fuzzy compared to the real cards. I just don't care for the little matchbox that could :(......
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It did look a little suspect that's why I passed.
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the topic of this post caught my interest as I have a pair of these (smaller) Capadura cards that I picked up about 10-15 years ago, yet the pair that I have measure about 2 3/8" x 3 7/8", definitely smaller than a traditional Capadura trade card, but also larger than the size that was mentioned in the ebay listing for those on the matchbox.
I've seen (and possessed) a number of the standard-sized Capaduras over the years, but had never seen any smaller versions with the exception of the pair that I have...I agree with the statement by Leon that the image IS grainy / fuzzy when compared to the actual Capadura cards, as that is the case with the two that I have as well (shown below). I too have been suspicious of not only the smaller size but also the lower-quality image, and the fact that an even SMALLER version has now surfaced further puzzles me...while I have seen (and owned) matchboxes on which the label is about the size of a playing card, I've never before seen a Capadura matchbox in either - or ANY - size, although I am certainly no expert on matchboxes of any type. the smaller versions that I have and the ones on the matchbox that you purchased both feature the same two cards ( "Judgment" and "Where will you have them?" ), which I find rather interesting...there is a bit of paste or glue residue on the back of the pair that I own which which shows that at some point the cards were affixed to some type of paper surface, but I am clueless whether these were removed from a scrapbook or ??? DS |
not to belabor the point but....
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I did not buy the box. There were two snipers, with the underbidder placing a skeptical bid. I might point out that the poor quality of the images may have to do with the poor quality of the photo itself. An in-hand examination would do the trick. If it's a period piece, it's great.
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