B18 Blanket Help
 

is there a site that lists all of the variations and rarity for the B18 Blankets?

This webpage will give you the checklist but not the rarity order you're looking for.

B18 Checklist

Thanks,

AndyH

thanks for the checklist, the reason i ask for the rarity is because i just picked up this lot, and i am curious

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Felt-Baseball...MNQ~~60_12.JPG

The most difficult color combination features a red infield--these are rarely seen although Lew Lipset had a few in his 2010 auction. This one went for over $4K, and the others went for similar $$$:
http://www.oldjudge.com/site/oldjudg...401/lg/135.jpg

The next most difficult colors go for far, far less money and include the purple pennants/green bases group and yellow pennants:
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_Huggins.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_Bassler.jpg

Those who collect these can give you better guidance on what's next in terms of difficulty, but I always thought these were slightly more difficult than the remaining:http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...b18_mowrey.jpg

Those that you won are of the most common variety, along with the blue infields, which I do not like because its hard to read the player name:http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_wagner2.jpg

Finally, the only player that I'm aware of who is more difficult to find is Kavanagh, corrected from the more commonly seen Cavanaugh, although still incorrectly spelled with a "u".

EDITED TO ADD another common combination:


http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...14b18Doyle.jpg

I stand corrected
 

Your inquiry led me to look for an answer in Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards--required reading for any vintage card collector. He gives a very detailed analysis of the set, and lists the degree of difficulty as follows (to which I obviously defer):

Easiest to toughest.
1. All Brooklyn and New York A.L.
2. New York N.L. (Green paths), Washington (Green Bases), and Detroit (White infield).
3. New York N.L. (Brown paths) and Washington (brown bases).
4. St. Louis A.L. (purple paths) and Pittsburgh (purple bases).
5. St. Louis N.L. (purple paths) and Cleveland (purple bases).
6. St. Louis A.L. (red paths) and Pittsburgh (red bases).
7. Detroit and Boston (Brown infields).
8. Cleveland (yellow bases) and St. Louis N.L. (yellow paths)
9. Detroit and Boston (red infields).

i have another question, the felt in the top row middle looks like the Walsh pictured below.. based on the pose.

there are several on eBay but they are all colored like the one below, none like the one in the lot i bought.

is the one i have a variation?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1914-B-18-Bas...Jk!~~60_57.JPG

Each team is depicted with at least two different color combinations. Your Walsh is the red basepaths version for St.Louis A.L identified by Lipset as no. 6 in my last post.