Post your Purple Pieces of Paper
 

Howdy. I was looking at my collection and noticed a complete dearth of purple on the fronts. Why is purple so uncommon? I know it commands a premium on the E94's, probably due to a combination of aesthetics and scarcity.

Please show off any of your cards with purple on the front. It would be greatly appreciated.

:D:D:D

http://photos.imageevent.com/rgold/r...ehringer84.jpg

E94 Purples
 

Trying to put a set together, and these are a some of my favorites...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2925273100/" title="Charlie Gehringer by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3187/2925273100_44f32e6148_o.jpg" width="450" height="756" alt="Charlie Gehringer"></a>

I remain grateful to the person who sold this to me from his personal collection:

Pete

Nice purple stuff

I see some purple others may not, I could be a little colorblind too
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...ze/donovan.jpg

A purple-ish Vic Willis. Hard to tell from the scan (crappy scanner) but it's an odd color.

Here are two I used to own:
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh..._Lindstrom.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...95reulbach.jpg

I still own these
 

Three blankets in the fold:

http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_Bassler.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_Huggins.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...b18_mowrey.jpg

great cards...there's just something about that purple e94 lajoie...Stunning!!!!

here's another
 

E94 Bescher

nice bescher scott...it seems most beschers I see are beaten and creased...tough to find nice one!

A couple more.
JimB

http://photos.imageevent.com/jimblum...oungNagy_2.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/jimblum...20SGC%2060.JPG

Jim, Amazing Cobb & Young!!

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps67092713.jpg

Another one:

Another E94.

E99 Pearl Casey
 

For more, go to the "Portland Beavers Baseball Cards, Postcards, and More" gallery at http://www.sportingoregon.com/ .

Matty Purple
 

Kinda cool, I think

^^ yep, very cool! It has the gold borders of a T205, the layout of a Rose Co. postcard, and the inclusion of a mini L1 leather at the bottom. Weird! (but cool) ;)

Cant believe Im the first to post this guy. If you scratch the card you can actually sniff the grape kool-aid!

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CUgMawyn4yAkQKq54XYtgEbbPrYp6YHrRqcN_cfzkkQ?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MrnBRXepXcQ/TKyDhtN-P2I/AAAAAAAAJN8/OLyisdzI7fk/s800/Dougherty%2520Portrait%2520SGC%252080.jpg" height="800" width="497" /></a>

E94s
 

My latest addition.....

Wow! I've never even seen this card. Amazing

W517 - A purple Chick

E94's
 

Mike, great card, and I'm thankful to you for the Cicotte. Many thanks again!
Pete

More purple
 

The last of mine

Awesome. Thanks for sharing everyone!

Does anyone have any guesses why there are so few purple pre-war cards? Was purple ink expensive? Was purple seen as a "girly" color?

That is a beautiful piece of art. How big is it? Is it part of a set, and if so, what is it called?

MY only purple e94's left! And if I'm not mistaken...of all e94's shown...not 1 duplicate!

A Baker and a Brown.

Purple Pennant
 

Wagner pennant
 

Another purple pennant....

here's my purple piece of paper
 

I had to wait to respond to this thread as I was in the process of purchasing this card (before the thread started, shockingly)...just got it in the mail on Monday. I think I only have one or two tint variations left to go in order to complete my 1926-29 Klein tint hoard!

http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...-%20Purple.jpg