1913 Cravats - The Full Set
 

I wanted to publicly thank Taylor (tschock) for being willing to part with his Cravats piece. It was received about a week ago and the set is now complete...at least until any further uncataloged examples surface :rolleyes:

This was a project 20+ years in the making and I still cannot believe it is done.
These things are extremely obscure. There aren't more than a handful of each player and several players only have one known example, including the Joe Jackson. If these were cards instead of ugly pennants, a set would almost certainly be impossible. So to all of you collectors of obscure oddball sets...keep at it ;)

Chris

Here is the rest of the set, although they look my prettier on Old Cardboard's site: http://www.oldcardboard.com/o/b/cravats/cravats-gal.asp

awesome!!! Congrats on finishing the set! Now what?

Congrats! That's quite a piece you got from Taylor! Think I like the sewn version better than the individual pennants. Very cool. Although I kind of wished you hadn't shown this ... because now I have the thought ... hey, it would be neat to collect those ... maybe I should start the set!

Cheers,
Patrick

Very nice, congrats Chris!

BTW, looks like a handful of the pennants share photos used in the sepia-toned M101-2 set.

Chase (1909) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/022.jpg
Konetchy (1910) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/033.jpg
Dooin (1910) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/042.jpg
Coombs (1910) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/045.jpg
Bender (1910) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/053.jpg
Archer (1911) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/058.jpg
Meyers (1911) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/062.jpg
Wagner (1912) - http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/085.jpg

and Plank (if it were reversed) is close but not quite:
http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-2/038.jpg

outstanding! what a great set!

Thanks for all the kind comments! The Cravats probably are my all-time favorite set; almost certainly because they are so unusual and obscure. I am also hoping information on their origin will someday surface. All we really know at this point is the year.

Chris,

Thanks for the nice shout out. And sharing your now 'complete' collection. I was glad to to (finally) part with since I could send them where they truly belonged.

But is the set really complete without the all color variations? :D

THIS is exactly...
 

why I keep logging on to net54.
congratulations to you both!
it's quite heartwarming to read about the passion & the sense of community that we all (hopefully) share in this great hobby.
thank you chris and taylor

+1 on that sentiment.
Congrats Chris!!

Very tough set
 

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Wow! What a great accomplishment. And to have been working on it for 20 years! Your perseverance is impressive! Thanks for sharing. This is an issue I was not even aware of.

Cravats 1913
 

My search for 1913 Cravats on eBay yielded this interesting letterhead from July 18, 1913.

Coincidence?

Patrick

Now THAT is something you just don't see every day! Congratulations, sir.

Patrick, you might be onto something there. Both the felts and that letterhead share a similar logo in the shape of a circle (depicted as a baseball on the felt) with an almost identically angled and similar looking 'CRAVATS' within that circle. I believe you have possibly identified the company behind this set of felts.

Thanks for sharing!

Brian

Bravo! Well done.
RayB

Super cool. You might post a checklist with colors on the off chance that a member would have a variation or possibly a new example.

Just to point out, the original post was from over 6-1/2 years ago. Hopefully that poster is still around to chime in on his impressive Cravats felt collection.

Brian

Oops...

I love a long-game completion! Congrats!

Congrats. I have frequently noticed you mention of them at the bottom of your posta and never had any idea what they were until this thread.

Very cool.

Thanks for posting.

another possibility
 

cravats?