Colgan's & Ju Ju Drums
 

I always thought of these as neat issues. E254 being obviously the most common. Then Red Borders and the Tin Tops about the same for availability? With the Ju Ju Drums being much tougher to come by then any of the Colgan's.

Would love to hear input and see any discs from others collections

My one and only.


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I can't add much value due to a lack of experience with Colgan's in general, but these cards have really grown on me. I'll edit this post later with a pic of my Honus Wagner Colgan's I got at National.

I always liked this issue too. It has a lot of minor leaguers. Some of the cards are exceedingly tough.

There is a near set in the fall 2018 REA auction.

Jeff

A few...
 

Some nice Colgan's. I like 'em too.

In my opinion, here is the order of scarcity, from most common to least:

E254 Colgan's Chips (by far most common)
E270 Red Border
E270 Tin Tops (just slightly tougher to come by than Red Borders)
E286 Ju-Ju Drums
E254 Colgan's Chips with '208 in Present Series' on back (may be about same
as Ju-Ju Drums, but definitely don't see them as often)

Brian

Here's my only Colgan's example...McCarthy as a minor leaguer. I like 'em too though:

https://photos.imageevent.com/derekg...rthy%20_2_.jpg

The Grey Eagle

Not a HOFer but my two of gramps aka Danny Murphy. I am seeking the tin top still if anyone has one available.

Pop 4, pop 3 and pop 4.

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Those are great, Jeff. If you need the Atlanta Walker just let me know which you’d swap it for. 🤑

"208 Present in Series" ?
 

Brian, Colgan's with "208 Present in Series" ? - not familiar with that, never seen that type, gotta check into it more. Learn something every day.

Here is a thread about the 208's.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=192156

Andy, thanks for info link. You guys remember the Skydash find? Many thought he wasn't for real, but then he posted, sure enough they were real and he had them. The Jim Thorpe amazed me! Would love to have that one.

Here are two of my three Jersey City Colgan's chips. The other two are proofing tougher to find in a price I like.


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Zach Wheat and Babe Adams .

Colgan’s Chips Ad
 

Insert for the Colgan’s Chips, I would love to find more ads for the Colgan’s Chips

Round Candy Issues...
 

I have always loved these little round candy issues! Here are a couple of super rare disc and a Colgan's Invoice... (I believe the Welchouce is the only known Tin top of him as about 10 years ago it was not in the SCD, and I sent in info and they added it to the checklist the following year. Of note, I bought the Tin Top from a small find in Canada via Ebay)

Disc & Square's...
 

Don't forget about the Colgans Square Proof Issues... They would rank among the most rare. Here is my only example.

Agreed

Love some Colgan's............life long resident of Louisville, KY where they were made but NEVER see them around town.........here's an ad from a 1909 Louisville Colonels' program that I have..........

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25565

And a few pictures of Colgan's Chips containers. They are not mine.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25567

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http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25568

The Ju Ju Drums is available - PM me if interested.

Been trying to find the Smith (Newark) one for a while

The back of my rusty tin.

Colgan's
 

Since the Skydash Tin Tops find I think the Red Borders are the toughest to find and really hard to find centered. I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to put either set together I would think that would be impossible but you never know what could be out there.

A few Flicks
 

Toledo and Cleveland - both hard to find.

colgan 208 series
 

A tougher 208 series Flick
for some reason it shows upside down when adding picture
not good at this

Ju Ju Drums just sound cool!

Reminds me of JuJuBees as a child!

CV

The double whammy of rarity! One of the top 10 toughest cards in the set with the toughest back. Great card!

Colgan's
 

Ron,

Holy Flick!!!

The Flick with Series of 208 is a great little card. This E270 red border came with its container. Not much border chipping at all which is nice on these.

http://luckeycards.com/pe270redsteinfeldt.jpg

so it was round flat gum that also helps digestion? Did violet taste like grape?

My two;

I imagine Violet Chips had a floral flavor. Not something that would be very popular today but it was a different time.

The Violet Chips taste just like a big bunch of fresh violets smells.
 

Cool ad. If that was a container which held a card then the price of the card was less than .10 cents and probably a lot less relative to the product. Not bad for an E270.