A New Find and Addition to the 1929 Leader Novelty Set! Gehrig!
 

There has been a new discovery and an addition to the 1929 Leader Novelty Set. This Sucks as I was down to 3 cards now I need 4! ugh......

Lou Gehrig has been found!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116659986570

You'll find Gehrig, Dan!

Cheers,
Mike

I found this one about 3 days too late..... Story of my life Mike! :)

We've all been there Dan!

I'm sure you'll turn another one up for your collection down the line.

I know nothing about this set but it is astonishing that it took almost 100 years before a Gehrig was found. To those cheering on Dan, I am sure he appreciates it but think about it...not so sure a Gehrig is just going to pop up again anytime soon.

Best of luck Dan. I am guessing someone got a good deal on the lot.

Like Chase I am amazed, and I don't remember another vintage set in the past few decades that had a card of such a prominent player finally discovered. However, the Leader Novelty set is one prone to additions...check out this thread from about 12 years ago that identified 12 or 13 new cards added to its list of known subjects:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...leader+novelty


Brian

That final price seems really low? Is that a true market price for the Gehrig?

I would think it would be substantially higher, not only because it is a Gehrig card, but also currently the only copy known to exist. I don't believe the seller did themselves any favor by not looking into the identification of the cards in the lot.

Brian

The price these 3 cards went for is very low, primarily because the seller obviously didn't know that these are 1929 Leader Novelty Candy cards. Also, the eBay seller listed them as a 5-day auction, which gave potential bidders less time to discover them than if they had benn listed as a 10-day auction. This shows that there are still eBay finds to be had. Dan, sorry you missed out on the Gehrig.

I am stunned, repeatedly, by how ignorant so many sellers are about what they sell. It’s glorious. Fools and their money, soon parted, ideally by me. Of course, for every seller who ignorantly throws away money in an eBay listing, there are 1,000 chimps who want $4 a card for 1988 Donruss commons.

Wow
 

That Gehrig has to be a 7500 plus card. Very cool. Thanks for posting Dan!

Mascot Dog Food from the 1950s:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ghlight=mascot

There have been a few others, but they don't immediately come to mind.

Weren't we reading about a new Ruth discovery within the last year or less (and wasn't it a N54 member who discovered it at a garage sale)?