M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Tony Andrea</b><p>Can some of you chime in who have knowledge of the M101-1 Sporting News Supplements<br />and tell me if this set was possibly reprinted at some point in time.<br />I've come across some that look different than the ones shown on "The Old Cardboard"<br />website. <br />The ones I'm inquiring about are smaller than 10"x13" which I believe was standard. <br />These measure 8-3/4x11. Also can the originals be found with both 1899 & 1900 printed in <br />the upper right portion of the supplement or were all printed showing just the numbers <br />"99" for 1899 only. <br />These have a mixture of both dates. Some have the number "99" which I know stands for<br />1899 but some have the year "1900" printed in full without the abbreviation of "00". <br />Did they actually come with two different dates printed on them.<br />Any help would be appreciated.<br /><p>Thanks, Tony

M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>PaulPaulPaul</b><p>It sounds like you are looking at two distinct, but related issues. The 8.75 x 11 pictures are M101-1 Sporting News pictures. The 10 x 13 (or a little smaller) pictures are National Copperplate. The National Copperplates were issued about a year earlier than the Sporting News pictures. There is some overlap in players in the two sets, but not complete overlap.<br /><br />The easiest way to tell the difference is that the Sporting News pictures actually say "The Sporting News" at the top, while the National Copperplates don't. I believe (but I'm not sure) that some of the Sporting News pictures actually have a credit in the photo to National Copperplate -- so don't rely on that as the distinguishing characteristic.<br /><br />I just noticed the Standard catalog lists the Sporting News pictures as being 10 x 13. This is a mistake that hopefully they'll fix soon.

M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Tony</b><p>So Paul or anyone else out there, do the M101-1 supplements that measure 8-3/4"x11" <br />have a slight glossy look to them or do they have a flat matte finish??<br /><p>Tony

M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>PaulPaulPaul</b><p>The only one I still have doesn't look particularly glossy. And I don't remember the others that I owned in the past having a glossy finish. But they are 100 years old, so it could have lost some gloss with age. Hopefully others with larger collections of these can chime in.

M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Lyman</b><p>Tony, the only one that I have (now shown on the <i>Old Cardboard</i> website at <a href="http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-1/m101-1.asp?cardsetID=961" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-1/m101-1.asp?cardsetID=961</a>) does have a slightly glossy sheen. I am not aware of any reprints of these supplements. --Lyman

M101-1 Sporting News Supplement Question???
 

Posted By: <b>Jonathan</b><p>First of all, I have a good number of the series and they are all 8 3/4 x 11.<br /><br />As for the date question, all of my 1899 players have '99 in the date field.<br /><br />In the 1900 issues, the date is "1900",<br /><br />Some other variations occur within the issue:<br /><br />Between May 5 and 12, 1900, the following changes occur:<br /><br />The font of "The Sporting News" in the heading changes.<br />The font and size of the the player, postion, team information at the bottom changes. (As a consequence, the photo frames slightly higher).<br /><br />There are some other variations earlier in the issue, such as double line framing on some of the subjects (Nichols and Griffin, for sure).<br /><br />Also, The print color of some of the issues are a rusty brown or black. All issues (that I have) starting with May 12, 1900 and later are black.<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br /><br />Jonathan