A wonderful set
It is truly amazing that a near intact set of these cards is being sold, but maybe it shouldn't be. I have not been able to find out much about how these cards were distributed, but I did post the back of this "dope book" several years ago. The book was published by Felix Mendelsohn (note inset taken from interior page) and included a different photo and card number for Scott than what ultimately was issued in the Indy Brewing set.
What is still eluding me is whether the cards were available as something other than a complete set, and if so how. About half the Mendelsohn-related 1916 sets required you to do something once a week for 10 weeks, two others required you to perform some tasks to get the full set and the rest looked to be single card at a time projects. It seems that Indy Brewing would have been the easiest of these sets to complete, with just a one-time payment required. Even if the cards were not well promoted, it would appear that those who were interested would have the whole set. So why is this Heritage auction the first time anything close to a set has been offered? Spectacular find nonetheless.
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Last edited by nolemmings; 07-28-2018 at 06:50 PM.
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