Thanks everyone for sharing the great info in this thread. I’m pretty new to silks and found it really helpful, especially because the one that really sparked my interest is a Hal Chase that I recently picked up at a local card show.
Photos of the raw silk attached here.
Appears to be a 1911 S74-2 Hal Chase (Old Mill) in a blood red color with dark blue ink (the colored ones were all issued w/o paper backs). Thanks to N54 member Bob C for the intel on the three ink colors used.
After reviewing auction records, Google image, S74silk.com and Net54, I have not seen another Chase with this specific combination of red silk and dark blue (which also looks like black) ink. The blood red silk is not to be confused with the light pink silk that also exists (S74silk.com names them pink and red).
The closest I’ve seen is this (not my card) BVG slabbed Hal Chase in the same color silk but printed in red ink:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4615845011/
S74silk.com has a Doolan with this red silk/blue ink combo:
http://www.s74silk.com/coloredsilks/
Here’s a quilt with a Larry Doyle and John Hummel on red silk with blue ink:
https://www.invaluable.com/v2/auctio...0-c-38f4573902
Has anyone else seen an S74 Hal Chase on red silk with blue ink? Or any other players?
Thanks in advance for any info!
Justin
PS, for anyone interested, there’s also this newer thread from 2023 about silks too:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...highlight=Silk