Definitely the Castlleton did not really change artwork, just had a good cropping and recolorization.
Since we are dealing with the fantastic sets that are Obak, don't forget about the 40 1910 cards with '150 Subjects' on back. A few interesting (for us type of vintage collecting human beings) observations:
The 40 cards consists of players from only the 6 PCL teams (Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco and Vernon) and none from the four NWL teams that were included in the more commonly seen 175 Subjects series. There are 10 San Francisco players featured, while the other 5 teams each have 6 players included.
As far as I know most of these 40 cards have the same fronts as seen in the 175 Subjects grouping, but at least one, possibly more (any help with this out there?) that feature modified artwork. Here is the one I know about - the 175 Subjects Mundorff on the left, and the 150 Subjects on the right (note that his name is incorrectly spelled Mundorf):
obak1910mundorff175.jpgobak1910mundorf150 001.jpg
Because of the Mundorf 150 Subjects card having his name incorrect, I would think the 150 Subjects were issued before the 175 Subjects cards.
As far as Jason's quest is concerned, he does have 12 additional possibilities (6 150 Subjects for Los Angeles, 6 150 Subjects for Vernon) to make his LA and Vernon 'one Obak card for each player' dreams come true.
Brian
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Originally Posted by jason.1969
Very cool! Had never seen those together like that. Here is a team change where the artists didn’t work quite as hard.
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