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fkwOff the top of my head, some random things Ive learned over the last few years.
In some T206 packs (Hindu for one) there were more than one card per pack of cigarettes.
The Pinkerton Photo Postcards are vintage and date from same time as the Pinkerton Cabinets. I have owned about 4 that were used as postcards and had postmarks to prove age.
E224 Texas Tommy's cards were made by the Cardinet Candy Co. of Oakland, and Texas Tommy was the name of a dance of the era.
Sanella Ruth cards are very common in Germany
There are 2 different 1933 Blue Bird Ruth cards, one (front view) there is about 3 dozen known, the second (side view) only a single example known.
M101-4 and M101-5 are from the same year.
Herpolsheimer made cards (or planned to) in 1921.
Some 1947-66 Exhibits are found with 1926-29 Postcard backs (just learned that one couple days ago).
There is a Ruth in the 1923-24 Exhibit Set, (only a single example seen by me).
Some cut W517 minis are actually cut from a 4-in-1 postcard.
1929 Leader Novelty Candy Co., 1933 Uncle Jacks Candy, 1925 Schapira Candy, 1927 Middy Bread, and a few others, sell for a lot more than the books indicate.
There are 3 different sets in W519
There are 3 sets of Standard Biscuit cards, 1916, 1917, 1921 (with 4 total variations).
1949 Cuban Ansco cards are not only found with Almendares players, there are many players from the Habana team as well.
1933 Blue Bird (side view), 1949 Ansco Habana