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Denny There are 50 Player cards in the set. Only 30 Players out of the 50 Players were graded by PSA. With a total of 86 of them having been graded. 14 of them were Cy Young, another 14 being Jack knight and 9 of them being Bescher. Jack knight has 4/7's, 7/6's, 1/5 & 2 in the 3-4 catagory. Seems Jack & Cy dominate the known cards in the set. Cy has Zero 7's, 1/6 & 5/5's. The rest have very few examples, most being in VG Condition. SGC has graded just a hand full, with an added not that One Jack Knight has been graded an 80. So Jack does seem to rule this set. Why?, Is a very good question!
Note: The set is comprised of a series of 50 players. As indicated on the back of each card, one card was issued with each 5-cent package of Smith's Mello-Mint gum. A horizontal crease and the paper-thin stock used for each card indicate that the cards were folded before insertion into the gum pack.
Dave is so right bout them being extremely thin. How any of these ever lasted 96 years is truly remarkable. I am just begining to Hunt for these delicate pieces of history. Ive been told that No One Has Ever Been Able To Put This Set Together!?!?! Yet Jack has at least 15 Known Great Lookin' Examples, Very Interesting Stuff.
Theory of the Day! Jack had a Fan who collected and Protected them, Then they were freed from the Currier who nurtured them... How else could one explain His Dominance?
But what do I know,
Denny