Trade Card Find/Show Your Favorites

[aelefson]

Hi-
I recently found 20 or so 1880s trade cards with baseball themes at an antique show (for an excellent price!). Below are a few of my favorites from the find. Please show your favorites! I would especially like to see Sporting Life ones and large ones (like Regular Corker scanned below).
Thanks,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

[1880nonsports]

the sporting life cards you showed are among my favorite BB trade cards. The Corker is from a set of 4 and they are quite pricey and hard to find. I used to collect them but abanded the quest for other "paper". I kept a few favorite types shown below with a couple of others somewhere - momentarily out of reach. The one in the lower right is unusual as it's a folder - likely each subject is one of a kind from the printer.

[drcy]

[aelefson]

Thank you for the information Henry! I always hope to find the American Eagle one buried in a scrapbook as it is by far my favorite. Is the crossed bat sporting life in the same "set" as the ones I showed? I do not yet have a copy of Keetz's book (although I should get one). I think I remember a previous post mentioning two or three Sporting Life "sets".

David, I have never seen that one before but it is great! I love both the graphics and the text.

Alan

[Leon]

pigs were popular baseball players...

[JLange]

4 of the 5 Merchant's Gargling Oil Trade Cards, purchased at a southeastern PA flea market last weekend!

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

the sporting life cards you showed are among my favorite BB trade cards. The Corker is from a set of 4 and they are quite pricey and hard to find. I used to collect them but abanded the quest for other "paper". I kept a few favorite types shown below with a couple of others somewhere - momentarily out of reach. The one in the lower right is unusual as it's a folder - likely each subject is one of a kind from the printer.

I actually just listed 3 of the 4 in case you have any interest They really are huge compared to any other trade cards.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=191923


Here is a pic of the 4th one, which I do not own. Great cards, everyone!

Chris

[Bugsy]

I have also always thought it was interesting that these cards are actually different.

[Bugsy]

And here are a few more Sporting Life cards

[bbpostcards]

For more early material visit http://www.sportingoregon.com . Always buying!

To my knowledge, this 1876 card marks the first time a baseball scene at a true baseball park - Boston's South End Grounds - was used to promote a product, and is the earliest panorama of Boston's South End Grounds.

The engraver is John A. Lowell. He was involved in Boston baseball from the late 1850's forward and was so influential that the Boston Lowells was named after him. The message on the reverse is from the president of the Boston Base Ball Association. As the National League was founded in 1876, this image shows South End Grounds, the home of the Boston Red Caps, in its first year as a professional stadium. The detail is interesting. People peeking over the fence. Fans buying tickets. Men, women, kids, all at the ballgame. American flags adorning the grandstands. View of Boston in the distance.