1911 Western Playground

[Comiskey]

I was looking through Mastro's new auction today and noticed that they have two groups of Western Playground cards up for sale. In the past 7-8 years that I have collected pre-war cards, I had yet to see any of these come up for sale publicly. That really makes me wonder how difficult these cards really are!

The basic information that I gathered from the Old Cardboard website is that the cards were of players from the PCL league and that there are 40 to the set.

I would love to learn a little more about the set from our collectors here on the board. Also, I know that there was an article a while back about this set, but let's have some fun and discuss these cards here on the board.

Here is a pic of one of the cards from the Old Cardboard Website:
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[Leon]

Before this offering there were about 120 total known in the hobby. There have been a few that were publicly for sale in the last 10-12 yrs. They have gone from about 3500 to 5k each. As far as I know there is only 1 complete set and another collector is less than a handful away. Also, if you want to add rarity on top of rarity there is a 2nd cardstock version, which is thinner than the regular ones. It's a great looking set and a type collectors dream card.....

[canjond]

Leon - are these (meaning the ones in Legendary) from your find?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by canjond

Leon - are these (meaning the ones in Legendary) from your find?

Those are not from the "find" I had....

[rhettyeakley]

I would love to pick up the Castleton in the Mastro/Legendary grouping, but I have a feeling the final price will be a little out of my reach. Regardless, they are very funky looking cards, I especially like Harkness's bat above that looks like a giant limp hot dog.
-Rhett

[tbob]

Wow, sounds like everyone has quickly kissed and made up with Legendary, or is this just a case of "dancing with the devil" to get cards you need. I could have sworn from the posts on this board that the sentiment about members bidding in future Legendary Auctions was tenuous at best.

[Comiskey]

Let's please not make this a legendary/mastro bashing thread! I only brought up the auction because these rare cards were in it. Keep the discussion about cards today.

Jeff