For The Fellow Obak Fans

[wonkaticket]

Hey Guys,

Thought I would share some images with the Obak fans. Easily my second favorite series of baseball cards. These are the sets from the recent REA auction this adds even more Obaks to my already existing copies and finishes all 3 sets for me.

These all came from one collection of hobby veteran and collector P "Jack". Pollard. Pollard also was the original owner of the Zeenuts, T210’s, T211’s and T209’s sold in REA and was quite the minor league collector.

I was so excited to get the collection and keep them together for future generations of collectors. All were old school and I love it in sheets I have been slowly taking them from their sheets and prepping for grading with SGC. I’ll post them as they return if you would like?


The cards themselves are amazing and some of the best condition tobacco cards I have seen in 25 years of collecting, real gems.


Kudos also goes out to the REA staff. We hear all the horror stories when cards aren’t as described or when the scandals are juicy but not often do folks come on and say perfect as described, which in this case they are.

If Mr. Pollards other cards look as nice as these the new owners are in for a real treat.


Not everything can always stay together (Carter, Conlon, Nagy etc.) but it’s nice at least for me to think that these and this little piece of hobby history will be together a bit longer. It was a neat feeling pulling cards from sheets that were most likely last touched when they were put in there by one of our hobby’s more prolific collectors.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Leon you know what this means now you have to sell me that 1909 Obak sheet too.

[matthew]

Thank you for the pictures. I've got a smile from ear to ear just getting to see them all displayed like that.

[Rob D.]

That's quite a mission you've accomplished, John.

Great images.

Congrats.

[HRBAKER]

Those are beauties!
Congrats on finishing the three sets and thanks for sharing the photos.

[Jay Wolt]

Wow! John that's impressive, thanks for showing the scans.

[Leon]

Nice display John...thanks for sharing.....I guess everything is for sale for a price .....

[GoldenAge50s]

Simply AMAZING collection of gorgeous cards John! Congratulations on winning them!

[Kawika]

A pile of Obaks . . love it.

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

[3-2-count]

Stunning............

[Rickyy]

Thanks for sharing them John...simply beautiful... It really is "fine" art!

[mrvster]

WOW!!!!VERY IMPRESSIVE JOHN

[toppcat]

Geez dude......that is some array. I am not really familiar with Jack Pollard's story but he seems like one of the big boys of yore.

[greenmonster66]

Simply Awesome John!! Congrats!

[wonkaticket]

Leon, I'd love a bigger image of that if you could email me one. So cool.

John

[baseballart]

Wonka

Great stuff. Now get working on a complete set of T4s!!

[wonkaticket]

LOL will do Max, was thinking of you notice who is front and center in the middle on the bottom. Now if I just had an oil painting....hmmm...where could one find that?

Cheers,

John

[teetwoohsix]

Beautiful cards John !!! They are in such amazing condition- congrats on the completion of the set, and I'd love to see how they look after coming back from SGC too. Thanks for sharing those !!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

LOL will do Max, was thinking of you notice who is front and center in the middle on the bottom.

I have six or seven Bob Browns, including one where my dog chewed up the bottom half, none as nice as yours. However, Ten Million is cut off at the top of your photo! Sacrilege!

(Here's another image with Ten: