Card Collectors Bulletin Oct. 1, 1944 Whole #32

[Leon]

The next installment....

[barrysloate]

It's interesting in reading these early issues that baseball holds no particular significance among collectors. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb are no more in demand than military generals, fish, or flags of the world. That would of course change over the years, but in the article which opens this 1944 issue there is not even a single mention of a baseball card.

[Jay Wolt]

Leon Thanks for posting, the Bulletin was well worth the .30 cents a year subscription fee

[Cerberus]

I just set a snipe for lot #81 in the Bray auction (Mecca folders), and will probably break them up, if I win. Let me know if you're interested.

[36GoudeyMan]

Seems like Alan Hager missed some grades when he came up with his 10 point system.. Based on the Card Collectors Newsletter, I think it should be 12 points:

10 - Gem Mint
9 - Mint
8 - Near Mint/Mint
7 - Near Mint
6 - Excellent/Mint
5 - Excellent
4.5 - Sound
4 - Clean
3.5 - Very Good/Excellent
3 - Very Good
2 - Good
1 - Fair/Poor

[Leon]

It's interesting that as we go through these we see the exact same things we talk about today being talked about back then. Notice how you could put your spending limit in the auction bids too. I wonder if they had ever even heard the term "shill?"

[barrysloate]

One thing they weren't talking about then was card doctors.

[Jaybird]

I noticed the mention several times of coffee cards in this issue and in the past. I saw that Arbuckle's offered History, Animal and Sports cards. See ad below for Arbuckles and on top "No. 78 AN ALBUM OF NATURAL HISTORY".

Apparently you could collect the signatures from Arbuckles Coffee and send in for any number of prizes, one of which was these cards.

From The Houston Daily Post, November 22, 1899

[toppcat]

Excellent stuff Leon-keep it coming!

[mcadams]

Interesting to note that Burdick believed, in 1944, that short-prints didn't exist and that all cards were produced in the same quantity. Seems that stories of the T206 Plank and Wagner would have already been common knowledge by then.

[birdman42]

Looks like he didn't believe in chase cards or intentional short prints, either.

Bill

[teetwoohsix]

I find this type of hobby history very fascinating. And thanks Jason for posting those articles about the Arbuckles Coffee.

I like this quote " Oddly enough, the error is often not as scarce as the normal or corrected card"........

T206 Magee P150 "corrected" version PSA 3 bidding starts at 1K LOL

Seriously though, thanks Leon !!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[E93]

Thanks Leon. Fascinating stuff.
JimB