Anyone ever seen this item?

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Picked this up off of ebay last week and just got it today...it's an advertising standee for the 1896 Spalding Baseball Guide.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

5 in the set.......

Baseball
Football
Golf
Bicycling
Tennis

I have all of them but bicycling..........(anyone out there?)

p.s. your's is in nice condition. You generally see the bat broken off the top pretty frequently.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

The bicycle was on ebay last week and sold for $51. The seller had the entire set on in seperate auctions.

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Posted By: fkw

The set of 5 "Spalding Sports Players" is listed as H818 in the ACC.

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Posted By: drc

They appear to be scraps with advertising, perhaps a trade card-- though I don't beleive trade cards were die cut like this. There are 1890s non-sports scraps with advertising on them also. They Spaldings are scarce and, as noted, often found with parts broken off.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Thanks for the info fellas...I had no idea these had a catalog designation.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

All that needs to be said on the set has pretty much been said. They're neat little diecut cards, I recently bought the same one you did with a $40 BIN on ebay . You have to be careful with them though, it is not uncommon for the head or tip of the bat to break apart from the rest of the card.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

$40??? That's a great deal. Is the bat intact on yours Zach?

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Posted By: Anonymous

there is a set just listed on e-bay today.
seller is asking a touch more than $40 each.

happy hunting.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Got a link to that auction? The only one I could find was a complete set for $1,250.

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Posted By: peter ullman

that would be the one dan...he was being facetious?!

pete in mn

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

Ah...thanks Pete. My sarcasm meter got unplugged this morning.