R312s

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Posted By: Matt

Are R312s printed on card stock or paper? Is the printing like a photograph or are the pixels readily visible to the naked eye?

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Posted By: Phil Garry

I would say that the paper is somewhere between a card stock and a thicker piece of paper. They do not appear to be photographs.

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Posted By: John Harrell

They are hand-tinted black and white photos, and a very nice set I must say.

John

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Posted By: Chris Counts

Does anybody know how the R312s were distributed? I really like the set, even if the artist put a bit too much blush on the cheeks of many of the players. Anyway, here's one of my favorites ...

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Posted By: Matt

John - are you saying that upon close inspection the images do appear to be like photo prints?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

They remind me of 1915 Cracker Jack cards...

Bigger, of course, maybe ever so slightly thicker but not much. And the printing ink goes on as with a CJ... only it is oranges and browns, pinkish reds and blacks; not the CJ red.

Obviously, what is printed is from a photograph. But these aren't photographic cards like the Fatima T200s and T222s.

Does that help?

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Posted By: Matt

Frank - that helps very much. What is the image resolution comparable to?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Again, about like CJs. They are on think paper. And they're not really all that thick.

One of my favorite cards is in that set... it depicts Connie Mack sitting in a dugout, with a scorecard in his lap. Lefty Grove is just a bit further away. Mack and Grove. If you've not seen that I'll dig mine out and scan it. After I read The Joy of Keeping Score, that was when I went on a search for that card. I got outbid on the first one I found. I didn't let that happen the second time.

Frank.

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

From a art point of view I think this is one of the nicest sets out there. If I was collecting again this would be one to go for. Thinly traded as far as graded but prices are reasonable all things considered.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

That's it, Bobby, Mr. Mack sitting on some gloves, scorecard in hand, and his young pitcher Grove in the background. Lots of baseball history in that simple card.

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Posted By: chris

This is by far my favorite 1930s set. I have built the set 2 times and have unfortunately sold and traded away both sets, regrettably. The cards are printed on a thin paper stock and are tinted black and white photos. I do agree the artist did exaggerate the blush on the checks. I highly recommend anyone to build this set. In reasonable VG-EX condition the set can be put together for under $2000. There are some cards that are much more difficult to find in any grade than others. I'm not sure why.

Toughest Cards
Honus Wagner
Cubs Team Card
Red Ruffing, very tough
Connie Mack and Grove
Bill Dickey
O.Bejma/R.Hemsley

The Dimaggio and Greenburg are the keys to the set but are not tough to find. At the last National I saw at least 5 Dimaggios and Greenburgs. But I didn't see any Honus Wagners or Mack/Grove. My personal favorite is the Ki Ki Cuyler. Good Luck to anyone building the set.

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Posted By: Anonymous

I really like this set. Thanks to RayB for this Bill Dickey as well as a bunch of other R312s.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Well I was going to post Mr. Mack but Bobby beat me to it.

Here are 2 of the toughies that Chris mentioned.

Obviously, depression era Cubs fans would love that Cubs card, Hartnett stands out in the middle, like he's the 'take charge' guy of the bunch.

And Ollie Bejma seems to have been a really nice guy. I've spoked to a fellow who knew him and thought the world of him. Ollie was only in R312 and 2 different Batter Ups. Hemsley made it onto later Goudeys, Exhibits, Playballs, and others.