Starting up another Orange Border thread! The E-unc handcut cards this time....

shammus · #1 05-24-2009, 12:15 PM

Thought I'd create a second thread discussing orange border cards but wanted to bring up the E-unc handcut variety from 1910 this time. Just as rare as the t210 orange border variants and every bit as attractive IMO though!

Here's a few that I have. I just was curious if anyone else on the board collects these or has knowledge of them. I believe that the common theory involving these is that they were cut off of a box. The actual players from this issue are much more scarce than the two team cards that exist. I sort of envision the boxes that these were cut from depicting one of the two team cards and then one or two of the actual players, making the players much more uncommon. Kinda like the boxes that held 1988 Topps cards for example!

I also know these bear a striking similarity to the 1911 Baseball Bats issue and that the poses are identical in many cases. Anyone know if there is any true relation between the two sets? Love to hear some feedback from anyone who's collected or has knowledge of the 1910 Orange Border set or the 1911 Baseball Bats issue.

The three variations of the Baseball Bats make that a really intruging set to discuss. We've also discussed the potential variants from the orange border set in the past as we've seen some cards, such as that Niles card, show up with some subtle differences all the while still resembling other cards from the set in general.

Looking forward to a quality discussion and if you've got cards from either set, now's the time for some show and tell!

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Brian Van Horn · #2 05-24-2009, 04:14 PM

Here's my one Baseball Bats:

Leon · #3 05-24-2009, 04:41 PM

calvindog · #4 05-24-2009, 04:51 PM

I'm not a collector of the set, just of the players I collect. But I do love this set.

shammus · #5 05-24-2009, 04:55 PM

What's sort of funny is the orange bordered set may be the only set I've seen so far where SGC just totally ignores the measurements on the card. Unless there's a variation of the card that I haven't seen yet that doesn't have the borders at all. That Chase above for instance, got a 30 even without the borders. A few of mine got numerical grades as well even with wavy or otherwise obviously trimmed borders.

calvindog · #6 05-24-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by shammus

A few of mine got numerical grades as well even with wavy or otherwise obviously trimmed borders.

But that's the joke of the grading of this set -- they're all trimmed!

Rob D. · #7 05-24-2009, 04:58 PM

What Jeff said.