Zeenut Stories

[mattsey9]

After looking at the other Zeenut thread, I looked through the archives to see what, if any, stories I could find about the Zeenut cards being collected. Here's what I found through a cursory search online.

First, from 1929, the perils of pulling a Vernon player.

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[mattsey9]

Second, the thrill of pulling a rare card, though it may lead to violence.



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[mattsey9]

Finally, a group of old timers congregate at a bar to go through an old stack of Zeenuts.

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[brianp-beme]

Thanks Mattsey...I have never seen those before, and from those columns it certainly feels like Zeenut cards were the West Coast version of what was seen during the T206 craze. A couple of the articles give a real good look at the dynamics of rare/star cards value and how highly prized they were on the kid street market.

Brian

[spec]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[oaks1912]

Thanks Mike,
Great anecdotes, and much easier to track down these days with 'word search' than the old fashioned way...

[egbeachley]

So, from the second article, is Spider Baum a scarce card worth 50-100 commons in a trade?

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

So, from the second article, is Spider Baum a scarce card worth 50-100 commons in a trade?

I wondered the same. I found another snippet where someone claimed to have traded 3 Baums for 1 Lefty O'Doul. I'd be curious to hear the relative scarcity myself.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by oaks1912

Thanks Mike,
Great anecdotes, and much easier to track down these days with 'word search' than the old fashioned way...

You're not kidding, Mark! Research has gotten a lot easier over the last decade.

[Leon]

That is a great article, thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by mattsey9

After looking at the other Zeenut thread, I looked through the archives to see what, if any, stories I could find about the Zeenut cards being collected. Here's what I found through a cursory search online.

First, from 1929, the perils of pulling a Vernon player.

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[packs]

What a time to be a kid. I'd have been in those bleachers too.