1911 - E94 George Close Candy Cards

[Leon]

This is my only one for now but there will probably be more in the future. Anyone else like the Close cards?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Phil?



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[Casey2296]

George Close's card offering of 1911 is one of my favorite sets, the imagery, quality of the cardstock, and printing puts the set well above many sets of the era. And you can't beat the color saturation. A Candy card set should look like a bowl of lifesavers and with 7 different background colors the E94 hits all the marks.

Here's some Reds.

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[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

George Close's card offering of 1911 is one of my favorite sets, the imagery, quality of the cardstock, and printing puts the set above many sets of the era. And you can't beat the color saturation. A Candy card set should look like a bowl of lifesavers and with 7 different background colors the E94 hits all the marks.

Here's some Reds.

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that lajoie is off the chain!!!!!! I TOO love e94...used to have a set...now just have my murray run.

[ullmandds]

Anyone have an orange??

[pete zouras]

grant

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Anyone have an orange??

Love that color run Pete, the Orange Murray would be the cherry on top.
Some additional color backgrounds.
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[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

that lajoie is off the chain!!!!!! I TOO love e94...used to have a set...now just have my murray run.

The "floating ball" Laj is such a unique image and one of my favorites, there were some floating ball images pre 1900 but I'm not sure how many were post 1900, I'd be interested to see any examples during dead ball. Of course nothing can beat the great Gus Zernial of 1952.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

The "floating ball" Laj is such a unique image and one of my favorites, there were some floating ball images pre 1900 but I'm not sure how many were post 1900, I'd be interested to see any examples during dead ball. Of course nothing can beat the great Gus Zernial of 1952.

There's also the t201 lajoie with similar pose. I'm sure they nailed the balls to zernials bat for the 52' image!!!!!!

I love the e94 lajoie!!!!!

[wayne97]

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[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by wayne97

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Monster cards Wayne, thanks for posting.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Monster cards Wayne, thanks for posting.

Thanks, all you folks, for posting. Absolutely fantastic examples of a great looking set!

[puckpaul]

I only have one, a Cy Young. Great set though, enjoy seeing the big collections some of you have.

[gabrinus]

Great cards everyone!!...Bob no one on this thread would be bored by a long discussion of orange E94s...Steve that is cool...when I first starting putting my set together many years I had no idea about the rarity of player/color combos...I had a mangled purple Wagner without realizing how rare it was...Jerry

[pcoz]

Awesome cards everyone! Without a doubt my favorite set. Here are some of mine…IMG_2161.jpg
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[Casey2296]

Monsters Pete, I was hoping you'd show up on this thread.

[Yoda]

Nice PSA 7 Leach in Al's auction.

[Carter08]

That is so cool looking - nicely done

[fkm_bky]

Love it! I’m so happy I could help close that out. Congratulations!

Bill

[BobbyStrawberry]

Great set and great cards, all

[gabrinus]

If someone would remember to post his orange ones like I reminded him the other night...Jerry

[G1911]

Nothing special, but my 2 examples. I find these alongside a red E98 Hippo Vaughn at a card store in Cooperstown, NY that apparently thought they were common T206's and priced accordingly when I was ~12. My Dad bought me all 3 and made my year.

I should pick up a type of the other background colors at some point.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

If someone would remember to post his orange ones like I reminded him the other night...Jerry

It'd be interesting to see how close we could get to an Orange Set with members posting here.

[t213]

I like the back stamps

Andy

[brianp-beme]

For some sets I just feel fortunate enough to be able to share a card on here (I did previously post the mystery McGraw, but I don't really count that one as an E94), so here is my nicely off-center Murray.

Brian

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

For some sets I just feel fortunate enough to be able to share a card on here (I did previously post the mystery McGraw, but I don't really count that one as an E94), so here is my nicely off-center Murray.

Brian

That guy belongs in my run!!!!

[t213]

I love the overprints.

Andy

[refz]

Great set! My favorite is the Dougherty which I don’t own anymore, bummer.

[soxinseven]

Received the E97 BW today from Bill Kasel to finish off this run. I sprinkled in the E97s and an M131 along the way.

[ullmandds]

Nice Steve!

[Casey2296]

Awesome run Steve

[gabrinus]

Cool Steve!!...Jerry

[pcoz]

Steve, awesome seeing all your Bescher’s & Doolan’s laid out. Brian, definitely two Orange Cobb’s, a PSA 7 & PSA 8. Here’s another to the thread.


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[Mark Smith]

I enjoyed reading this thread and seeing all of the amazing e94s. As most of you know, I am one card away from the set. If any if you have a Sam Crawford, let me know your "I don't want to sell it but will for" number. I'd pay well above comps. Thanks, Mark. markandchrissmith@gmail.com

[calvindog]

Love love love this set.

[gabrinus]

Those are two great ones Jeff...Jerry

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

Those are two great ones Jeff...Jerry

Thank you, Jerry. They’re getting buried with me!

[Jay Wolt]

That Frank Nagy - Cobb should be in a museum, Fantastic card

[Leon]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

Those are two great ones Jeff...Jerry

+1...off the charts!
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[soxinseven]

Here is a Joe Lake color run I recently finished.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Love love love this set.

Wow