M101-4 Successful Farming back question

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Posted By: Bryan Long

How difficult are the Successful Farming backs in the M101-4 set? Does it rank with Indianapolis Brewing or no? I have seen backs, but this one has never come to my attention.

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Posted By: Glen V

The Old Cardboard web site puts them 7th out of 21, although I thought they were a little tougher:

http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-4/backs-gallery.asp

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

I'd rank Successful Farming 4th most difficult, behind Holmes to Homes, Everybody's and Mall Theatre.

If you use the search function, you'll see discussions on the scarcity of m1014-5 backs.

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Successful Farming is as tough, or very nearly as tough, as any M101-4/5 back. Holmes to Homes, Mall Theater, and Everybody's may be tougher, but not by much.

Tim

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Posted By: Bryan Long

I did a quick search, but I may have typed in the wrong info. Thanks

Do you think that these cards are growing in demand? One used to be able to pick up M101-4 or 5 pretty cheap. I know we have said that nothing pre-war is "cheap" anymore, but for some reason these seemed to have been the cheaper finds to be found. Lately, I see this changing.

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Posted By: Wesley

I would rank Successful Farming as one of the rarest M101-4 backs. The list on Old Cardboard is comprehensive but I would rearrange the order for the rarity of those cards. Also, in addition to the Bucyrus Brewing Company uncut sheet, there is also a Furniture City Brewing uncut sheet.

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Posted By: Bryan Long

Is it still only an uncut sheet that has ever surfaced? I know the Old Cardboard site lists this as such, but has anyone found an actually Bucyrus card that is not in uncut sheet form? Was it a test sheet that was never produced?

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Posted By: jay behrens

I used to snag m101-4/5s along w572s pretty cheap a while back. That isn't the case anymore. Seems to be a number of collectors interested in both sets right now.

I have noticed that the prices for t209s and series 1, 2 and 3 Old Mills are not any where near levels that they were just 3 or months ago.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Wesley

If someone cut up the Bucyrus Brewing Company or Furniture City Brewing Company sheets, we would not be able to distinguish these cards from regular blank back cards because neither of these sheets have print on the back.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

are both blank-backed sheets, obtained in that form from Felix Mendelsohn, who advertised the cards in sheet form in 1916 in the Sporting News.

If you're searching, try "successful farming" or "mall theatre" in quotes--that should get some hits.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

a common Everybody's went for $431 in vg-ex condition a few days ago--I'll let others decide if that price is ridiculous, as it seems most everything is ratcheting up in price these past several months:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5241433107&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

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Posted By: leon

I probably follow these as close as anyone as I am a "back" collector. My good friends at OldCardboard have it a little bit backwards on the scarcest, imo. I will rate the top four scarcest as (in order of scarcity.....#1 being scarcest)

1. Holmes to Homes Bread
2. Everybody's
3. Mall Theatre
4. Successful Farming


the rest go from 5-21/22 and can be rearranged in the middle without much cause for concern. Since we are talking about "backs" the Baycus Brewing (sp) are blank so wouldn't really be counted here...

regards