M116 Sporting Life collectors

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Ted for that background story on this issue...I had never heard that before.

And I agree with Matt that it is an uphill battle trying to 'legitimize' this issue. I imagine most collectors just barely skimmed over the E91 article that I posted, if even that, so deeply ingrained is their distaste for the cards, either because of the artwork or the 'generic' label that has been foisted on all three issues. The E91 set probably just barely makes my top 100 Pre-WW2sets, so there is no great love on my part for the set that spurred me to research and write an article about it. I just took a hint from Lew Lipset in his Encyclopedia and ran with it. And since then I feel it is my responsibility to inform fellow collectors that the E91A set should NOT be considered a 'generic' issue, nor should half of E91B.

So please send me scans (preferred) of the M116's in your collections (and I know they are out there), or at least post them to the E91 article thread. Help me let collectors decide for themselves if these cards potentially have any value or meaning to their collections.

Brian