Show a Scarce Pre-WWII Type Card

[ValKehl]

Leon, I also am partial to very scarce/rare type cards, and I enjoyed viewing your fantastic, previous type collection many times over the years. Congrats on re-acquiring the E121-type Leader Theatre card of Heine Groh from it.

I assume you are also looking to re-acquire an example of the W573-type Leader Theatre card, such as the one shown below. Interestingly, all of the cards I have ever seen of this type are Washington Senators players. For those not aware, the Leader Theatre was located in Washington, DC: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3033

[nolemmings]

For those not familiar with the term, there are different interpretations of what is meant by type collecting (like Leon mentioned), and the word should be given its ordinary meaning. I start with the question of “what type of card is that?” and expand from there. If I have a 1916 Sporting News Dave Bancroft and you have what appears to be the same card but with a blank back, some would say we have the same type– a card of a particular size denoting the same picture/subject and caption. Others would say that each advertising back represents a different type, or maybe these are sub-types. Same for T205, T206, etc– if you just want to see what the card looks like from the front, acquiring one example of a T206 would satisfy your objective to have a card of that “type”, and then you move on to something else that is different. Many would instead want a T206 with each “type” of advertising back and factory designation, but again, generally only one example of each.

I’m sure you get the idea, and see that it can take you in different directions. Player collectors are a more specialized example of type collecting, and some consider back variations to be their own types, such as different fonts, word spacing or orientation– even stock (e.g. gray or white back Topps cards from the 50's). As a concept it is basically the opposite of set collecting–one from all as opposed to all from one. For this reason true type collectors try and snag a card from an issue that is seldom seen, especially since there is little temptation to try and chase a set that may be impossible or is unknown to exist in complete form. In any event and like most here would say, collect what you like!
Here are a couple of mine:

[CobbSpikedMe]

Great cards guys. Here are some type cards that you don't see very often. I don't even know what to call them yet.


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[Vintagecatcher]

One of my favorites purchased from another board member.

Patrick

[packs]

1940 San Francisco Seals Stamps:

[keating3620]

Blank back diamond stars , possible proof

[seanofjapan]

I'll add another Japanese one.

This is a card of Saburo Miyatake, one of Japan's biggest stars of the 1930s. The set was issued in either 1929 or 1930 and is one of the oldest Japanese baseball cards ever issued.

Until I found this one there were only 3 known copies of this card in existence. The other three all show him wearing either a Red or a Green uniform, mine is the only one showing him wearing a yellow one.

[tedzan]

1904 Eastern League Champions




TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Baseballcrazy62]

I think this qualifies as a type card.

[Tom S.]

I like type card collecting!! Here are a few from my White Sox set:


I'll start with a couple of oversized postcards...






Next are a couple of postcards with overprinted backs...






Here's a strip card...




Followed by a couple of oversized premiums...






And finally a card that Leon might remember from his old collection …



Sorry for the long post!