Attention S74 Silk Collectors

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mozzie22

Jesus, Bob! This guy steal your girlfriend or something? Seems like a bit of an overreaction.

I merely asked very serious questions as to where he was getting his info about serious S74 collectors. As one myself, and on behalf of some others I've known, we're not asking any of the questions he's saying we all supposedly still are, so really little of what he was saying was true. So how do you feel and react when someone is basically putting words in your mouth and acts like they're speaking for you,...when they're really not and what they are saying is wrong?

I was merely being very honest, especially in explaining how the envelope he posted is not at all what he claimed it was. Still, vintagecatcher is a great guy and member, I mean no ill will towards him, nor intended any. If memory serves, he was looking for S74 silks of catchers for a while. I hope he finally found all the ones he was looking for.

I pretty much knew the answers to all his questions, and did a little extra research to be able to embellish the history and such that I also included in my response to add some more hobby history and background, for both him and others to see and learn. The S74 silks are a not so well-known throughout the hobby, and in my opinion, an extremely underappreciated set. Back in the late 1800s-early 1900s era, silks were a huge part of the tobacco advertising products put out by many different manufacturers, yet the S74 silks are the only baseball related silks ever produced. And before you throw the S81s and S110s at me, those are limited premiums, whereas I'm talking about the numerous other different silks (flags, actresses, animals, generals, etc.) of a similar size and distribution technique as the S74s.

A comment or two I posted was intended as a joke, maybe I should have added a smiling emoji or an "LOL" reference for you to better interpret my meaning. Trust me, If I am really trying to be mean and come down on someone, they will know it!!!

Hopefully you, and others, picked up some information/history you may not have known about the silks before, and some of the ancillary tobacco company history as well. It is all part of the hobby in the end.

Have a good evening.