Spalding Cards

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Posted By: Rick

What are spalding cards, I see alot from the early part of last century and they seem resonably priced

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Posted By: ramram

then slabs them himself and trys to get unsuspecting people like yourself to buy them thinking they are some kind of early card. So, basically, it's just a cutout picture from a magazine.

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Posted By: Anthony

I understand the whole Huff/Nasa/AAA thing, but is this card not a legit issue? I thought I had seem them for sale on someones site as well, perhaps either Levi or BMW's?

http://www.superiorsports.com/auctions/previous_lot_detail.chtml?catid=399&cats=0&AuctID=11446&passkey=&orderby=Lotnumber+Asc&showdesc=no&extralink=no&perpage=200&psearch=&searchbidderid=&searchtext=&LotNo=586

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Posted By: todd (nolemmings)

And can be found in the SCD big book--look under 1926 Sports Co. of America. There is no mention on the cards themselves of Spalding, but I am informed that Spalding is the company for which they were made.

Here's one on Ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2788922232&category=31719&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBBI%3AIT&rd=1

Todd

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Posted By: jay behrens

The key to this set is that is there is not a even distibution of atheletes pictured. The big names like Ruth are very, very common and finding a card of Emil Yde (his only card appearance) is almost impossible.

Jay

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Posted By: MW

Spaldings (aka, "Sports Company of America" Champions) were issued two years -- 1926 and 1927.

In my estimation, the majority of presently known, high-grade 1926 Spaldings came from one of two major hobby finds:

1) Approximately 500 cards with advertising backs discovered by Alan Hager in the late 80s/early 90s.

2) Approximately 500 regularly issued cards with biographical and statistical reverses uncovered by us (BMW Sportscards) in the mid-1990s. One "Mint" (nearly complete) set of 190 different including the original cellophane envelopes and scrip cards was assembled. Most cards in the master group of 500 were NM/MT or better and included about 100 baseball players. Nearly every high-grade (NM/MT or better) 1926 Spalding Babe Ruth that is presently known in the hobby originated from this find.

To date, Spaldings from the second year, 1927, comprise a single card -- a 1927 Babe Ruth in Vg-Ex condition.

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Posted By: Mark Tylicki

If they're reasonably priced, they're not the real thing. When I received this card in the mail and verified the POOR handcut, I demanded a refund...



ORIGINAL eBay LINK:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2767170697

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Posted By: fkw

The handcut cards are also authentic. They are unrelated to the chopped Spalding Guide "cards" on eBay. The 1926 Spalding/Sports Co. of Am. cards are sometimes found handcut from sheets with blank backs or bio backs, I own a few of each. Ive seen at least 3 different backs (not including the 1927), the Bio, Ad, and Blank backs. The card that is really interesting is the unique'27 Ruth that MW has. Frank