Father & Son Shoes cards- 1939

[Wite3]

Here is what I know about these cards. I have only seen 17 total but I believe there might be 18 or 20, evenly split between the A's and Phillies. They are not always blank backed. I have seen a few examples of an ad stamp on back. My only one is the Merrill May below. Really have only seen a handful in the last 20 years. A member here did have an opportunity to buy some not too long ago if i recall but not sure it ever happened.

Joshua (never count out the members!)

[oldcardboard]

Yes 17 known subjects to date. Most are blank back, some stamped as stated above. Cool set distributed in Philadelphia area in 1939 by Father & Sons Shoes stores.

[Bored5000]

I never knew that there was a Father and Son ad on some of the backs. Being a Phillies fan and living in the general Philadelphia area, I was at least somewhat familiar with this set. I have always been intrigued by the oddball, rare Philadelphia sets like Father and Son, Lummis Peanut Butter and Felin's Franks.

[ValKehl]

My lone example has a blank back - please ignore the 2 Schapira Bros. cards in the pic.

[Jay Wolt]

Cool cards & related info!

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

One finished on Ebay last week, had never heard of them, but decided to bid, stopped around the $50 range, I think the card ended at $113 which surprised me, but tough issues can command strong prices. Nice to get a little more info on the set.

Lee

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bowlingshoegiverouterguy

One finished on Ebay last week, had never heard of them, but decided to bid, stopped around the $50 range, I think the card ended at $113 which surprised me, but tough issues can command strong prices. Nice to get a little more info on the set.

Lee

If it ended at $113 then no one that knew what it was saw it. That was a steal of a price, imo. I would easily pay 2x-3x that for a decent one, right now. My email is leonl@flash.net but I won't hold my breath. Edited to add, I do know of a few trimmed ones and those would go in the 75-150 range, generally speaking.

[Leon]

There aren't too many Father and Son threads so I am pulling up a 10 yrs old one. I was happy to just pick up this ad back from a board member. Would love to see, or know of, the ads on others.

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I never knew that there was a Father and Son ad on some of the backs. Being a Phillies fan and living in the general Philadelphia area, I was at least somewhat familiar with this set. I have always been intrigued by the oddball, rare Philadelphia sets like Father and Son, Lummis Peanut Butter and Felin's Franks.

[obcmac]

I don't know why, but I really like this set. Here is a twin to Leon's card (same back stamp)...and another.

[brianp-beme]

Here is a photo from 1978 that I found on the internet of one of the Father and Sons shoe stores, this one being near 69th Street in Philadelphia. Looks like that most of the shops on that side of the street were shoe stores.

It is interesting that two of the stamped ones shown each seem to indicate that it came from store identified as #14 on 3126 Kensington Ave...perhaps that was a hotbed of these card's minimal distribution.

Brian

[whiteymet]

Here are more Father and Son cards