I've owned a lot of types...but never a...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Never a T216 Virginia Extra.
Val

I feel I am becoming a few collectors nemesis....

[ValKehl]

Hey Leon, you really should set a better example, especially for the newbie collectors of vintage cards who have joined Net 54, and STOP HOARDING very scarce type cards!!
Best,
Val

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Hey Leon, you really should set a better example, especially for the newbie collectors of vintage cards who have joined Net 54, and STOP HOARDING very scarce type cards!!
Best,
Val

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Ha Ha

[1880nonsports]

NS not as tough for these types but for my BB types - four base hits, kalamazoo bats, ju ju drum container............

[ethicsprof]

the good news: I do have a D304 (Charles Herzog).
the not so good news: I don't have a Fan card---and never will.
As I thought about this I remembered how hard it was for me to find
the R card Knot Hole League, even though they don't cost much.
When I finally found it, I bought all the fellow had.
all the best,
barry

[phlflyer1]

Leon,

Please stop posting in this thread!

Between the Red Crofts Candy and now the Virginia Extra, everytime you post I have to keep adding to the list of type cards that I need for my "Philly" type card collection.

Thank goodness the E221s don't fit the parameters of my collection so I can ignore those beauties

[drcy]

I'm a photo historian and was a writer/researcher for the standard academic reference Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography, published out of London, and a few days ago a guy emailed me images of a CDV sized 1800s cloth photo (non sport, studio portrait of a guy)-- basically a tintype but on cloth instead of metal. He asked me about it as he could find no information on cloth photos. He called it his 'mystery photo.' I said I knew cloth tintypes were known to exist, but they are so rare I'd never even seen an image of one before his emails. He found it in in a 1800s CDV collection.

In his first email, he just described in it words as he thought it would be impolite to email images without asking first. I half expected from the words the images would show a commercial lithograph on silk, ala the baseball tobacco silk premiums, but it turned out to be a real photograph.

He just put it up on eBay if anyone's interested, and I can provide the link if asked. I don't spam auctions and am not a bidder or know the seller other than is emails, but it fit this thread. I can testify that its an ultra rare photo type, a type most people haven't even heard of before.

For historical background, it was technically possible to make tintypes on cloth, leather and wood, but it was almost never done. Just as it was technically possible for Topps to have printed cards on bricks.

[1880nonsports]

Originally Posted by drcy

I'm a photo historian and was a writer/researcher for the standard academic reference Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography, published out of London, and a few days ago a guy emailed me images of a CDV sized 1800s cloth photo (non sport, studio portrait of a guy)-- basically a tintype but on cloth instead of metal. He asked me about it as he could find no information on cloth photos. He called it his 'mystery photo.' I said I knew cloth tintypes were known to exist, but they are so rare I'd never even seen an image of one before his emails. He found it in in a 1800s CDV collection.

In his first email, he just described in it words as he thought it would be impolite to email images without asking first. I half expected from the words the images would show a commercial lithograph on silk, ala the baseball tobacco silk premiums, but it turned out to be a real photograph.

He just put it up on eBay if anyone's interested, and I can provide the link if asked. I don't spam auctions and am not a bidder or know the seller other than is emails, but it fit this thread. I can testify that its an ultra rare photo type, a type most people haven't even heard of before.

For historical background, it was technically possible to make tintypes on cloth, leather and wood, but it was almost never done. Just as it was technically possible for Topps to have printed cards on bricks.

David I'd like a link to the auction if you could! hmoses2@comcast.net

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Leon

I feel I am becoming a few collectors nemesis....

Leon, I believe once you acquire four examples of a type card, you become a set collector.

[ValKehl]

Hey Daryl, please don't encourage Leon to become a set collector, especially of a set like the T216 VEs, for I fear that he will become even more of a HOARDER, much to the chagrin of type collectors, like me!
Val

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Hey Daryl, please don't encourage Leon to become a set collector, especially of a set like the T216 VEs, for I fear that he will become even more of a HOARDER, much to the chagrin of type collectors, like me!
Val

Leon, per Val's request, please cease all set collecting immediately.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Leon

I feel I am becoming a few collectors nemesis....

Great cards Leon, as usual

I think it's interesting that they used that^^ image of Jennings on the Tango Eggs Jennings card (which I think I just saw recently in the pick up thread).

I've only owned (as far as pre-war goes) a total of 8 different type cards, so my list for "but never a...." would be waaay to long

Great cards everyone, always a pleasure to see these works of art!!

Sincerely, Clayton