1887 Tobin Lithos, Color and B&W

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

Not sure which ones you are referring to as the most scarce....

The very bottom two in that photo are EXTREMELY scarce. The King Kelly is the most common on that set. There are 9 known in the set at this point, but you have to wonder if there is a 10th. I have only seen one or two of each example over the past 15-20 years.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

The very bottom two in that photo are EXTREMELY scarce. The King Kelly is the most common on that set. There are 9 known in the set at this point, but you have to wonder if there is a 10th. I have only seen one or two of each example over the past 15-20 years.

Several were uncataloged up until the past few years. Here are examples of the 9 known.

[GregMitch34]

Aren't the B & W with players' names also super scarce?

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

Aren't the B & W with players' names also super scarce?

They are much tougher to find than the color versions, but not nearly as scarce as these other black and whites.

[1880nonsports]

to someone that has been trying to continue and correct Keetz's work (I have a recent copy) - he's my go to guy for something like this as he's been doing trade cards since before "I" was born - and that was quite a few days before yesterday - I'll report back after I speak to him and go to my guides/notes to hopefully see what can be added or simply confirmed to the list. I actively collected Base Ball trade cards (and others) for a few years. Just returned from an 18 hour long and successful session at the casino and poker room - don't expect anything before the weekend :-)

[1880nonsports]

OK. I spoke with my friend Ron and while he hasn't been marketing this new edition (12/12) - he's agreed to make copies available at a fair price to net54 members. Knowledge is power. It's a 29 page guide listing Frank Keetz and Ron Schieber as authors. It contains COLOR pictures of the cards and includes many updates from the last published Keetz guide. There is NOT a price "guide" rather just a simply presented complete listing of the known baseball trade cards by style and category and accompanied by at least one color picture for identification
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As for the Tobin sets above - confirmed at 10/10/9.................

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