Rare football items you'd like to see

[obiwin]

Hi Andy,

Sadly, the omission was because I forgot about it, not because I own it. It slipped my mind because I've at least seen other examples from that set.

From what I've heard (not sure if it's true or not), Sammy Baugh's estate sold 19 of the 20 player postcards but held on to Sammy's.

Originally Posted by andybecker

that's a pretty strong Redskins list

do you have a 1939 Redskins postcard Sammy Baugh? it's omission on your list is glaring, to me anyway.

that's a rare one I'd like to see, and even more would like to add to my collection.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

As a collector of media guides there are many early 1930's-50 college guides I would love to see.

I have kept a thumbnail photo record of pro football guides and feel that I have at least a photo of most of them. Old friend Joe Cronin helped with the pro guides but the college issues can be more elusive.

There are some neat websites where collectors show off their collections but only a handful of colleges are represented. I am probably the only one interested though.

[tuckr1]

I have been looking and ask everyone I know that collects 1935 Chicles if they have a box or have even seen a picture of a box??

[finalscore]

I agree, I have never heard or seen of any 35 Chicle unopened packs or display boxes. I have a pretty extensive FB display box collection (including a 1934 Sports Kings Varsity FB box) - not saying is doesn't exist, but I have never seen an empty Chicle display box.

That is an awesome Redskins list! Here are a couple of the items mentioned above:

Overland Candy Baugh



Kelly's Zip Sticker of Bob Hayes (sorry about the poor image on this one - when I get the chance I'll scan/post mine)

Originally Posted by tuckr1

I have been looking and ask everyone I know that collects 1935 Chicles if they have a box or have even seen a picture of a box??

[jefferyepayne]

Mike comes through in a big way! Thanks for posting those. You all are hitting on some really rare stuff. Keep it rolling!

I haven't seen any unopened packs or boxes for Chicles either. My understanding is that a bunch of original Chicle artwork came up for auction many years ago and so there should be 20 or so of these floating around out there. I've only seen the Caddell Mike has shown in the past.

I'm a big fan of Jim Thorpe PCs but only have a few. I'd love to see some of them posted here.

jeff

[obiwin]

That's an awesome looking Baugh! Thanks for sharing!

[obiwin]

A couple more recent Redskins items I've never seen an image of, or seen come up for auction that I would love to see:

1968 Spalding Advisory Staff Bobby Mitchell

1976 Nabisco Sugar Daddy Series 1, #6 Sonny Jurgensen
(not the more common #4 Jurgy found in Series 2. I've heard speculation that the Series 1 #6 doesn't actually exist, that instead it seems to be a checklist error? Can anyone confirm?)

[andybecker]

hi,

that's an interesting story about Baugh's estate. I have only seen a group of the Redskins postcards, once. I've never seen another single example outside that group. Baugh wasn't included.

do you have a type in your collection?

does anyone have one or more? I'd like to see/hear of an additional example.

cool thread.

Originally Posted by obiwin

Hi Andy,

Sadly, the omission was because I forgot about it, not because I own it. It slipped my mind because I've at least seen other examples from that set.

From what I've heard (not sure if it's true or not), Sammy Baugh's estate sold 19 of the 20 player postcards but held on to Sammy's.

[obiwin]

I own a Bo Russell. It's the only postcard I own from the set. I bought it from the personal collection of a dealer, and frequent contributor to this board.

Not sure what the proper etiquette is for naming names, so hopefully he reads this and recognizes himself, and is able to shed further light into its origins, and whether or not it came from that single group.


BTW, I had earlier mistakenly mentioned there were 20 post cards. Beckett lists 15.

here's the reference to Baugh's estate via Huggins&Scott's auction in 2005
http://sep05.hugginsandscott.com/cgi....pl?itemid=908

Not sure if this near set was then in a 2011 Legendary Auction
(looks like someone might have kept the Jim Karcher, or sold it separately)
http://legendaryauctions.com/1939-wa...lot115380.aspx