1913 Lajoie game card.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by glynparson

You can't discount their age because you can find many nice examples. Especially when their is a 1913 date in the game informaToon. That is just silly reasoning. Especially when they are no easier than other period pieces. I believe the box helped protect the cards along with their overall sturdiness and round corners same with national game or Tom barkers or pologrounds or Lawson's all are simillar cards and very easy to find in high grade for a period issue. It's not too difficult to figure out why it's easy to find a high grade example.

Glyn,

I appreciate it, but even with the box, my point is that the cards kind of defy a hobby "gravitational" rule. Yes, the cards are rounded, but cards were produced with children in mind. This was a game. Kids would gravitate toward the cards. What cards made for children in a game survive in such good shape for 102 years? I also don't buy the graphics or the type of paper on the back dating back to 1913.