New FB Acquisitions

[jthorst75]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

OK, now I will admit I am not well versed in the pre-war era. But, I have never seen a "Dixie Lid" before. Those have got to be really tough, right? Doesn't look like something that would have a large population survive.

I was thinking the same thing when I was looking for Sammy Baugh cards and I came across this one. I figured who would have held onto one of these back in the day considering it's not really a "regular" card. So like anyone else would do, I checked the pop reports. There are 14 thru PSA and 2 thru SGC like mine which are both SGC 60 (5). The next toughie is Baugh's 1950 Bread for Health which was distributed in loaves of bread. Now that one should be tougher IMHO but I have found plenty of those except for the Baugh on eBay. In short there are quite a few Dixie Lids on eBay in various years, even a Nagurski, so take a gander.

[Kurri17]

Originally Posted by jthorst75

I was thinking the same thing when I was looking for Sammy Baugh cards and I came across this one. I figured who would have held onto one of these back in the day considering it's not really a "regular" card. So like anyone else would do, I checked the pop reports. There are 14 thru PSA and 2 thru SGC like mine which are both SGC 60 (5). The next toughie is Baugh's 1950 Bread for Health which was distributed in loaves of bread. Now that one should be tougher IMHO but I have found plenty of those except for the Baugh on eBay. In short there are quite a few Dixie Lids on eBay in various years, even a Nagurski, so take a gander.

I will definitely look around at those. They are beyond my collecting scope, but I love oddball stuff, and it amazes me that ANY of these survived. That is about as "throwaway" as it gets when it comes to things like that it would seem. Good luck with that other Baugh.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by jthorst75

I was thinking the same thing when I was looking for Sammy Baugh cards and I came across this one. I figured who would have held onto one of these back in the day considering it's not really a "regular" card. So like anyone else would do, I checked the pop reports. There are 14 thru PSA and 2 thru SGC like mine which are both SGC 60 (5). The next toughie is Baugh's 1950 Bread for Health which was distributed in loaves of bread. Now that one should be tougher IMHO but I have found plenty of those except for the Baugh on eBay. In short there are quite a few Dixie Lids on eBay in various years, even a Nagurski, so take a gander.

They come up a lot more frequently than you might supposed. The Nags is much easier to get than the Baugh, though. Also, the pop reports on these aren't very accurate as there are many ungraded ones out there. For instance, I have 6 Nags and 3 Baughs and all are raw.

Besides the Baugh Bread for Health, the Safe-T-Card Baugh's (there are two) are tough as well.





jeff

[jthorst75]

I forgot to mention Jeff that these were only population numbers of graded cards. Obviously there are plenty more out there ungraded, but I would have no idea of that number would be. I did see the Baugh Safe-T-Cards on eBay, and they are pricey, but yet a bit unappealing for the cost. I'm sure the Bread for Health issue would be equally expensive, but least the Dixie Lid was decently affordable considering it's characteristics.