1929 Kashin R316: any examples of back stamps?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Baseball Bob

Todd
Great suggestions! The connection to the theatres is a cool lead. I had not heard of the actor Kashin you identified either. The mystery deepens! Interestingly, the theater back stamp example that Leon posted is from Chicago...
Yes, the Todt card is POP 17 (SGC+PSA) which is roughly three times as many as the Haines, Seibold or Hadley, and I have another I am going to get graded soon. I like the idea that maybe they started issuing without Ruth due to a contract or other snag. I have also looked into the source of the photos and the vast majority of them are readily traceable to Conlon. Oddly, the Ruth photo is not. I have been unable to locate the source. This may tie to the late issue idea as well.
Cheers
Eric

Hi Eric
I wish I could help more but what has been discussed is probably more than I have known to start with. Here are a few scans from the collection or ex collection.....Good luck with everything.

[Baseball Bob]

Still waiting to hear from Jeff Britton (Luxury Ballcards) - one of the biggest R316 enthusiasts out there......c'mon back, Jeff!

Regards
Eric

[Baseball Bob]

Thanks, Leon, for those nice examples.

Anyone else have any examples of the colored boxes or the back stamped variety cards?

Thanks,
Eric

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hi Eric
I wish I could help more but what has been discussed is probably more than I have known to start with. Here are a few scans from the collection or ex collection.....Good luck with everything.

Great stuff, as always, Leon!

Hope your new collection is going very well,

Larry

[glenv]

My only two:

r312rialto_theater_ft.jpg r312rialto_theater_bk.jpg

r316jamaica_ruth_ft.jpg r316jamaica_ruth_bk.jpg

[DaveW]

Good luck with your research, I've always liked the kashin cards. I have a couple with the Douglas Park back stamp like Leon's example. As for the Ruth card, I seem to remember a post here where somebody had the original photo that it was made from. Not sure how you would find it, maybe search for Ruth Photo or Ruth Kashin Photo - good luck.

[DaveW]

Another interesting thing. The Ruth card shown above with the Jamaica Theater back shows movies that were released in 1933 - implying that these cards were used 4 years after their 1929 issue. Maybe that's how they got rid of excess inventory?
Also, the card with the Morton Theater back also shows a 1933 movie (the Walter Huston movie)

[Baseball Bob]

Awesome examples - many thanks for posting and for the additional info.
Best Regards,
Eric

[leftygrove10]

I got these from the same guy who sold Leon his card.

[PowderedH2O]

Any reason why Kashin got an "R" designation in the catalog? It doesn't appear to be a product that had gum involved, at least not from the containers that have been shown in the photos.