Novice E121 Question

[obcbobd]

Brian

I checked your list with my own, which is mainly based on Lew Lipset's and have the following discrepancies.

First, I only see eight cards with *.

I don't have Bill Cunningham, Fred Hoffman or "Chicken" Hawkes as E121s. Lipset shows these as a W575 only, and the are not in my SCD (2011). Or should these also have an *?

I only have a single Harry Hooper, Lipset does not mention the shed variation, nor does my SCD.

You are missing Babe Ruth (photo montage) (HOF)

thanks

Bob

[rhettyeakley]

Bob,

You are correct about those three cards being only in Koester's. They should have an asterisk.

The Ruth should probably have read "holding bat/photo montage" not holding ball.

The Hooper variation is the same photo just different size of projection (on one you can see a small building or something off to the left side that isn't present in the other version.) This variation had never been documented prior to me bringing it up here on the forum. As far as whether it is a new image is debatable, similar to the two different sizes of the Carl Mays image. That being said I seem to remember a slight size change between the Wally Schang cards from the Series of 80 and 120 (I think his hand is cropped in one version or something along those lines). Again, same image just different size, just not as extreme as the Tris Speaker for example.

[rhettyeakley]

Here is a copy of the two Hoopers...

[brianp-beme]

Good spotting Bob and Rhett on the Koester Bread only cards...I will update the list above, and will repair the Ruth listing to make it more photo montage-y.

Rhett's example of the Hooper 'full of shed' variation is the only one I have seen, and is just another example of why the E121 set (especially the Series of 80) is one heckuva set for those who like their card collecting to be full of surprises.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

The Ruth holding ball entry is correct, but just noticed on my list that I had left off the Ruth photo montage card entirely, which I corrected on the list.

That makes it 175 different images between the sets, 186 if you count the Koesters (always appropriate, for example, when setting down a drink upon the coffee table). I updated the prior entry to reflect this amount as well.

Brian

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Here is a copy of the two Hoopers...

Nice side by side comparison. I never noticed that.