Help Me Identify Mystery Cobb/Ruth/Aaron Cards

[soulgoobe]

Originally Posted by Jcfowler6

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Thanks so much! The Hank Aaron one I've been told is from a milk duds box. The Ty Cobb solo card is supposedly from a 1977 Jim Rowe 4 on 1 Exhibit set, except all those were bright yellow, and this one is white (though badly stained). Still insanely curious about the green one - still looks like it came from some sort of game to me, possibly not even a baseball or sports game since the question on the back is completely non-sports related.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by soulgoobe

Thanks so much! The Hank Aaron one I've been told is from a milk duds box. The Ty Cobb solo card is supposedly from a 1977 Jim Rowe 4 on 1 Exhibit set, except all those were bright yellow, and this one is white (though badly stained). Still insanely curious about the green one - still looks like it came from some sort of game to me, possibly not even a baseball or sports game since the question on the back is completely non-sports related.

The Cobb is a reprint issue of the Rowe's that is a common card used to trick collectors. It seems one of those is posted every 3 months for ID. I personally believe these are from the mid 80's as I never remember one prior to around 85'. This one looks purposely tea stained to make it look older to pass off as vintage.

I think you are right on the Trivia card and it is from a larger unrelated to sports set. From the general look of it, I would think late 50's, early 60's. I would think little value on it's own and hard to ID the set without the help of a vintage board game expert.

[soulgoobe]

Originally Posted by JustinD

The Cobb is a reprint issue of the Rowe's that is a common card used to trick collectors. It seems one of those is posted every 3 months for ID. I personally believe these are from the mid 80's as I never remember one prior to around 85'. This one looks purposely tea stained to make it look older to pass off as vintage.

I think you are right on the Trivia card and it is from a larger unrelated to sports set. From the general look of it, I would think late 50's, early 60's. I would think little value on it's own and hard to ID the set without the help of a vintage board game expert.

Thanks - that makes sense on the Cobb card - I never thought it was worth much if anything since it was obviously cut and in bad shape, but still I wanted to know what it was.

Regarding the green Trivia card - when I got it (as part of a large collection), it was labeled as 1930's game card - no idea whether that was accurate or just someone's guess. I guess I'll have to troll some vintage game boards to see if I can identify it. Whether it's worth anything or not, it is a pretty cool item. It's about as tall as a regular card and twice as wide.