T227 Miners Extra backs

[Marslife]

Hey Fellas!

Happy to talk about this set all day long! I am stuck at 45/48 for the Master Set run. There are two key cards in the set that are prohibiting my quest: Bruce Brown & C.P. Rodgers. As far as I can tell there is only one known complete basic set (24/24 mixed backs) and that is Ed’s set which he has on the PSA registry. I am not aware of any others. As for the key cards I took a quick look on the POP reports and from what I have found thru internet research.

Bruce Brown – Auto Driver – 3 known/registered cards (two PSA and one SGC). All with HLC backs.

C.P. Rodgers (Calbraith P. Rodgers) – Aviator – 4 known/registered cards (two PSA and two SGC) all with HLC backs.

Sooo… complete sets 24/24 are nearly impossible unless you are lucky enough to come across these two scarce cards.

I also noted on some prior threads that the 4 baseball players can be found with blank backs. Per the thread I think they are one of one cards and even more scarce than the two cards listed above.
The hunt continues…

TTYL!

Cliff

[Beansballcardblog]

I believe I was only aware that there were two copies of the David Bruce-Brown. Thanks for sharing that. To be honest, that card is probably the " holy grail" of cards to me, as someone acquiring the pre-war auto racing cards.

-kin

[Leon]

To add a little to population numbers I got this message yesterday from a good hobby friend who is a lurker. He says he loves reading the board but posting isn't his thing. I can understand that. At any rate here is what he said-

"One of the last posters, who is working on a Master set of both backs, states that he is aware of only one complete basic set (all 24 of the fronts, regardless of backs). That is a PSA registered set. Well, if you’d like, you can post that you are aware of another complete set. This set is all Honest Long Cut backs. I’m sure that it will come as no shock to you that none of the 24 are graded! Don’t know if you’ve seen them, but they’re pretty sharp except for Brown, which is one of the two that you take what you can get."

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[Marslife]

Thanks Leon!

OK so the tally is now at two complete sets, one with mixed backs and one all HLC backs...

Nice! that gives me hope and my quest continues now with renewed enthusiasm!

I suspect since the HLC complete set owner won't post, that he wont share some pictures...

So for what its worth... Burdick found a nice one, currently residing in his collection at the Met. Unfortunately they have not identified the manufacturer on the back, maybe if a board member makes a trip to see the collection they can try and see what back it is...

here is a pic and the link:

Bruce Brown - Miners extra.jpg

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/694928

TTYL!

Cliff