1931 World Tour Yuasa and Co. Card (actually G.T. Son Co.)

[Jobu]

I thought I should add some additional info to this thread to make it more of a reference.

I spoke with Robert Klevens of Prestige Collectibles who also spoke with Gary Engle (thanks for your help Robert!). Gary's checklist for this set is below. Robert mentioned that he doesn't know of more than 1 or 2 of each card. My copy of the team card is also the first they have seen with a number on the front.

PSA doesn't list signature/no signature/variations and has graded one each of Cochrane, Cunningham, French, Frisch, Grove, Kammn, Kelly, Maranville, O'Doul, Ruel, Simmons. SGC doesn't seem to have graded any.

Facsimile Autograph Cards
Mickey Cochrane
Larry French
Lou Gehrig-end swing/empty stands
Lou Gehrig-hands on hips
Lefty Grove-end of delivery
Lefty Grove-top of windup
Lefty O’Doul-at bat
Al Simmons-port./hands behind back
Al Simmons-holding three bats

No Facsimile Autograph
Dick Cunningham-bat in left hand
Frankie Frisch-warmup jacket
Willie Kamm-hands on hips
George Kelly-batting cage
Rabbit Maranville-RHB #5 at left
Lefty O’Doul-hands on hips
Tom Oliver?-sitting in front of fence
Muddy Ruel-end of swing/catcher rt.
Simmons/Shinners?/Cochrane
1931 Tour team card

[Baseball Rarities]

Awesome cards. Love seeing those images.

[leftygrove10]

Here are the two cards that I have from this set.

[leftygrove10]

Here's the translation of the back of the Grove postcard.

[prestigecollectibles]

Actually the company 新高 is Niitaka not Shintaka. The first character 新 can be read as Shin or Nii but in this case it is Nii. Below is a sample ad from Niitaka Seika featuring Lou Gehrig.

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Here's the translation of the back of the Grove postcard.

[seattlerainiers]

Here's Lefty, batting pose, NO facsimile auto:

[Leon]

This and the others shown are absolutely great.

Originally Posted by seattlerainiers

Here's Lefty, batting pose, NO facsimile auto:

[Jobu]

It looks to me like neither of these is on the checklist -- and I see that your team photo has a #13 on the bottom left where mine has a 15 and none of the others has a number.

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Here are the two cards that I have from this set.

[Exhibitman]

Two O’Doul cards? Damn...

[japanbb]

I hope the following information is helpful:

There are many images, in which the same image was used in multiple Japanese sets produced by different manufacturers during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. The card that was previously posted with the number 15 on it has the same image as the card in the Yuasa set, but was printed by someone else, not Yuasa. No Yuasa cards have numbers on them. The card numbered 13 was taken at the same time as the number 15 image, but was shot from a different angle, and is not in the Yuasa set. The horizontal format Grove card is simply a 1931 postcard that has nothing to do with Yuasa. It was produced by a caramel company.

[Jobu]

Thanks Gary, that is helpful. I guess we can scratch the possible additions to the checklist - especially the postcard which clearly doesn't fit (I missed the back of that one).

Do you have any info on any of the other issues that these images could have been a part of?

Originally Posted by japanbb

I hope the following information is helpful:

There are many images, in which the same image was used in multiple Japanese sets produced by different manufacturers during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. The card that was previously posted with the number 15 on it has the same image as the card in the Yuasa set, but was printed by someone else, not Yuasa. No Yuasa cards have numbers on them. The card numbered 13 was taken at the same time as the number 15 image, but was shot from a different angle, and is not in the Yuasa set. The horizontal format Grove card is simply a 1931 postcard that has nothing to do with Yuasa. It was produced by a caramel company.