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

Exhibitman · #1 07-21-2018, 07:27 AM

Two O�Doul cards? Damn...

japanbb · #2 07-21-2018, 03:03 PM

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 · #3 07-22-2018, 11:05 AM

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?

Quote:

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.

japanbb · #4 07-22-2018, 01:14 PM

Unfortunately, I don't have any information on the source of the numbered cards. But we are always making discoveries and learning new things in the world of Japanese cards. If I find out more about the numbered cards, I will post it

benchod · #5 07-22-2018, 08:42 PM

Thanks for the information , Gary

Jobu · #6 07-23-2018, 10:48 AM

Given the similarities of these it looks to me like they were all produced at about the same time. That also makes sense because this tour was dwarfed by the 1934 tour so I would think there was probably a 2-3 year window for 1931 tour materials. Is that a fair conclusion?

Quote:

Originally Posted by japanbb

Unfortunately, I don't have any information on the source of the numbered cards. But we are always making discoveries and learning new things in the world of Japanese cards. If I find out more about the numbered cards, I will post it

glchen · #7 07-23-2018, 10:10 PM

Just noticed this in the current Heritage auction (not mine). Looks like the same as Brad's card, but as a signed photo.

japanbb · #8 07-27-2018, 07:44 PM

I am preparing material for the National, and in going through my collection, I discovered an O'Doul card which is identical to the O'Doul in the 1931 Yuasa set, except that this card has a number 5 in the lower right corner. The most interesting part is that included with the card is the envelope in which it was mailed to the Japanese collector who ordered it.

According to the envelope, the card was mailed by G. T. Sun Co., High Speed Photography, located in Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Therefore, we might surmise that cards with the number on them may have been produced by G. T. Sun, and not Yuasa.

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