It's DIAMOND STARS time.....so show us your pretty Art Deco gems

[brianp-beme]

Always good for a Diamond Stars card or two (or a few). Definitely one of the first sets I got into, due to its great and interesting artwork.

Brian

[prestigecollectibles]

I just love the artwork. I need 19 cards to complete the set.
Does anyone know how many different style wrappers were produced?

[robw1959]

I have a complete set of these - that is a complete set of 96 cards. I don't really see the need to go after the twelve scarcer high numbered duplicates since they are only duplicates, except for the higher numbers on back.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I have a complete set of these - that is a complete set of 96 cards. I don't really see the need to go after the twelve scarcer high numbered duplicates since they are only duplicates, except for the higher number on back.

I always felt the same way...but to be fair, they also have 1935 stats on the back instead of 1934 (and in some cases 1933). I always wished they instead issued the cards seen on that 12 card proof sheet (as seen in the first scan, and what I believe is the Pete Fox original artwork seen on that sheet)...those cards really have a colorful geometric background.

Brian (also shown is the original artwork and matching card for Julius Solters...by the way, none of these are mine)

[clydepepper]

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1935 DIAMOND STARS w GEHRINGER AUTO.jpg

[GeoPoto]

A steady breeze is blowing out toward center . . . early bleacher fans are scattered under today's high sun . . . the right-handed batter digs in . . . the pitcher's set . . . runner is going . . . pitch is low . . . the throw to second is high, but Myer has it . . . and the tag is IN TIME . . . Got heeem!

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1630146567
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[SAllen2556]

Love the Diamond Stars. Great set for collecting the '34-35 Tigers. It's a good, easy and relatively inexpensive pre-war set to collect. And despite what most of the price guides say, it's the first 23 cards from 1934 that are tough - at least to find in good condition.

The cards themselves always suggest to me a sort of DC comic look from the 1930's. Seems like you could put together some sort of story based on some of the oddities in the backgrounds.

Something obviously has blown up behind Jimmy Dykes but he doesn't seem concerned..
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Now the ominous cloud has turned yellow - seems like a job for...
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Turn around Louis! What's wrong with you? You're about to be killed!
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And now, someone just bashed Al with a bat so hard that his mask flew off!
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This ominous red sky with billowing smoke can only mean one thing...trouble. Quick, send up the bat signal!
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[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I always felt the same way...but to be fair, they also have 1935 stats on the back instead of 1934 (and in some cases 1933). I always wished they instead issued the cards seen on that 12 card proof sheet (as seen in the first scan, and what I believe is the Pete Fox original artwork seen on that sheet)...those cards really have a colorful geometric background.

Brian (also shown is the original artwork and matching card for Julius Solters...by the way, none of these are mine)

The Fox artwork is the most unusual in that National Chicle converted a batting image into a fielding one. Source photo had been used in a more traditional way by Goudey two years earlier and again in 1936 as Wide Pen Premium.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by robw1959

I have a complete set of these - that is a complete set of 96 cards. I don't really see the need to go after the twelve scarcer high numbered duplicates since they are only duplicates, except for the higher number on back.

I will likely take the same approach if I ever chase the set.