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

[Bridwell]

Love this set!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Something that might be of interest to casual collectors who haven’t studied the set in detail. Along with the stat/bio updates on the backs of cards repeated from one year to another, there are six players who have “front” variations.

The first five simply reflect players who changed teams from one year to the next. The final one is not a true variation since the card numbers differ: low number 1935 Berger #25 vs high number 1936 Berger #108. Here “Braves” is removed to reflect the renaming of the team as the Bees.

Being a front guy, it is nice reading/seeing all the front variations for the Diamond Stars in your post...gives us 'fronties' something to shoot for.

Brian

[Carter08]

Love this thread. Wanted to complete a pre-war framing project and had to decide on a set quartet to do it. Settled on Diamond Stars out of sheer beauty. Did Ott, Hornsby, Greenberg and Grove. Glad I’m not the only one sucked in by these cool cards. Will try to post pics later.

[Johnny T]

Only one I have...been thinking of going for this set and these pics are pushing me...thanks for sharing everyone! JT

[tedzan]

Wonderful...... we now have posted 70 different DIAMOND STARS subjects of the 96 featured in this set. Let's see if we can complete the set with the
remaining 26 to go. And, by all means, display the Hi#s (#97 - 108). So far, just 5 of them have been posted.

Furthermore, if we really want to go "crazy", we could include all the possible 1934 - 1936 variations and complete a Master set of approx. 174 cards.

TED Z

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[GeoPoto]

Oswald L. "Ossie" Bluege. Third baseman for the Washington Senators in 1922-1939. 1,751 hits and 43 home runs in 18 MLB seasons. 1935 All-Star. 1924 World Series champion. He played his entire career in Washington. He was best known for his defense, but his best season at the plate was 1928 as he posted a .364 OBP with 78 runs scored and 75 RBI's in 588 plate appearances. He managed the Washington Senators in 1943-1947.

William Clifton "Cliff" Bolton. Catcher for the Washington Senators in 1931, 1933-1936, and 1941. 280 hits and 6 home runs over 7 MLB Seasons. His best season was 1935 as he posted a .399 OBP with 55 RBI's in 435 plate appearances.

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[jason.1969]

Took some cards out of my display case to add to the fun. Here is what I consider the greatest “Big Three” in baseball history. Teammates who played for the same team their entire careers. Mel Ott, 1926-47; Carl Hubbell, 1928-43; and Bill Terry, 1923-36. That’s 52 seasons with NYG including the nine years from 1928-36 when all three played at the same time.

[tedzan]

OK guys..... We now have posted 72 different DIAMOND STARS subjects of this set. Therefore, we have only 24 more to go. So, let us go for it.


"Red" Rolfe was a member of the renown Yankees team referred to as the "Bronx Bombers" during the late 1930's which included Lou Gehrig,
Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing.






TED Z

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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by tedzan

OK guys..... We now have posted 72 different DIAMOND STARS subjects of this set. Therefore, we have only 24 more to go.

So, let's go for it.
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Here are the remaining DIAMOND STARS subjects which have yet to be displayed......

Adams
Allen
Blaeholder
Blanton
Byrd
Cuyler
DeLancey
Frankhouse
Fritsch
Hallahan
Hayworth
Hudlin
Jordan
Leslie
Lucas
Mellilo
Myatt
Piet
Rogell
Rowe
Suhr
Vosmik
Walker
Whitehead


TED Z

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[molenick]

Thank you for posting the list of the missing players, Ted. Of those, I can provide scans of the 10 cards below (and that's it for me).

[brianp-beme]

Melillo with his treescape/city backdrop.

Brian

[tedzan]

Thanks for your posts....Brian and Mike

Now, we need only 13 remaining DIAMOND STARS subjects to complete the display of this basic set of 96.......

Adams
Blaeholder
Byrd
Cuyler
DeLancey
Fritsch
Hallahan
Hayworth
Piet
Rogell
Rowe
Walker
Whitehead


TED Z

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[jason.1969]

Two pitchers in the 1935 release, Blanton and Whitehead, are largely forgotten names to most fans, but they kicked off their rookie seasons in Fernandomania-like fashion.

Cy Blanton, first ten games: 9 starts, 9 CG, 1.00 ERA
John Whitehead, first eight games: 8-0 W-L, 8 CG

I suspect it was their hot starts that earned them slots in the set among the 60 new players added to the checklist that year.

[LuckyLarry]

Blaeholder
Adams
Byrd

[tedzan]

Thanks for your inputs.....Larry.

Now, we need 10 remaining DIAMOND STARS subjects
to complete the display of this basic set of 96.......

Cuyler
DeLancey
Fritsch
Hallahan
Hayworth
Piet
Rogell
Rowe
Walker
Whitehead


TED Z

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[LeftHandedDane]

Only 2 left to complete the set - numbers 99 (Traynor) and 105 (Lombardi)

Here are pix of some of the missing ones:

[RCMcKenzie]

Here's Whitehead...

[tedzan]

Thanks for your inputs, Ed and Rob.

This is tremendous, guys. Of the 96 subjects in this set, we have on display in this thread 90 of them.
The 6 remaining DIAMOND STARS are......

Cuyler
DeLancey
Fritsch
Hayworth
Piet
Rogell


TED Z

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[molenick]

Ted, I take it you mean Frisch (as in Frankie) rather than Fritsch (as in Larry).

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Thanks for your inputs, Ed and Rob.

This is tremendous, guys. Of the 96 subjects in this set, we have on display in this thread 90 of them.
The 6 remaining DIAMOND STARS are......

Cuyler
DeLancey
Fritsch
Hayworth
Piet
Rogell


TED Z

I find it interesting that my two least favorite cards in the Diamond Stars set, Cuyler and Rogell (due to their awkward artwork compared to rest of the cards), are two of the six cards remaining. Here is Delancey, which meets the typical Diamond Stars high standard of just plain interesting design.

Brian

[LuckyLarry]

#17 Frisch
#31 Cuyler

[jason.1969]

There's a fun similarity between the DS Frisch and the Goudey Hornsby, particularly with the two players having been traded for each other.

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[crispycards]

I have also always loved this set, and been intrigued by the quirks described by Ted, Jason and others. For anyone interested in a quick study of the backs and how best to determine the year of issue, here is a sample of what the 1934, 1935 and 1936 cards look like for 3 of the low numbers.

[brianp-beme]

What the hey...Hayworth is worth a scan.

Brian

[LuckyLarry]

The last two? #72 Tony Piet and #76 Bill Rogell

[wrapperguy]

Great set! Someone early on asked about wrappers.

To my knowledge, there are 8 different Diamond Star wrappers. They can ben seen on the Old Cardboard wrapper page:

https://oldcardboard.com/r/r-wrappers.asp

There are rumors about other number combinations on the wrappers but in all these years of collecting wrappers, I have never seen a real or Xerox copy of another wrapper combo.

The Photo Art Prints and Etched Wonder photos advertise the R311 Glossy and Leather cards.
Great stuff!

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

The last two? #72 Tony Piet and #76 Bill Rogell

WOW ! We did it.

All 96....present and accounted for.

Thanks....LuckyLarry, and all you guys on this great forum that participated in this thread.


TED Z

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[brianp-beme]

Some Japanese Menko cards have colors and design somewhat similar to the Diamond Stars set. As an example, here is one I spotted on Ebay.

Brian

[molenick]

That's great that we got them all. And, Ted, I hope it did not come across the wrong way when I mentioned your spelling of Frisch as Fritsch. I kind of just wanted to get in a reference to Larry Fritsch, a name many older collectors will remember.

[tedzan]

Hey Michael

No problem.....my mind must of have had good ole Larry Fritsch on my mind.
When you get to be my age, your mind can play "tricks" on you


TED Z

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[Yoda]

Who can forget Larry whenever the subject of the T206 Doyle - National, hands above head comes up.