Anyone collect 1934-36 Diamond Matchbooks?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by nebboy

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Great pickup John. Trust you got them at a good price.

[cubman1941]

Great pick up, congrats.

[nebboy]

Thanks Bob

Originally Posted by BobC

Great pickup John. Trust you got them at a good price.

I did get a great buy on those, just luck I guess.

Great to see a thread were matchbooks get some love. Also impressed that some here are so close to complete sets.

Keep the stories and pictures coming.

[cdn_collector]

Not sure if I've ever posted these before or not. I can't recall too many threads about matchbooks. Can't really add anything to the conversation either, as I know very little about them. Here are the only two I own.

I know there is also a blue version, but I have yet to track that down.
Not sure if any other colours (red, maybe?) exist.




Cheers,

Richard.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

Not sure if I've ever posted these before or not. I can't recall too many threads about matchbooks. Can't really add anything to the conversation either, as I know very little about them. Here are the only two I own.

I know there is also a blue version, but I have yet to track that down.
Not sure if any other colours (red, maybe?) exist.




Cheers,

Richard.

Correct, the 1934 Silver Border matchbooks came printed on red, green, blue, and orange paper/cardboard versions. It is not known if you can actually find matchbooks of every single player in the set on all four different colors.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by BobC

Correct, the 1934 Silver Border matchbooks came printed on red, green, blue, and orange paper/cardboard versions. It is not known if you can actually find matchbooks of every single player in the set on all four different colors.

Hey Bob, can you elaborate on "paper/cardboard" versions, please? I've never heard about this before. Are you saying there are/were different 'stocks' used for the actual matchbook? Is only orange available "paper" and "cardboard" or are all four colours?

Thanks,

Richard.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

Hey Bob, can you elaborate on "paper/cardboard" versions, please? I've never heard about this before. Are you saying there are/were different 'stocks' used for the actual matchbook? Is only orange available "paper" and "cardboard" or are all four colours?

Thanks,

Richard.

My mistake in how I presented that. There aren't different paper AND cardboard versions. I was just referring to possible different ways people may look at the stock the matchbooks were made out of and how to some, rather than referring to it as very thin cardboard, they may think of it as very thick paper instead. My bad, sorry for not being more specific. The "versions" I was referring to was for the different colors, not different matchbbok material.

[Fred]

The matchbooks are pretty cool collectibles. They haven't too sought out in the past but with everything going stupid in price, collectors may be picking these up as a way getting a cheap fix. These were probably part of the final frontier of cheap baseball collectibles, but soon they'll be like everything else.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by BobC

My mistake in how I presented that. There aren't different paper AND cardboard versions. I was just referring to possible different ways people may look at the stock the matchbooks were made out of and how to some, rather than referring to it as very thin cardboard, they may think of it as very thick paper instead. My bad, sorry for not being more specific. The "versions" I was referring to was for the different colors, not different matchbbok material.

OH! Ha. Thanks for clarifying Bob.

[Exhibitman]

[UKCardGuy]

Great stuff Adam. I've not seen that Mantle Holiday Inn matchbook before.

[UKCardGuy]

Thanks to a fellow board member I was able to add 69 new Diamond Matchbooks for my collection 😀