Anyone collect 1934-36 Diamond Matchbooks?

[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.

[Vintagedeputy]

Here I was thinking that I was the only one that collected these! I’m not actively chasing them, but I gladly buy them when I find them in the wild.

Here’s the few that I’ve found so far.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Here I was thinking that I was the only one that collected these! I’m not actively chasing them, but I gladly buy them when I find them in the wild.

Here’s the few that I’ve found so far.

+1

I really like your Lon Warneke. Seems to be in nice condition. I found my way to the matchbooks when I noticed a listing for a Stanley Hack Matchbook on Ebay in UK in 2020. It not often that I find something like that in the UK and it was going cheap. I'd never seen or heard of them before but it was just too interesting to pass up.

I found out about them and started to slowly build my collection. I now have 65 of them. I really enjoy them. Maybe one day they'll become a hot item, but for now I enjoy the fact that I can picked them up pretty cheap.

[JustinD]

No idea how many I have, probably somewhere between 15-20 in the piles of stuff. A some baseball, mostly football.

I started picking them up specifically because of the Portsmouth Spartans and the affordability at the time. I collect all Detroit sports and am a glutton for punishment enough to be a Lions fan.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

+1

I really like your Lon Warneke. Seems to be in nice condition. I found my way to the matchbooks when I noticed a listing for a Stanley Hack Matchbook on Ebay in UK in 2020. It not often that I find something like that in the UK and it was going cheap. I'd never seen or heard of them before but it was just too interesting to pass up.

I found out about them and started to slowly build my collection. I now have 65 of them. I really enjoy them. Maybe one day they'll become a hot item, but for now I enjoy the fact that I can picked them up pretty cheap.

Thanks! The Warneke, Davis and Hartnett were found locally (along with a T205 McGraw) during an old house demolition by a building contractor.

The others I have been finding here and there. I missed out on a football one recently but I'd collect those too if I could find them.

[obiwan1129]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

+1

I found out about them and started to slowly build my collection. I now have 65 of them. I really enjoy them. Maybe one day they'll become a hot item, but for now I enjoy the fact that I can picked them up pretty cheap.

Not too hot...

I've looked at these too and wondered how easy to find they were. My kids wouldn't really know what to do with a match book I don't think. Course they rarely see anyone even smoking...big change from the old days.

[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 😀

[nebboy]

Couldn’t pass up the chance to get this little lot of 1934 silver boarder unopened 2 cello packages. My main reason was to get the red Isidore Goldstein matchbook cover, seen on bottom of the photo.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Couldn’t pass up the chance to get this little lot of 1934 silver boarder unopened 2 cello packages. My main reason was to get the red Isidore Goldstein matchbook cover, seen on bottom of the photo.

Those are seriously cool. If you don't mind the question, where did you find the cello packages?

[nebboy]

eBay - even know you have to look long and hard, one can still find really nice deals on things from time to time.