Anyone collect 1934-36 Diamond Matchbooks?

[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.

[nebboy]

Trying to keep thread going as long as possible.

Newest pickup is (2) black boarder, matches full, Casey Stengel books in nice condition.

[UKCardGuy]

That Stengel is very nice, esp with the matches intact.

I won this Mel Ott last week. Just waiting on delivery.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Trying to keep thread going as long as possible.

Newest pickup is (2) black boarder, matches full, Casey Stengel books in nice condition.

Wow! Those are great!

[chadeast]

FYI, I noticed 100+ of these listed in lots of 2 to 5 over at Kevin Savage being auctioned today and remembered this thread.

https://www.kevinsavagecards.com/default.aspx

[Vintagedeputy]

New arrival today!

[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.