Post an obscure card that interests you and explain why

[familytoad]

I like the Bob Feller Banana Peel image !!

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Let's have some card fun! We all have our interests that run far afield from mainstream issues. What obscure little issue piques your collecting interest? I will start with these:

1946 Sports Exchange Trading Post Pin-Ups. One per issue, ran for several months, then were replaced by the for-sale W602-W603:






I like them because they are very early postwar, obscure/rare and have images that are not on other cards as far as I can tell.

[gonefishin]

Here is one from my collection that I've never been able to figure out. It is of Walker Cooper in a NY Giants uniform. The card measures 3 3/4 x 9 3/4 and has a blank back. It is autographed by Walker. He played for the Giants from 46-49. It seems to be on standard card stock and may have come folded as it appears to have light creases where it was been in quads. The colors are very vivid and quite impressive to look at. It has always baffled me about its origin. The pose, uniform and facial expression and everything about the card kind of grabs you. If anyone is familiar with this card please let me know.

[mrreality68]

I like the 1914 E&S series of Postcards

There are only a handful of the Joe Jackson card and a hand full of other cards including Ty Cobb, Frank Chance, Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker, and Buck Weaver to name a few.

This is mine the Joe Jackson One.

I like the unique look of it. I like the pose and I also like the little cartoons around him.

[ocjack]

I was about 15 cards shy of putting this 1954 N.Y. Journal American set together, but sold them with the rest of my collection. But I loved looking for these, and most dealers had no idea what they were. One of the sets I wish I had kept. (not my cards pictured, but internet images for illustration).

[FrankWakefield]

I like the New York Journal Amercan's...


That particular Sports Exchange Bob Feller is EXTREMELY rare.

[Vintagecatcher]

Here is my Chief Meyers Philadelphia Evening Times Supplement, which I won in a Lew Lipset Auction many years ago.

I have only seen one other, which had pin hole damage at the corners.


Patrick

[ocjack]

Ok, actually a second set I wish I hadn't sold - 1958 San Francisco Call Bulletin. I was also about 10 shy of the set (one or two were extremely hard to find). Again, pictures from the net.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I like the New York Journal Amercan's.

Yep those are very cool - being a mid 50's kind of guy I think I need some of them. Complete set is only 60 cards. Have never seen these previously.

[Vintagedeputy]

I feel like I keep showing this photo in various threads but this is the obscure set that most intrigues me. I know that we all call them Colgan’s Square Proofs, but exactly how they were issued and by whom (with certainty) is a mystery.

My theory is that they were issued to retailers each week to affix to a poster to advertise players that could be found by buying Colgan’s Chips gum. They are blank backed and the paper is an odd stock, similar I feel to that of a poster. I have Wagner, Addie Joss, Hal Chase and Home Run Baker. Between the top TPG’s, pop reports are fairly low for this issue.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Wanted one of these for a long time; recently stumbled across this one and snagged it. Because I searched for so long and because it has a small town, blue-collar feel, it immediately became my favorite card.

[lampertb]

I wonder if this gave Goudey Gum the idea for the Heads-Up '38 cartoons...?

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I like the 1914 E&S series of Postcards

There are only a handful of the Joe Jackson card and a hand full of other cards including Ty Cobb, Frank Chance, Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker, and Buck Weaver to name a few.

This is mine the Joe Jackson One.

I like the unique look of it. I like the pose and I also like the little cartoons around him.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

Here is one from my collection that I've never been able to figure out. It is of Walker Cooper in a NY Giants uniform. The card measures 3 3/4 x 9 3/4 and has a blank back. It is autographed by Walker. He played for the Giants from 46-49. It seems to be on standard card stock and may have come folded as it appears to have light creases where it was been in quads. The colors are very vivid and quite impressive to look at. It has always baffled me about its origin. The pose, uniform and facial expression and everything about the card kind of grabs you. If anyone is familiar with this card please let me know.

I am not familiar with the card, but the photo is a Colorfoto. These appeared in the New York Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and I am sure other papers via syndication. I have a scrapbook of 1940s/50s baseball clippings with many of them, including that one.

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I am not familiar with the card, but the photo is a Colorfoto. These appeared in the New York Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, and I am sure other papers via syndication. I have a scrapbook of 1940s/50s baseball clippings with many of them, including that one.

Much appreciated James. That's the first time anyone has ever told me they have seen the image before. Now if I can only figured out where the card came from!

[tedzan]

T206's....GOUDEY's....LEAF's....etc. are all often found with missing colors. However, N162 cards are seldom
seen with missing colors. This Dunlap is missing the Blue and Pink ink. I find this quite interesting.



TED Z

T206 Reference
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[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by tedzan

T206's....GOUDEY's....LEAF's....etc. are all often found with missing colors. However, N162 cards are seldom
seen with missing colors. This Dunlap is missing the Blue and Pink ink. I find this quite interesting.



TED Z

T206 Reference
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That is very cool, Ted. Amazing!

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

Much appreciated James. That's the first time anyone has ever told me they have seen the image before. Now if I can only figured out where the card came from!

Here is Walker Cooper from my scrapbook. Good luck figuring it out. If so, I also would like to know what that card is.

[G1911]

I have no clue about this Cooper card and have not seen it before, but what a great image and an awesome piece.

[Exhibitman]

1968 Atlantic Oil. There are 40 cards that are regular issue and ten cards that are prize-winners and extremely short-printed. Also a game piece that was redeemable instantly for a booklet of baseball records and stats. it is also a short print but only because so many of them were redeemed and destroyed. The ten cash-money cards (banks, davis, osteen, agee, etchebarren, fairly, freehan, mccraw, williams, wilson) are rarely seen and since some were for more money than others (Osteen was a buck), there are degrees of SP, but all ten are flat-out rare. Condition is also a challenge on these cards because they came two to a packet and were glued around the edges. Finding one without glue damage and/or hairline creases from being twisted to open the packet is also difficult.

Here is a common with typical glue damage:



Here is a common card in high grade:



Here is the SP redemption card:



These are prize-winner SSPs:




This is not a prizewinner but it is an SP. Swoboda was supposed to be part of a $10 match; this variation has him part of a $5 match.

[pokerplyr80]

Not sure if this would be considered obscure, but I don't see them very often. One of my favorite prewar cards because it looks so similar to the t206 Wagner. Portrait image and similar background, but reasonably affordable, especially by comparison. The ship has sailed on the possibility of owning a t206, so this will have to do.