Post an obscure card that interests you and explain why

[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.

[SAllen2556]

Rudy York doesn't have a lot of cards, so this one interests me for that reason.

rudyyork.jpg

[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.