Post an obscure card that interests you and explain why

[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.

[glchen]

Rittenhouse is not a very popular set among collectors as folks typically aren't drawn to playing card sets. However, since I enjoy collecting color and back variations, I've been trying to collect all of the distinct letter variations from the Rittenhouse set using only Ruth cards.

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by glchen

Rittenhouse is not a very popular set among collectors as folks typically aren't drawn to playing card sets. However, since I enjoy collecting color and back variations, I've been trying to collect all of the distinct letter variations from the Rittenhouse set using only Ruth cards.

Nice set! IIRC the ‘H” was short printed which made it difficult to spellout Rittenhouse Candy and thereby, almost impossible to redeem the prize.