Post an obscure card that interests you and explain why

[Exhibitman]

Diamond Dust Punchboard cards. Basically, they were issued inside gambling devices as tickets. The trick is that there is only one punchboard that actually has the cards in it. The myriad other DDPBs do not have cards. The cards were accordion folded into the slots and punched out with a metal rod. Of the 37 total cards slabbed by PSA and SGC, only three have gotten numerical grades because it was routine to trim off the borders.

The Averill is the nicest known card:



Joe D is typical of the trimmed cards:



The images are drawn from the Salutations Exhibit cards.

[Brian Van Horn]

Self-explanatory.

[brianp-beme]

Another card that I believe is a fantasy piece, but just strange that it has different artwork that I have not seen in any other examples except for a Hoyt card (no saved image). I have had this card for at least a dozen years. Here is a link to a previous thread about it, which itself contains a link to a thread about ten years previous. One more chained link and I will have created a fence.

https://net54baseball.com/showthread...ighlight=adams

Brian

[Neal]

The image on the Howard Photo Mays is Willie's best imo. The first time I had seen one of these I was hooked

[Exhibitman]

Beer coasters are fun

[DaveW]

Here are a few rare ones from the 1969 Rawlings promo set. I remember getting these at a sporting goods store in Canoga Park CA when my mom took me to get new cleats for Pop Warner football. There are a few known cards of Brooks Robinson and Reggie Jackson as well as these three. I find it odd that something that was issued in my lifetime is so little known.

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[oldjudge]

1886 Hancock Clothing Phil Tomney. In the mid-1990s the first and only three cards from this set were discovered. The three cards represent three different players making each a unique specimen. The three players are from the Syracuse Stars, an International League team from the period. These cards represent the first minor league card set and the first card set of any kind to put player information on the back. Along with Goodwin’s N167s they can also be called the first baseball card set of any kind. They are also arguably the rarest type cards in existence.

[Exhibitman]

I've never seen the Rawlings cards before; very interesting.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

1886 Hancock Clothing Phil Tomney. In the mid-1990s the first and only three cards from this set were discovered. The three cards represent three different players making each a unique specimen. The three players are from the Syracuse Stars, an International League team from the period. These cards represent the first minor league card set and the first card set of any kind to put player information on the back. Along with Goodwin’s N167s they can also be called the first baseball card set of any kind. They are also arguably the rarest type cards in existence.

Amazing Tomney card there. If you don't mind me asking you who are the other two players with a card?

[oldjudge]

Dick Buckley and Doug Crothers are the other two players in the Hancock set. Buckley, like Tomney, played in the majors.

[Exhibitman]

Surprise! If you were a particularly lucky kid in the early 1920s you might have found one of these in your life:




Open the box and look inside:



Yep, baseball and boxing cards. Not my stuff, just some illustrative images. More pics:



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Two guys I haven't ID'd yet (top row) and Johnny Kilbane and Benny Leonard (bottom row).

There were some nonsports cards too but, frankly, who cares, you know?

[Snowman]

Fun thread idea. Mine is definitely the 1958 Menko Doyusha JCM30a Jackie Robinson card. It's my holy grail card, and one that I was fortunate to have been able to track down earlier this year on my birthday. My copy is shown below.

Why do I like it?

For one, I just love the look of the card. It's sized like a T card, but has the color and pop feel of an Andy Warhol art piece. It has a very bright and bold almost neon magenta background to it. I love the back as well. Just a classic piece of art overall. It's a stunning card in hand.

In addition to how it looks, it's also a really cool historical piece. Throughout the entirety of Jackie's career, there was enormous tension between the US and Japan in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and our retaliations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But what most fans don't know is that in 1956, after the conclusion of the World Series, Jackie and the Brooklyn Dodgers (sans Koufax) traveled to Japan to play a 19-game exhibition series against Japanese players and teams in an effort to bring the two nations closer together and forge bonds of peace. They were invited by Matsutaro Shoriki, the "father of Japanese baseball", who was the man responsible for Babe Ruth's famous Japanese tour in 1934. 1956 was also the year that Jackie Robinson retired. His final game in a Dodgers uniform was played in this series, on Tokyo soil, and his last hit was a HR that erupted the crowd.

Cool story, but why he has a Japanese Menko card is a bit of a mystery. The Kanji on this card reads, "Roberto Chico Barbon". At the time this card was produced, in 1958, Barbon was the only black player in Japanese baseball, and as indicated on the card, he wore #8 for the Hankyu Braves. But instead of picturing Barbon, the card features Jackie Robinson. It is assumed to be an error card that was likely pulled from production, although an actual "Chico" Barbon replacement card was never made.

It is by far Jackie's rarest card, as there are only 5 copies known to exist: 4 on the PSA pop report, and 1 on SGC. Perhaps there are more that will surface in the future though, as they command steep prices whenever one hits the market.

Sean, from Victory Investments, made a great documentary about this card last year. It's worth checking out if you're interested:

https://youtu.be/VBDvF_dD5BU

[brian1961]

As I pondered the OP, my mind went back to this elegant card / photo.

This is an obscure 1952 Chicago White Sox team issue photo. It is printed on nice cardstock. Gorgeous color, with several fondly remembered stars of the resurgent White Sox--Minnie Minoso, Nellie Fox, Bill Pierce, and Eddie Robinson. I love the background scenery, the lush grass and particularly the familiar slanted Comiskey Park openings. All in all, saturated with ambiance.

I do recall in the late 1960s during August - September, WGN Channel 9 announcer Jack Brickhouse would tell his viewers that the official team photo of the Chicago Cubs was now available. Just send a dollar or two to WGN, etc. Back in 1952, I believe Channel 9 broadcast the White Sox games as well. That's my theory as to the original issuer, at least.

Anyways, I was at a show in the early 1970s when I came across this beautiful relic. I did not deliberate much more then a few seconds. I've kept it in a special notebook having large acetate pages ever since I bought it. Sorry about the glare in the center; we did the best we could.

Thanks for listening. --- Brian Powell

[sflayank]

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