June Pick up Thread

x2drich2000 · #1 06-29-2022, 07:05 PM

Finally finished my w554 set. I first asked about this set on the board back in Nov 2010 and have been putting off finishing it for several years. Thanks Brian for the Fonseca to finally finish it. Set consists of 1 B&W, 17 Sepia, 2 Bonemery (Grove & Cochrane). I still wouldn't mind getting an example of each of the other backs at some point.

Casey2296 · #2 06-29-2022, 09:37 PM

Very nice DJ, congrats on completing the set.

gabrinus · #3 06-29-2022, 11:45 PM

Congrats DJ!!...Jerry

RCFire82 · #4 06-30-2022, 02:56 PM

Thank you Scott!

atx840 · #5 06-30-2022, 05:46 PM

Nice Ed! What are the total known Howe cards out there?

brianp-beme · #6 06-30-2022, 06:18 PM

Received this W575-1 from Val in an old fashioned Rice for Rice swap. Thanks Val! Does anyone have its friend in this same handwriting that lists all the outfield positions and perhaps managers?

Brian

Howe�s Hunter · #7 06-30-2022, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by atx840

Nice Ed! What are the total known Howe cards out there?

Unfortunately, I�ve never been able to find any list he might have kept, so all I can say is I have 392 and I know of (and have images of) an addition 31. So guess the answer would be 423.

Casey2296 · #8 06-30-2022, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Howe�s Hunter

Unfortunately, I�ve never been able to find any list he might have kept, so all I can say is I have 392 and I know of (and have images of) an addition 31. So guess the answer would be 423.

Didn't he stamp some ecards too Ed?

glchen · #9 07-01-2022, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by x2drich2000

Finally finished my w554 set. I first asked about this set on the board back in Nov 2010 and have been putting off finishing it for several years. Thanks Brian for the Fonseca to finally finish it. Set consists of 1 B&W, 17 Sepia, 2 Bonemery (Grove & Cochrane). I still wouldn't mind getting an example of each of the other backs at some point.

Great accomplishment DJ! Which one is the B/W variation? Is it easy to see that color difference? Another variation you may want to add is the No Caption at Bottom variation although the Foxx may cover that base for you already.

x2drich2000 · #10 07-01-2022, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by glchen

Great accomplishment DJ! Which one is the B/W variation? Is it easy to see that color difference? Another variation you may want to add is the No Caption at Bottom variation although the Foxx may cover that base for you already.

Gary, good question and example of why this isn't an easy answer. The normal thought on these is there are 2 variations. Sepia examples have the name caption and thicker stock, B&W have no name and thinner stock. My Foxx really presents lighter than most other examples I've seen. It is also on noticeably thinner stock than my other cards. While the cut makes it impossible to tell, for those reasons and that it doesn't have a name on top, I believe it is also a no caption variety.

Your Gehrig is interesting as it should be a b&w without the caption though the color looks much closer to the Sepia version, at least to me. Do you know if it is the thinner or thicker stock? Your Gehrig is an example, and not the first I've seen, that makes me wonder if there are actually 4 different permutations of the caption/no caption/sepia/B&W.

glchen · #11 07-07-2022, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by x2drich2000

Gary, good question and example of why this isn't an easy answer. The normal thought on these is there are 2 variations. Sepia examples have the name caption and thicker stock, B&W have no name and thinner stock. My Foxx really presents lighter than most other examples I've seen. It is also on noticeably thinner stock than my other cards. While the cut makes it impossible to tell, for those reasons and that it doesn't have a name on top, I believe it is also a no caption variety.

Your Gehrig is interesting as it should be a b&w without the caption though the color looks much closer to the Sepia version, at least to me. Do you know if it is the thinner or thicker stock? Your Gehrig is an example, and not the first I've seen, that makes me wonder if there are actually 4 different permutations of the caption/no caption/sepia/B&W.

Hi DJ, sorry for the late reply. I had to dig up my W554's to check on this. For my Gehrig's, the color for the no caption seems to be the same as the caption version: both are sepia. I also have two Ruth's, caption and no caption, and the no caption does seem to be slightly lighter. All of my W554's are holdered by PSA, so it's really hard to see how thick the cardstock is. To me, all four W554's seem to be the same thickness, but I can could easily be wrong as I'm trying to eyeball these from a weird angle.

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