Fantastic T-card "walk-in" (with provenance) at Phillly Show. You'll enjoy this story

[Kevin Savage]

Teddy and Dan-

Congrats on the find! I tried to get my man Pat to stay at that hotel ( I think I smelled a card deal......ha ha). Pat stayed at a different hotel and was offered a bunch of 1980's common cards by the lady at the desk. Just our luck!

Sorry I missed the show- hope to see you guys in December (When everyone will be staying at your hotel......)

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Savage

Teddy and Dan-

Congrats on the find! I tried to get my man Pat to stay at that hotel ( I think I smelled a card deal......ha ha). Pat stayed at a different hotel and was offered a bunch of 1980's common cards by the lady at the desk. Just our luck!

Sorry I missed the show- hope to see you guys in December (When everyone will be staying at your hotel.......)

Hi Kevin

I always considered the shows at Oaks were better than the Valley Forge Casino shows. This one certainly proved it.

Look forward to seeing you and Pat in December.

Take care my friend,


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sreader3

Very cool Ted and Dan. Looks like a terrific group of cards. Thanks for the photos.

Thanks, Scot.....always great to hear from you.

I am a little surprised to find the POLAR BEAR tobacco brand distributed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Take care my friend,


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Thanks, Scot.....always great to hear from you.

I am a little surprised to find the POLAR BEAR tobacco brand distributed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Take care my friend,


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted, there are a lot of ads for Polar bear tobacco in Northeastern Pennsylvania newspapers many of them are from Allentown newspapers right near where you said the grandfather was when he collected them.

[sreader3]

I think it is a consensus view that Polar Bear scrap tobacco was packaged in Middletown, OH, just north of Cincinnati. That's about halfway between St. Louis and Philly (admittedly a little closer to St. Louis). It would not be shocking (at least to me) if PB packs made their way to eastern PA. I do find it interesting that there were no Demmitts or O'Haras in the collection.

Take care guys.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I think it is a consensus view that Polar Bear scrap tobacco was packaged in Middletown, OH, just north of Cincinnati. That's about halfway between St. Louis and Philly (admittedly a little closer to St. Louis). It would not be shocking (at least to me) if PB packs made their way to eastern PA. I do find it interesting that there were no Demmitts or O'Haras in the collection.

Take care guys.

Scot

My guess is that American Lithographic shipped all (or most) of the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis variations to the St. Louis area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Scot

My guess is that American Lithographic shipped all (or most) of the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis variations to the St. Louis area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted,

They excluded some areas in the packing and shipping of certain brands because of the tobacco laws in those areas but I don't think it would have been practical for them to start pulling certain players to include or exclude. If there was around 100 T206's that's only 40% of the polar Bears if there were no duplicates so most likely Demmitt and O'hara just happened to be in the 60% that weren't in the collection.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Ted, there are a lot of ads for Polar bear tobacco in Northeastern Pennsylvania newspapers many of them are from Allentown newspapers right near where you said the grandfather was when he collected them.

Thanks Pat,

I was unaware of the PB adv. in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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