Batter-Up cards

[edhans]

Originally Posted by BobC

Only the low numbered series, cards 1 - 80, which were originally issued in 1934, can be found with the various color hues you're asking about. The high number series, cards 81 - 192 which came out later going into 1936, are all of the same brown/sepia colored hue.

The high numbers are found With brown, black, blue and green tints.

[BobC]

Then I'm completely wrong, thanks for correcting me.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by edhans

The high numbers are found With brown, black, blue and green tints.

Thank you for correcting me. I did look a little deeper into the Batter-Up cards I have and now see how some of the high number cards may be a bit more black/grayish than sepia/brownish. Still have no blue or green tints though, nor remember seeing any. I'm assuming that high number Batter-Up cards in blue and green tint must be very tough to find then. Is there a known premium for them in those two hues/colors, as I'm not aware of any?

Never heard of or met a collector into or trying to put together a master set of the Batter-Up cards in all the different possible hues/colors. Nor any idea if entirely possible. Would be a heck of a project though.

[Chris-Counts]

From my experience collecting these, the reds and greens are the hardest colors to find in the low numbers. But first, we need to distinguish the reds from the magentas. The magentas are reasonably common, but the reds — which are often confused with the magentas — have been tougher for me to find than even the greens. Making things even more confusing, I've seen some that fall somewhere between red and magenta. The blues seem fairly common.

[edhans]

The tints are far more subtle in the high series. You can see some examples of each in the CardTarget gallery.

http://www.cardtarget.com/sets/1550