1926 Sports Co. of America/Spalding - talk about/show/contribute your knowledge

ValKehl · #1 11-25-2023, 04:16 PM

Being a dedicated collector of Sam Rice's cards, I have been looking forever for an example of Rice with the ad back. Has anyone ever seen one or know if one exists?

JLange · #2 11-25-2023, 07:55 PM

I have this scan of Tris Speaker I grabbed off the internet around 2004. I have him in my checklist / wantlist as a result. Sorry, not a great scan - the file size is only ~7kb, so doesn't really resize well. I am eager to learn the fate of the Coveleski card as well. I never had him on my Cleveland Baseball checklist, but by 1926 he would have been with Washington. I still hold out hope he's in the set, and that he is pictured with Cleveland, anyways.

paul · #3 11-25-2023, 11:51 PM

Val, I can confirm that the Sam Rice does exist with an ad back. I own one. Unfortunately, the back is severely damaged. See the scan.

Paul

Brian Van Horn · #4 11-26-2023, 04:47 AM

Paul,

I sold this autographed Rice in August 2014.

brianp-beme · #5 11-26-2023, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLange

I have this scan of Tris Speaker I grabbed off the internet around 2004. I have him in my checklist / wantlist as a result. Sorry, not a great scan - the file size is only ~7kb, so doesn't really resize well. I am eager to learn the fate of the Coveleski card as well. I never had him on my Cleveland Baseball checklist, but by 1926 he would have been with Washington. I still hold out hope he's in the set, and that he is pictured with Cleveland, anyways.

Thanks Jason, that visual of the Speaker card narrows down the needs to be confirmed list to just Coveleski. And because you have helped out here, I am pulling for him to be pictured and identified with Cleveland.

Brian

brianp-beme · #6 11-26-2023, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Being a dedicated collector of Sam Rice's cards, I have been looking forever for an example of Rice with the ad back. Has anyone ever seen one or know if one exists?

I love it when a card like Paul's Rice can confirm the existence of a card. I have a E270 Colgan's Tin Top card that is missing 95% of the back, except for the part on its back curved border script that contains the word 'Tin'.

I plan on creating a list of possibly confirmed ad and blank backs that I will add to this thread, just for fun and maybe extract some examples from folks on here.

Brian

Brian Van Horn · #7 11-26-2023, 11:11 PM

Brian,

Here is the page from PSA proving Stan exists in the set:

https://www.psacard.com/priceguide/b...champions/1086

midmo · #8 11-26-2023, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Brian,

Here is the page from PSA proving Stan exists in the set:

https://www.psacard.com/priceguide/b...champions/1086

Brian, I'm not sure that's proof. They have Stan listed in their checklist but if you go to the "pop" tab they haven't actually graded any.

midmo · #9 11-26-2023, 11:32 PM

I don't have any idea about Coveleski but I like these cards as well. Here's my example with the original photo.

1926 Spalding Champions Jack Fournier 1.jpg

1926 Spalding Champions Jack Fournier 2.jpg

1926 Spalding Champions Jack Fournier 3.jpg

1926 Spalding Champions Jack Fournier 4.jpg

brianp-beme · #10 12-21-2023, 11:02 PM

Forgot to say thanks Justin for showing the matching photo used for the Fournier card...it is always neat to see the original photos for what is seen in these things we collect.

Brian

Quote:

Originally Posted by midmo

I don't have any idea about Coveleski but I like these cards as well. Here's my example with the original photo.

brianp-beme · #11 12-21-2023, 11:08 PM

Here is a blank back Dutch Ruether card.

Brian

Brian Van Horn · #12 11-26-2023, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midmo

Brian, I'm not sure that's proof. They have Stan listed in their checklist but if you go to the "pop" tab they haven't actually graded any.

Brian and Justin,

My fault. Now, after we revive members from that last statement, I will continue to research the card. It's a good way to deal with a cold.

epike3 · #13 12-04-2023, 05:00 PM

Hi-
Happy to see some fun posts on this set! I love the all of the different sports, and the narratives on the back are pretty cool especially since I knew nothing about some of the athletes in this set.
I used the walk past the building where this company was located (or their HQ) on my way to work and dreamed of finding a box of these cards in the basement

.
Anyone with track and field available please lmk, thanks!
Best,
Ed

brianp-beme · #14 12-04-2023, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by epike3

Hi-
Happy to see some fun posts on this set! I love the all of the different sports, and the narratives on the back are pretty cool especially since I knew nothing about some of the athletes in this set.
I used the walk past the building where this company was located (or their HQ) on my way to work and dreamed of finding a box of these cards in the basement

.
Anyone with track and field available please lmk, thanks!
Best,
Ed

Time to make a trip back there...maybe that basement still has something to offer.

I will shortly be posting a list of the various known backs of cards (besides the most commonly seen 1926 copyright bio backs) of the baseball subjects. And when I have the time, I will post another list of the known non-baseball subjects in those backs as well.

Brian

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