M101-4/5 Expert Needed

[Schwertfeger1007]

Blank back.

Measures around 1 5/8 x 2 13/16.

[Schwertfeger1007]

@Leon do you know of any other 1915 W-UNC with two lines of text? I haven't been able to find one. Also the image looks like it jumps off the card, not washed out like the other hand cut W-UNC's I've seen.

There were also two other 1915 W-UNC Lajoie's that sold recently (I think one is on ebay FS) and both had only the single line of text and look different.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Schwertfeger1007

@Leon do you know of any other 1915 W-UNC with two lines of text? I haven't been able to find one. Also the image looks like it jumps off the card, not washed out like the other hand cut W-UNC's I've seen.

There were also two other 1915 W-UNC Lajoie's that sold recently (I think one is on ebay FS) and both had only the single line of text and look different.

And here is another for sale. I don't know, offhand, if any had 2 lines of text. But like I said, it wouldn't surprise me if there were variants. BTW, the size of yours matches the 1915-W Uncs and is smaller than a M101-4/5 series.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/35522331630...Bk9SR6jM7tuWZg

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[paul]

There was a thread about this very card a dozen or more years ago. I started it, but I'm terrible about searching for old threads. The one thing I remember is that another member posted a Felix Mendelsohn flyer picturing this Lajoie along with more standard M101-5s.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by paul

There was a thread about this very card a dozen or more years ago. I started it, but I'm terrible about searching for old threads. The one thing I remember is that another member posted a Felix Mendelsohn flyer picturing this Lajoie along with more standard M101-5s.

I think this is the thread that you were referring to:

https://net54baseball.com/showthread...ghlight=lajoie

[Andrew1975]

Paul, here is a link to the thread you started...

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=148565

[Schwertfeger1007]

It's def a card stock and not hand cut. So after reading all the back and forth from the original post it sounds like it could be a M101 sample in a Clev. uniform which wasn't used in the set bc they decided to go with a Phil. image.

Am I getting closer??

[gregndodgers]

Fascinating thread! The blank back M101 promo cards are very rare (a few exist?) but so are some of the rare back regular issue M101s. I guess the fact they are promo cards makes them unique, and perhaps more desirable. On the other hand, the fact that thousands of regular issue cards (with ad backs) were produced but in many cases only a few survived also makes them very desirable. So, generally speaking, I’m not sure the M101 promo cards have more appeal or are more desirable than the rare backs.

Thoughts?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Schwertfeger1007

It's def a card stock and not hand cut. So after reading all the back and forth from the original post it sounds like it could be a M101 sample in a Clev. uniform which wasn't used in the set bc they decided to go with a Phil. image.

Am I getting closer??

Except for it being a different size, and not by a tiny bit, you could be there.
I still think it is probably a 1915 Unc variation. Kind of like the 2 lines vs 1 line captions of D381 Ferguson vs D381 Fleischmann....

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