Question Pertaining to '33 Goudey

[brianp-beme]

No copy of the Lew Lipset article, but here is some of the interesting info, condensed, that it contained (and it is in the Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide, ed. 4 published in 1982 by James Beckett and Dennis Eckes, not the SCD guide as I previously mentioned):

The 1933 Goudeys were issued on ten sheets of 24 cards, four high and six across. Although the article does not state the issue date of each sheet, it does mention that the first seven were all distributed by early July of 1933, based upon the recollections of an original collector. The eighth sheet was issued in middle of August, followed shortly by the ninth sheet. The final series, which consisted of players from that years World Series, the Giants and Senators, was in the stores by late October.
Here are the card numbers present on each sheet:

1st: 1-5, 25-35, 45-52
2nd: 6-24, 36-40
3rd: 41-44, 58-67, 75-79, 92-96
4th: 53-57, 68-74, 80-91
5th: 100-105, 115-120, 130-141
6th: 143-165 (two # 144's)
7th: 166-189
8th: 190-213 (no red advertising strip at bottom front)
9th: 97-99, 128-129, 142, 214-231 (no red strip)
10th: 107-114, 121-127, 232-240 (no red strip)

The 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th sheet have cards arranged in numerical order on the sheet, while the other sheets the numbers skip. The #144 card of Babe Ruth in the sixth sheet was double printed, probably with the idea of creating a 'missing' card (#106, which was eventually printed in 1934 as Lajoie). The article has small black and white photos of each sheet, and lists the arrangement of the card numbers on the sheet beneath each photo. It also mentions whether each sheet has blue or red copyright circles on the front of the cards. Later in the guide book it has larger scale color photos of both the 1st sheet and advertising version of the 4th sheet which has a large red stripe along the bottom card row of the sheet indicating "New Pictures with Big League Chewing Gum Including Babe Ruth"
If you are interested in the 1933 Goudeys it is definitely worth tracking down a copy of this Price Guide just for the article.

Brian