Toporcer E121 Series of 120 variation--which one do you have?

[brianp-beme]

Here is the scan of the Toporcer/Topocer cards. It appears that at least in the SCD catalog that the mis-spelled 'Topocer' is the known variety, but now I have the previously uncatalogued and correct 'Toporcer' variation. As you can see in the scan, the Toporcer is trimmed, but thankfully left the name intact...otherwise no update. The back has pink lines because I soaked it (along with 100+ fellow 1920's American Caramel cards from a lined tablet).
I would still like to know if there are any other collectors out there with this variation.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

As is evident from Andy's post this may just be a variation that was never noticed (too many "R's" in his name for the brain to notice). Would love to hear what other collectors have.

Brian

[rhettyeakley]

It is a new variation, I noticed it a little while back and was able to pick up both variations...


I first noticed the variation when the SCD has him listed as Topocer (mispelled) and Lipset has him listed as Toporcer (correct), and I began looking for him to see if they both existed, which they did. I haven't noticed one being that tougher than the other, but I could be wrong.
-Rhett

[sreader3]

Great find.

Amazing that it took almost 90 years for someone to report this.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Brian and Rhett for offering info about the Toporcer cards in your respective collections, and also I appreciate the encouragement Scott. Anyone else out there that can offer up which Toporcer E121 120 Series variation they have?

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Is the E121 set that unpopular? I have received three responses on the board and one message. Ted does a survey about red background Ty Cobb and gets 300+ examples to study over. There has to be at least a handful more E121 collectors out there...I would love to hear from them. I could understand if I were asking about some esoteric set, like W9316 or Schutter-Johnson (to pick a couple out of 100's), but this is a pretty mainstream issue. Check those Topocers/Toporcers and report to duty, soldiers!

Brian

[rhettyeakley]

Brian, don't get too discouraged. There are surprisingly few people that try to put together 1920's Caramel sets. Set collectors tend to gravitate more for the colorful sets like T206 and T205. While almost all pre-war collectors have one to several cards from the E121 set in their collections, most are content with that and never go after the set, as they view the B/W photos a bit dull and unappealing. On the flip side, me and several other collectors are drawn to these sets for the real photos- something that I always disliked about many T206 and caramel cards is that they barely resemble the person they are trying to picture.
-Rhett