Home Run Kisses back survey

[rhettyeakley]

Here are a few of my nicer ones...


Heitmuller won the PCL batting title in 1912 posthumously (if I remember correctly at least)


-Rhett

[Bob Lemke]

Your reports on the prevalence of Bardell/Sepia/SF backs is duly noted. Thanks!

[Leon]

my Heitmuller has an ad back, Bancroft has a Bardell sepia back and this one.....has nothing on it...but I am not sure you can count it as it's a bit different than any other known HR Kisses card....Also, for some reason I have seen more Heitmullers with the ad back than any other card......that's just my observation and others might have seen something different

[rhettyeakley]

Leon, my Heinie Heitmuller is the one with the ad back, and I too had noticed when you see a HRK w/ an ad back it tends to be Heitmuller as well.

On a similar note, in the 1912 Zeenut set I have seen more Otto Auer cards with the Zeenuts ad back than other cards in the set. Anyone else notice this?


-Rhett

[Solons42]

Hi-
I guess I'm getting into this late, but I've got 9 HRKs: 6 with Bardell/Sepia back; 3 with the ad back; and, no blank.
Alan

[Vintagecatcher]

A quick count of the Home Run Kisses still in our collections is as follows:


44 with the "larger" Bardell Sepia logo
(a smaller version logo can be seen in the 1912 Zeenut set)

4 Advertising backs

1 Blank back proof

Perhaps Mark Macrae can chime in on this topic?

Looks like the Bardell Sepia is by far the most common back, and the Ad backs are quite a bit tougher to find. Other than the proof and the skinned back example, does anyone have a true, blank back Home Run Kisses card?

Do blank back versions even exist or has the guides incorrectly listed the blank back confusing them with the 1911 Zeenut issue?

Thanks again for your responses,


Patrick

[Vintagecatcher]

On one of my 7 Home Run Kisses, Duth Auer, the ornate border design is visable on the back bottom border. None of my other Home Run Kisses has this unusual printing charactersitic.

Here is a scan of that back:




Patrick

[Vintagecatcher]

Thanks for the responses! I'm glad we could help update the big book!

As I suspected, I believe the Bardell Sepia San Francisco logo back is far and away the most common back. The next question is of the remaining 2 types of backs, ad backs or blank backs, which is the most difficult to find?

Here is a scan of the Bardell Sepia San Francisco logo back:




Thanks again for your responses.

[Vintagecatcher]

Rhett,

I agree with your observation regarding the Dutch Auer 1912 Zeenut having a high frequency of the advertising backs. I suspect that his card may have been printed in sheets with the ad backs. His card is the only ad back I own.

Patrick

[t213]

Further confirming the trend, I have 10 HRKs and all have the common back.

Andy

[rhettyeakley]

Patrick, I have (4) 1912 Zeenuts with the ad backs.

They are...

Otto Auer
Roy Brashear
Albert Carson
Charlie Chech

-Rhett