1921 Baltimore Orioles Tip top Bread.

[ctownboy]

Continuing my thoughts on uncatalogued cards.

In the mid 1990's, I bought 16 Star Player Candy cards at a paper show for very little money (I missed out on a Ruth and Gehrig because I didn't know what these cards were. The dealer was asking more for those two because they were "big names" and I, as a poor college student, didn't have the money to make a mistake on them if they were fakes or reprints). Anyway, one of the cards was of Buddy Myer.

Up until I found the old board and listed my find, the Buddy Myer card was uncatalogued and the set of 1928 Star Player Candy cards SEEMED complete at 72. Which, when you think about it, IS a nice round number and would be EASY to print sheets of cards for. However, with Buddy Myer making the set total at least 73, it brings into question how many cards there really are for a COMPLETE set.

It also brings into question whether maybe the baseball and football cards were printed together and were considered one set when issued back in 1928.

David

[ctownboy]

Dan,

I am not saying they will bring Butter Cream Ruth money (though that would be great for you) I am just saying that maybe if 10 or 20 years ago you would have given some info about these cards to a publisher of a price guide then maybe some more would have come out of the woodwork and you could have bought them for little or no money (like you did with the one on eBay).

Now, it seems, if you want to add some to your collection, you are going to have to really pay for them.

Again, just my two cents and not putting you down for keeping them secret for so many years.

David

[paul]

Any educated guesses on how much the Grove will sell for?

Also, I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned this. But based on Dan's ad, this is not the same Tip Top bread company that issued the D322s.

[danmckee]

I appreciate your opinion David, no worries, everything you stated makes good sense.

I think the Groves will bring $10K to $15K

dan

[hugginsandscott]

the Grove(s) and the other 13 cards in a single lot in our upcoming auction are available for viewing on our website.

Go to: www.hugginsandscott.com

In the search by lot # box on the left side, enter "723" or "724" (without the quotation marks). The lot of 13 is lot #723 and the Grove is lot #724.

I hope this helps anyone who was looking for them (and thank you Danny, for all of your help).
Josh Wulkan
Vice President
Huggins and Scott Auctions

[Jay Wolt]

Pretty neat seeing the 13 in 1 scan

[Jay Wolt]

Here's the Grove that's being offered individually