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09-06-2010, 11:45 AM
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Gary- interesting point, and I agree that with these very rare sets there was some specific reason for so limited a distribution. But are you saying that a Four Base Hits was issued only so friends of the tobacco company could get a sample? I doubt that; I think they were designed for distribution but maybe something happened between the time they planned the set and when it was ready for circulation.
Jay- I was thinking the same thing. It's a very Jewish set if Levy is double or triple printed in both color and photographic. Last edited by barrysloate; 09-06-2010 at 11:45 AM. 
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09-06-2010, 11:47 AM
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N338-1 is similar and I agree nearly all of the players are likely unique. And if there were a new find of them I would expect at least one or two would be new to the checklist.
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09-06-2010, 12:21 PM
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One other very rare issue, though perhaps not quite as rare as those mentioned above is the N167 Old Judges. I believe there are only 4-6 known of about ten of the twelve catalogued cards and less (if any) of two others.
JimB 
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09-06-2010, 12:45 PM
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"Four Base Hits, Just So, Lone Jack, Hess, Dog's Head, OJ California League"
Don't forget about K-bats Team Cabinets, Large Gypsy Queens, NY/Mets K-bats, M117 Sporting Times, Red Stocking Cigars and the Welton Cigars cards.
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09-06-2010, 02:00 PM
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 I believe that the Chickering imperial cabinets are also each one-of-a-kind. I can understand a team or individual commissioning a photography studio to create a commemorative set as gifts, resulting in a unique group of cards, since the studio would have been paid for its work. But those issues which advertise a product and yet appear to be impossibly rare are more of a mystery. Unpopular brands and limited distribution explain the dearth of some, but not all, of these issues. Some of the issues we are talking about seem similar to Tango Egg cards. A plan was hatched  , some cards were printed, and then something happened that changed the plan.The N167s seem to me to relate to N172 the way 1951 Topps relate to 1952 and onward Topps. An initlal small-scale run followed by a major change in design and an extended run, with smaller tweaks in design, over multiple seasons. Another obscure issue is J.U. Stead.  My guess is that these are another set of one-offs from a photography studio unless somebody out there is aware of multiple copies.
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