The Uncatalogued Bridwell Card in Heritage 2010

[Leon]

Personally, I believe it was a candy card set that didn't get issued, or is very, very scarce and uncataloged. They could have come from a box or a notebook cover but that is not my current thinking. I own the first one I ever saw from this set, the McCormick above, and got it from Ron Vitro at a National, several years ago. To me, they look too much like the Blanke Wenneker E104-IIIs to think they are not an unissued set. It will be neat if we ever find out where they really came from. This kind of stuff is what makes the hobby so interesting to me. Regards

[E93]

I believe I have seen two different examples of the Wagner from this set.
Jim

[Leon]

Originally Posted by E93

I believe I have seen two different examples of the Wagner from this set.
Jim

Correct. There are 2 Wagners known from the set...both are the same pose.

[M's_Fan]

here is the wagner from that set, if anyone is curious:

[M's_Fan]

There are a couple of things we know about these cards that I think are very revealing:

• Almost all of the known examples (arguably with the exception of the O'Hara example) are cut in a very uneven manner that is consistent with hand-cut cards
• the white borders are much wider than other cards of the period
• the stock is thicker than other cards of the period

I'm confident they were hand cut, which means that this was either a strip card set with very wide borders in between the cards, or they were hand cut from a box or some type of advertisement.

[canjond]

Maybe this was discussed before but they all almost look like they are 3d cards to me. Even the colors are typically 3d colors. Anyone have a pair of glasses?

[T206Collector]

Every one other than Wagner looks copied from T206.... that has to mean something, if only to T206 collectors.