1919 Mayfair Novelty Co generic strip cards

[GehrigFan]

Came across this thread and was curious if anyone had identified any additional players images used on this set?

I can confirm that they come with either plain backs or the orange diamond checkered pattern on the back. The diamond-backed cards seem to all be from Mayfair Novelty Co., but I can't confirm if any blank backed cards have Mayfair info on them since the archived images are disabled in the thread on the new board. Leon's website has the best full Mayfair text I've found.

There was an auction of a 15-card strip (3 cards wide and 5 cards down) that didn't have the positions listed, so it is either a third variation or a proof sheet of some sort.

Also, there are two varieties of the Pitcher card, one spelled incorrectly as "Picher".

I was about to toss these in a junk box, and they may still belong there, but now that I see the similarities to real players, they have me a little intrigued. Heck, my "Fielder" card may be the closest to a Shoeless Joe card I'll own for awhile! :-)

[fkw]

Here is the full sheet/set


1919 W552-1

[novakjr]

Found this sheet of 15 while searching online. Seems quite different. Any thoughts?

http://sep10.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=25672

And these ones were in a strip of 10.
http://www.auctionscc.com/?showpage=...80/&i=72&p=4#a

[GehrigFan]

Yes, that is the one I would probably consider a proof sheet, but if more were found, would probably call it a their variation. It can get a little tricky on something like this, issued in sheets or strips, as to what is an uncut strip (of a new variation) and what is a proof sheet!

[GehrigFan]

Also note that the images are the same, but the Team letters are reversed on this one - another point in favor of it being a proof or test, most likely.

Originally Posted by novakjr

Found this sheet of 15 while searching online. Seems quite different. Any thoughts?

http://sep10.hugginsandscott.com/cgi...l?itemid=25672

And these ones were in a strip of 10.
http://www.auctionscc.com/?showpage=...80/&i=72&p=4#a

[Butch7999]

That, plus the fact that most of the captions don't make sense for the images -- "catchers" and "shortstops" are lefties, "fielder" is gloveless, "center field" is running bases, "running base" appears to be circling clockwise -- besides which the Wagnerian "batter" seems to have his back to the plate.

The captions might make sense on the H&S version -- the captionless sheet of 15 with the reversed letters -- if the whole sheet was reversed, like this:


Seems like a whole series of screw-ups between the art department, pre-press, and the actual printing.