1916 M101-5 Holmes To Homes - Callahan - We Need A Card Thread -

[Leon]

This is the "We need a card" thread because there seems to be a lack of them on the front page. I will start out with this M101-5 Callahan. Fun fact, he previously owned my 1903 Carl Horner AL composite. Kind of cool pose too..

[milkit1]

Great card! Has there been any studies on why the holmes backs all seems to have back damage. We're they all found in one collection?

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by milkit1

Great card! Has there been any studies on why the holmes backs all seems to have back damage. We're they all found in one collection?

That seems to be the case Sean. Here is one without that back damage, although it has its own soiling/staining issues.

[Brian Van Horn]

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[nolemmings]

Brian, you posted in the wrong forum--these belong in the B/S/T section

[tiger8mush]

Most of mine (a dozen or so) have back damage on the reverse. This reverse on this one is also upside down ...

[milkit1]

Here is my back damaged Holmes
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[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Brian, you posted in the wrong forum--these belong in the B/S/T section

Todd,

Ah, Christmas wishes. I wish you a Merry Christmas and you have Christmas Wishes.

Mr. Grinch

[mrreality68]

Here is my contribution.
A little boy name joe who could not afford shoes

[Rhotchkiss]

Jeff, that is a 1000% awesome card.

[ValKehl]

Following Jeff's fantastic JoeJax card, this H-to-H card of Pat Moran is not likely to excite anyone! I like it for my type card because it's back is nearly-paper-loss-free.

Following an undistinguished career as a catcher, Moran managed the Phila. Phillies to the NL Pennant in 1915, his rookie year as manager; The Phillies were beaten by Babe Ruth's team in the 1915 WS.

In 1916, Moran managed the Phillies to a better W-L record than 1915, but the Robins won 3 more games than the Phillies.

In 1919, Moran managed the Cincinnati Reds to the NL Pennant and to a WS victory over the Black Sox.

The first paragraph of SABR's bio of Moran reads as follows:
"Back in an era when a manager’s responsibilities often included both the duties of a modern skipper plus those of today’s general manager, Pat Moran excelled at each role. In a span of six years Moran took over two mediocre franchises with little history of winning, rebuilt and reassembled their players, and managed each to a pennant. Unfortunately, his place in the pantheon of great managers never solidified due to his unexpected and premature death at age 48." Here's the link to this bio, for anyone caring to read more: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/pat-moran/

[ThomasL]

Here is the one absorbed into my Black Sox collection thanks to a fellow member earlier this year

I believe the reason so many have back damage is bc a very large majority of the known rare Holmes Bread back cards came from the same source/collection and they were pasted in an album...thus the glue stains and paper loss and various other damages caused from removing them. I read that somewhere when I was studying the back variations of this set.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Here is my contribution.
A little boy name joe who could not afford shoes

Wow. That is an amazing card. Pop of 1, I assume?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Wow. That is an amazing card. Pop of 1, I assume?

Thanks Ryan, Val, and Kevin

I love my Holmes to Homes Card

and Val all these Cards are GReat

Kevin, to my understanding and research this is the only known/known graded one.

[Bicem]

Incredible Jackson Jeff.

[oldjudge]

I'll join the show

[mrreality68]

Love all these cards

Keep the Parade Coming