1916 Successful Farming

[Luke]

Has anyone here searched through through the magazines to see if there are any ads for the cards? I bought 11 of the 12 magazines from 1916 and started to comb through them, but it's a slow slog. Wondered if anyone knows whether I'll find anything or not.

Thanks in advance!

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Luke

Has anyone here searched through through the magazines to see if there are any ads for the cards? I bought 11 of the 12 magazines from 1916 and started to comb through them, but it's a slow slog. Wondered if anyone knows whether I'll find anything or not.

Thanks in advance!

Here you go--from the May edition, and the only one I have found from any of the 1916 magazines:



REA sold the promo set as a group back in 2012:
https://robertedwardauctions.com/auc...wly-discovered

Goodwin sold another set of them individually a year or so later, but failed to list that they were promo cards. Those are the only two sets known, although I have seen a single Alexander card also.

[Luke]

Thank you Todd!

Have you looked through all the issues carefully? If not, I can plan to do that.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Luke

Thank you Todd!

Have you looked through all the issues carefully? If not, I can plan to do that.

I looked pretty carefully though them ten years ago or more. I have the entire 1916 group in a hard-bound book about three feet from me right now. As you know, the magazines are chock-full of ads, many of them smallish. I did not see another ad for the cards, and certainly not one the size of what I posted. After the Summer it seemed less and less likely that one would appear so I probably didn't look as closely at those, but hey, who knows? Feel free to find another-- I absolutely wish you the best of luck.

P.S. The ad is found on page 45, if you want to save time.

[nolemmings]

Since every thread deserves a card, here is my promo card of Home Run Baker:

[Rhotchkiss]

Awesome Baker. Here is the Joe Jackson

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Awesome Baker. Here is the Joe Jackson

Great card....wish I had it back (from 6 yrs ago! )

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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Leon

Great card....wish I had it back (from 6 yrs ago! )

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Great Card and I wish I have it sometime in the future

[oldjudge]

I believe that there is an Evers SF salesman’s sample in the current REA.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I believe that there is an Evers SF salesman’s sample in the current REA.

You are correct Jay, although I'm not sure it is completely accurate for REA to call it a salesman's sample. I am unaware of these actually going out with any salesmen (newspaper stands/hawkers?), instead being offered through the magazine only. Maybe REA has found additional info on the topic, and they are right to call it promotional, so I'm not too bothered by the semantics. It is still a very attractive card and pretty darn scarce.

[Rhotchkiss]

Like the Evers, My (Leon’s old) Joe Jackson has no number, and SGC lists 6 players/cards without a number: Jackson, Evers, Lajoie, Baker, Zimmerman, Alexander. Each of these show 2 graded, with Alexander having 3. Of the other players listed in the SGC pop report that have card numbers, no more than one of each has been graded. PSA has graded 6 total Successful Farming, all with numbers, and none that are on SGC pop report. Thus, it appears no numbers (2 of each) were more common than numbers (one of each), of course all of them being rare as hell.

As an aside, the Evers is awesome. Talk about a special, good looking, type-card