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[Leon]

This should be right up our alley. This scarce 1927 Babe Comes Home Ruth Promo is on card stock and about 5 x 7...

[Casey2296]

I always wanted one of these.

[realbigfatdog]

Tough "no offer" back. Love this one!

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[x2drich2000]

Stretching the definition of card a little, but it took me awhile to find one of these. I also wouldn't mind picking up any others. 1907 Winthrop Moving Postcard.

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[BuzzD]

This Bodie E122 has never been graded and does not appear to have sales records. Maybe someone can weigh in on this. Doesn't seem it should be that scarce.

[brianp-beme]

I have always just dang liked this card - Orange Border Lajoie.

Brian

[deadballera]

here's one

[BabyRuth]

a Ruth cloth swatch from his playing days - much thicker and higher quality cloth than a B18

[Knoxy24]

This is probably my all time favorite

[packs]

Way scarcer than any Goudey:

[puckpaul]

Always have a soft spot for a Brunners Bread...

[joejo20]

Zeider played for three major league teams in the same city

[Exhibitman]

[Brian Van Horn]

Too many to list.

[conor912]

Excited to own this one.

[fkm_bky]

I don't know exactly how rare these are, but for my collection it's on the rarer side. Got this long ago from Leon

[tedzan]

The front of this gem is certainly not scarce....but, this F/B combination is.

I own the only one known.






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[cornhusker]

not terribly rare but I dig my Fred Clark t206 (a first pick up) and this card sized photo of the Babe and Duke K. I'm not sure what exactly it is - looks like a small photo with a number stamped on back. Exact same size as a sport card (pictured in a penny sleave.) Picked it up with somel auto'd wrestling photos of Shikat and Londos wrestling in the Philly baseball stadium and dated 1930. For what it's worth, the wrestling pics are the same size with similar numbers stamped on back. From what I understand, the Babe photo was taken 1934. And other info is welcome. I wonder if the Babe was able to hang 10

[CobbSpikedMe]

Love a chance to show these guys. I don't know what they are, but I don't see them very often.


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[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by cornhusker

not terribly rare but I dig my Fred Clark t206 (a first pick up) and this card sized photo of the Babe and Duke K. I'm not sure what exactly it is - looks like a small photo with a number stamped on back. Exact same size as a sport card (pictured in a penny sleave.) Picked it up with somel auto'd wrestling photos of Shikat and Londos wrestling in the Philly baseball stadium and dated 1930. For what it's worth, the wrestling pics are the same size with similar numbers stamped on back. From what I understand, the Babe photo was taken 1934. And other info is welcome. I wonder if the Babe was able to hang 10

Holy shit, if you ever want to sell that photo let me know. I race Hawaiian outrigger canoes and love baseball. That photo is the cats meow for me.

[Jobu]

I have seen a number of copies of this photo - some full sized. One that sold at HA was even signed by both guys:

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c.../50023-50284.s

There are a few other shots taken just before/after as the other guys have moved, especially the guy swinging the paddle on the left.

I think I once saw one like yours in a larger album of photos oh Hawaii. Given the number out there, this seems to have been a popular photo at the time. There is a photographer, Fritz Kraft (https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=129834) that I have always thought was a good candidate to have taken this photo, but I have nothing other than a hunch. Kraft did shoot photos of Ruth playing in a 1933 exhibition game in Hawaii, so maybe he followed him a round a bit more.

Also, I just found this non-game photo of Ruth in Hawaii attributed to Kraft:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RUTH-FAMILY...-/254498254321

Originally Posted by cornhusker

not terribly rare but I dig my Fred Clark t206 (a first pick up) and this card sized photo of the Babe and Duke K. I'm not sure what exactly it is - looks like a small photo with a number stamped on back. Exact same size as a sport card (pictured in a penny sleave.) Picked it up with somel auto'd wrestling photos of Shikat and Londos wrestling in the Philly baseball stadium and dated 1930. For what it's worth, the wrestling pics are the same size with similar numbers stamped on back. From what I understand, the Babe photo was taken 1934. And other info is welcome. I wonder if the Babe was able to hang 10

[williamcohon]

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My rarest card.

[Leon]

scarce Pinkerton...

[yanksfan09]

I'll go with the avatar today.

[dstudeba]

Andy - I believe they are game pieces. I have a couple and they came with little wooden stands that you could put the card into and they would stand up. It looks like at one time the owner glued yours to the stand and that is why I would guess there is paper loss in the same place on all of your cards.

[Seiklis]

Prolly my favorite card of him

[puckpaul]

M101-1 Cap Anson National Copper Plate

(Sorry, dont know how to turn them...they are right side up in my photo library)

[the-illini]

Don't see too many of these...

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

This Bodie E122 has never been graded and does not appear to have sales records. Maybe someone can weigh in on this. Doesn't seem it should be that scarce.

Although reasonably scarce, the E122 Am. Caramel cards are downright rare in comparison to the nearly-identical-looking E121 Am. Caramel (both series) cards. I have no idea why this is.

[realbigfatdog]

Tough one. Picked it up here in the group.

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[Kenny Cole]

I'll go with some Negro Leaguers

[HRBAKER]

Scarce Pinkerton

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

the E122 Am. Caramel cards are downright rare in comparison to the nearly-identical-looking E121 Am. Caramel (both series) cards.

Duffy Lewis was washed up when he got to Washington in 1921 just in time to make this Series of 80. Before that, however, he earned a place in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

He was the left third of the "Million-Dollar Outfield" (with Speaker and Hooper) that led Boston to three World Series championships between 1912 and 1916.

Back then (actually until 1934), Fenway park featured a 10-foot mound that formed an incline leading up to what we now call "The Green Monster". Lewis became so adroit at playing the incline, it became known as "Duffy's Cliff".

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1603884402

[milkit1]

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[ValKehl]

Nice M116s, Sean - was Mr. Brown issued with all 3 different backs? I wish WaJo came with all 3 backs and also with a blue background.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by the-illini

Don't see too many of these...

Wow! That is amazing.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Nice M116s, Sean - was Mr. Brown issued with all 3 different backs? I wish WaJo came with all 3 backs and also with a blue background.

Looking through the checklists I have printed out from the Old Carboard site, no subject in the set has all 3 backs. Only the following list of players have 2 backs AND blue background cards:

Bender
Chance
Chase
Cobb
E. Collins
H. Davis
Dooin
Doyle
Jennings
Lobert
H. Lord
Mathewson
McQuillan
Honus Wagner


Brian

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Always have a soft spot for a Brunners Bread...

Me, too. I don't own a single one. I've been poised to pounce on a few, but I collect in "runs" or groups of an issue--typically 5 or 6 cards. I knew ONE Brunner would be oddball, so I move on. '33 DeLong is the same way with me. I sure do like em though.

[rgpete]

Here is mine a Blank Back Pinkerton

[CobbSpikedMe]

I'm not sure what this card is, but I sure like it. I've only ever seen this one. Is it a fantasy card or something or is it actually period?

Edited: Not my card


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[ullmandds]

I like this one!

[keating3620]

Bill dickey diamond stars blank back. Its the only blank DS I have seen

[yanksfan09]

C. 1932 Unc. Premium Photo Card Babe Ruth in 1932 World Series. Post card Size, blank back on card stock, real photo , high quality glossy sepia image. Such a rare and mysterious issue from the famous "Called Shot" Series

Was thrilled to pick this one up a couple years ago and would die to know some more about it! One of these is featured on the cover of Tuff Stuff's Baseball Postcard collection book, Ron Menchine

[MVSNYC]

Fun thread, great cards so far.

[nolemmings]

1915 M-UNC

[GaryPassamonte]

Not my card, but my favorite. If anyone has one laying around let me know.

[Exhibitman]

1949 Sommer & Kaufmann card signed by Lefty. A tough set to find at all, PSA has graded no Lefty cards from either S&K issue and under 20 total cards. I suspect this signed specimen is the only one in the world.

And for good measure here's the '48:

[brianp-beme]

Scarce enough for me...E106 of Tris Speaker.

Brian

[HD28Player]

here's a Buffords Trade Card (H804-3) from 1888: "A Short Stop" Nice art work and color.