Your Information Resource for Vintage Baseball Cards
eNews Issue #19 (November 2005) www.oldcardboard.com
Your Information Resource for Vintage Baseball Cards
eNews Issue #19 (November 2005) www.oldcardboard.com
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Welcome to Old Cardboard, the most complete reference resource for information about collecting vintage baseball cards and related memorabilia. More information about this eNewsletter and its companion website and magazine are found at the bottom of this page.
Contents:
1. Updated Auction and Show Calendar The following is a summary of vintage card events coming up in the next 30-45 days. For the most current listings on additional vintage card shows and auctions, see the Show and Auction Calendar on the Old Cardboard website. |
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| November 2005 | ||
| 10 | Internet/Phone | Goodwin & Co. Auction (see website for details). |
| 11 | Internet | CubanBaseBallCards.com Auction (see website for details). |
| 12 | Live/eBay | Fusco Auctions (see website for details). |
| 16 | Internet | Memory Lane Auction (see website for details). |
| 17 | Phone | Barry Sloate Auction (see website for details). |
| 23 | Phone/Internet | Leland's Busch Stadium Farewell Auction (see website for details). |
| December 2005 | ||
| 2-4 | Philadelphia, PA | EPSCC Ft. Washington Show, Ft. Washington, PA (see website for details). |
| 7 | Catalog/Internet | Mile High Card Company Premier Auction (see website for details). |
| 7-9 | Internet | MastroNet Auction (see website for details). |
| 8-9 | New York City | Grey Flannel Auctions (see website for details). |
| 10 | Phone/ New York City |
SCP Auctions with Sotheby's (see website for details). |
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2. Latest Updates to the OldCardboard.com Website
We are continually expanding the Old Cardboard website with more set profiles, checklists and galleries. Recent (past 30 days) additions include:
Set Checklists have been added for:
Set Galleries have been added for: We continue to update the website with checklists and full set galleries for additional vintage issues, so check in often to check out the latest additions. Any assistance from website viewers in adding new checklists and scans for card galleries is most welcome. Please send input to editor@oldcardboard.com. 3. White Sox Championship Fuels Interest in Cards and Memorabilia After 88 years, the Chicago White Sox have reclaimed the title of World Champions after defeating the Houston Astros in a dramatic 4-game sweep. The victory is reminiscent of last year's World Series win by the Boston Red Sox, who also ended an eight-and-a-half-decade drought attributed to the "Curse of the Bambino." The White Sox have struggled to overcome their own curse--that of the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919. The scandal started out as a few gamblers trying to get rich, but turned into one of the biggest, and easily the darkest, events in baseball history. It was another jolt to a nation already in turmoil and cause many fans to lose faith in the game they loved. Although the players and conspirators are all long deceased, the controversy rages on. Baseball historians still debate the questions "How much did everyone know?" and "How big a part did they play?." Much of the controversy centers more pointedly on "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--who was by far the most talented of the eight accused players. Until his death in 1951, Jackson maintained his innocence of the scandal, and many of his fans believe that he should now be enshrined into the baseball Hall of Fame, an honor he otherwise earned. No less than seven of the eight players charged in the scandal, including Jackson, can be found in the W514 Strip Card set. The only Black Sox player missing from the set is Fred McMullin, who some believe was still in the minors when this set was produced. Nevertheless, the set includes more of the Black Sox players than any other card set of the period and has joined other strip card sets that now enjoy a tidal wave of recent interest.
Among the largest an most collected of the strip card issues, this colorful set contains 120 cards. The set was originally produced and distributed in strips of 10 cards each. The color drawings on the card fronts depict the subject player in either portrait or upper body action poses. All cards are numbered within either the lower right or lower left corner of the image. Labeling in the margin below the player image identifies the player's first and last name, along with his playing position and team. Because of the set's large size, it contains cards for some of the lesser-known players of the period. For some players, such as #71 Pickles Dilhoefer or #77 Milton Watson, it is the player's only baseball card. Note: A complete W514 set of 124 cards (120 cards plus 4 variations) is currently being auctioned by Memory Lane, Inc. of Tustin, CA. Overall, the ungraded set is in above average condition and closes with the company's auction ending November 16. For more information about this and numerous other cards and sets found in the auction, visit the Memory Lane website. 4. Rare and Unusual D355 (Niagara Baking) Card Reported
Old Cardboard subscriber Marc Schoenen recently provided scans of a rare and unusual card from the D355 "Niagara Baking Co." set of 1909. The set is based on the more familiar E101 Anonymous "Set of 50," but with a stamped overprint on the reverse. The overprint cards are barely known to even the most seasoned of vintage collectors. And many hobby veterans are not aware that the Niagara Baking "overprint" cards have their own listing in the American Card Catalog. Properly listed under the Bakery (D) section of ACC, the set is described as: "D355--50 Baseball Players, hand stamped, Niagara Baking, as E101."Price in the most recent (1967) edition of the ACC is twenty-five cents! The D355 back overprint reads "One of these pictures given with Tip-Top, Family, Butternut or Homestead Breads. Niagara Baking Co., Lockport, N. Y." According to Schoenen, "One of the interesting things about the set that I think many people do not realize is the close association with the Tip-Top Bread issue, as noted by the overprint."
Based on the checklist for the E101 set, we have begun a working checklist on the Old Cardboard website to identify cards known to be in the D355 set. We encourage any of our readers to notify us of additional cards from the set found with the Niagara Baking back overprint. For all verified cards, we will add the appropriate notations to the checklist. We (and your fellow collectors) appreciate your input.
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Lyman and Brett Hardeman
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