4. Old Cardboard Issue #26 (Fall 2011) Now at Printer
Issue #26 (Fall 2011) of Old Cardboard magazine is now at the printer and on track for its scheduled first of November delivery.
We are especially pleased that baseball artist Monty Sheldon has contributed an original painting that is reproduced on the cover, featuring Archibald "Moonlight" Graham of "Field of Dreams" movie fame and the subject of an article by Joseph Kemmett about Graham's few known collectibles.
An astonishing number of recent discoveries of vintage baseball cards have expanded current set checklists and even added previously unknown sets. New cards from sets first produced in the nineteenth and early twentieth century seem to surface several times each year.
This year is no exception, as illustrated in all five articles in this issue of Old Cardboard. In fact, the primary focus of three of the articles is the discovery of either new cards in known sets or, in the case of an article by collectors Jay Miller and Joe Gonsowski, the identification of a new player on previously misidentified cards from the popular 1887-90 N172 Old Judge set.
The addition of nineteen new player cards out of a twenty card set that highlights the Cleveland Indians is discussed in an article about a relatively unknown 1952 set distributed by the Central National Bank of Cleveland. The article includes a full gallery of all 20 now known cards along with a promotional letter that reveals further details about the set and how it was distributed.
In addition, the announcement of four new players from the rare Middy Bread set is described in an article on that elusive 1927 issue.
The most comprehensive article in Issue 26, however, is penned by long-time collector Rhett Yeakley. It provides an in-depth view of the E121 American Caramel group. The group includes sets distributed by numerous different sponsors including six confectionery companies (American Caramel, Gertenrich, Johnson, Keating, Shotwell and Witmor) and six bakeries (Clark's, Gassler's, Haffner's, Holsum, Koester's and Standard Biscuit) along with a clothing store (Herpolsheimer's) and a theater (Leader). Yeakley also describes a recently found back of a previously unknown cigar store sponsor (Queen City Cigar Store).
The above feature articles are in addition to the magazine's regular "Editor's Notebook" and "Collector's Dugout" sections and lots of informative messages from our sponsors. Subscriptions to the magazine, beginning with Issue #26, can be ordered on the Old Cardboard website at www.oldcardboard.com.
5. News Briefs (A Digest of Recent Hobby Happenings)
Rare Punch Cigars Cards Offered. Although Hake's Auctions are perhaps known best for their early Americana pinbacks, example cards from several 100-year-old Cuban baseball sets are offered in the company's November 9 auction. The most notable of these is a 1910 Punch Cigars card of Pete Hill, elected to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame in 2006. The set was issued to coincide with a visit by the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's for an exhibition series of games in Cuba between Nov. 10 and Dec. 5, 1910. Other Punch Cigars cards offered in the auction include those of Eddie Plank, Oscar Stanage, George Mullin and more. They were all part of the Richard Merkin collection featured in several of Hake's recent events.
Lyman and Brett Hardeman
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