1934 Annis Furs Detroit Tigers Set

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Annis Furs
Year	1934
Size	3″ x 5″
Images	Sepia
Type	Trade
Number in Set	23

1934 Annis Furs Detroit Tigers Overview

Annis Furs created this team set of Detroit Tigers in 1934. As Robert Edward Auctions states, this was sort of an unknown issue before since the distributor wasn’t known. However, the discovery of an advertising poster that included the same pictures as were printed on the cards points to that distributor being Annis Furs. The cards are sometimes listed only as a Detroit Tigers team set. But the discovery of the Annis poster provides an obvious link to that specific business.

While the set is referred to as the Annis Furs cards, the full name of the business was actually Newton Annis Furs. Newton Annis Furs was located in downtown Detroit at the intersection of Library and East Grand River streets. A motto of the business, as indicated on that advertising poster, was ‘Annis Furs are Better Furs.’

The cards have a sepia tone and feature only members of the Detroit Tigers. Backs of them are blank and they have a brown tone. In addition, all have a series of brown lines at the top, which is part of the design. The player’s name and position are printed on the fronts as well but the cards are unnumbered.

Hall of Famers Mickey Cochrane, Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, and Goose Goslin lead the way for this very rare set. While all are desirable, the real prize of the group is Greenberg as that is one of his few true rookie cards.

While I have classified these as trade cards for the purposes of this site, they could also be listed as U-Cards, a catch all of sorts for all kinds of miscellaneous issues.