1906 WG3 Fan Craze Set

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	WG3 Fan Craze
Year	1906
Size	2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″
Images	Black and White
Type	Game Cards
Number in Set	54

WG3 Fan Craze Set Overview

In 1906, the Fan Craze Company created two gaming card sets. The WG2 set featured the American League while the WG3 set featured the National League. The cards are designated as WG cards in the American Card Catalog.

WG3 cards have red backs. The cards were part of a game with a player image, team name, and specific action (i.e. home run) printed on the fronts. The player images are in black and white.

These are among the more popular gaming cards because they not only feature individual, specific players, but also have attractive pictures of them. The players chosen, too, were good ones as the set includes plenty of Hall of Famers.

With 54 cards, the WG3 Fan Craze set was slightly bigger than the WG2 set.

In addition to these Fan Craze sets, the company also produced a lesser known and uncatalogued set in 1904. That set included pictures of generic players and many of the cards simply had words on them, so it is not as popular as the WG2 and WG3 releases.