1936 Home Run Candy Set

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Home Run Candy
Year	1936
Size	1 3/4″ x 2 1/2″
Images	Black and White
Type	Candy/Gum
Number in Set	52 (?)

1936 Home Run Candy Set Overview

The 1936 Home Run Candy set is a rare issue. At first glance, these cards look exactly like trimmed issues from the far more common 1936 WG8 S&S Game cards. However, these are entirely different cards.

At 2 1/2″ high, these cards are a bit taller than the 2 1/4″ S&S Game cards. The backs are also different from those cards.

Otherwise, these cards look to be mirror images of each other on the front. Well, almost. The cards have a mirror image of the pictures used in the S&S set and the name/biography part is the same. But these cards are cut to a near square while the S&S cards are more elongated and have the rounded playing corner edges. Essentially, these cards look like cards that have been cut from the middle of the S&S Game cards.

These cards are much rarer than the S&S Game set. You hardly ever see them for sale but that has not meant they have commanded high prices. An SGC 1.5 Floyd Young sold for only $67 in a Love of the Game Auction, one of the few auction houses to ever offer one of these.

We know a little about these cards but, in general, there is quite a bit we do not. I break down some of the mysteries of the set here.

Back Variations

Finally, there are various different backs for these cards. Some are blank-backed while others have advertisements for Home Run Candy Bars.

Home Run Candy Bars are not exactly known. But one of these back types from a Heritage Auction promotes that product. The other does not have the Home Run Candy name on it but is believed to be a Home Run Candy card since the style of the card and even the ink color is consistent with the other.

Because so few of these have been seen, it is difficult to get a good handle on which backs are rarer.

1936 Home Run Candy Checklist

While all of the cards from the WG8 S&S Game Card set have not been found in the same format as the 1936 Home Run Candy cards, the same checklist is assumed for both sets. Below is the S&S Game Card set checklist.