In the Mail (October 2021)
Last month included a large amount of new, unusual pickups for my collection — here are a few of them
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Reprints are Cheap, Popular … but Should They Exist?
There is clearly demand for reprinted baseball cards — but should they exist?
Read moreDating Pre-War Cards is not Always Easy
Trying to determine a pre-war card’s specific origins can be difficult
Read moreThe Virginia Brights Baseball Nine Cabinets Were Hard to Find — Here’s Why
The interesting cabinets are rarely seen today
Read moreRare Pifer & Becker Cabinets Linking to 1893 Just So Tobacco Cards on the Auction Block
SCP Auctions’ spring auction is underway with a number of intriguing items. Chief among them is a set of rare cabinet cards featuring players from the Cleveland Spiders. As I wrote recently at Sports Collectors Daily, the cabinets are from the collection of Jake Virtue. Virtue was a former player in the late 1800s and played for the Cleveland Spiders
Read more1909-11 T6 Murad College Series Has Two Types And Major Sports
‘It’s In The Details’ Title T6 Murad College Series Premiums Year 1909-11 Size 5″ x 8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 T6 Murad Set Overview The T6 Murad College Series cards were a 25-card set of cabinet cards featuring various colleges and sports. In the short set are several baseball, basketball, football, and hockey cards. Two baseball
Read more1880s New York Illustrated Champions Cabinets Set and Checklist (M125)
‘It’s In The Details’ Title New York Illustrated Champions Cabinets (M125) Year 1880s Size 4 1/4″ x 6 1/2″ Images Sepia Type Publications Number in Set 8 1880s New York Illustrated Champions Cabinets Overview These cabinet cards were distributed by the New York Illustrated News. Printed in the late 1880s, they were cataloged as M125 in Jefferson Burdick’s American Card
Read moreW600 Sporting Life Cabinets Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title W600 Sporting Life Cabinets Year 1902-11 Size 5″ x 7 1/2″ Images Various Type W-Card/Cabinet Number in Set 600+ W600 Sporting Life Cabinets Overview For some reason, the W600 Sporting Life Cabinets set is classified as a W-card. At nearly 5″ x 8″ in size and associated with Sporting Life Newspaper, these could perhaps be
Read more1911 T5 Pinkerton Cabinets Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title T5 Pinkerton Cabinets Year 1911 Size 4 3/4″ x 7 3/4″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 376 (?) T5 Pinkerton Cabinets Overview The 1911 T5 Pinkerton Cabinet card set includes black and white images/cards affixed to a larger blank background. They can, however, be also found unmounted. Most of the cards measure just
Read moreH801-7 Old Mill Cabinets Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’ Title H801-7 Old Mill Cabinets Year 1910 Size 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 37 H801-7 Old Mill Cabinets Overview These premium photographs were distributed by Old Mill Cigarettes. The fronts include a black and white drawing of a player along with his name and team at the
Read more1910-11 Turkey Red Cabinets Set and Checklist (T3 / T9)
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Turkey Red (T3 – Baseball / T9 – Boxing) Year 1910-11 Size 5 3/4″ x 8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 126 T3 and T9 Turkey Red Overview The 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red set includes a total of 126 cards. While most (100) are baseball, card numbers 51 through 76 are boxing. The boxing
Read moreUnclassified Cabinets
Cabinet cards are pictures mounted onto a piece of cardboard. This type of collectible became extremely popular in the 1800s and it wasn’t uncommon for families to have all sorts of cabinets featuring family members or famous people. Baseball cabinet cards were also popular and numerous uncatalogued issues exist. Here are some of them. Please note that some dates are
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Pre-War Cards 