One-of-a-Kind Cy Young Rose Company Postcard up for Auction

An ultra-rare Rose Company baseball postcard featuring the legendary Cy Young is up for grabs
Read moreAn ultra-rare Rose Company baseball postcard featuring the legendary Cy Young is up for grabs
Read moreThe Hall of Famer has two cards in the iconic set — and one is much rarer
Read moreThe Hall of Famer has three of the more expensive cards in the set
Read moreCy Young’s contemporary cards span a total of nearly 20 years
Read moreSCP 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 moreI had a reader recently ask about the Cy Young and Irv Young mixup on the E97 and E98 cards. This is something I’ve studied before but, to be honest, it had sort of drifted from memory so I had to recall some old notes I had. It was actually an article topic I figured on addressing at some point
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title C.A. Briggs (E97) Year 1909-10 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type Candy/Caramel Number in Set 37 1909-10 C.A. Briggs (E97) Overview The 1909-10 E97 C.A. Briggs (full company name was actually the C.A. Briggs Lozenge Makers) set is one of the rarer E-Card issues. Despite having a small amount of cards, completing
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Just So Tobacco Year 1893 Size 2 1/2″ x 3 7/8″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 16 Just So Tobacco Overview The 1893 Just So Tobacco card set is one of the rarer issues of the 1800s. Cards were distributed (one per package) of Just So Tobacco products. Picturing only players
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Cy Young County Treasurer Promotional Card Year 1916 Size 2 3/4″ x 4 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Miscellaneous Number in Set 1 1916 Cy Young County Treasurer Promotional Card Overview Cy Young was a legendary baseball player that tried his hand at politics after his career ended. In 1916, he was the Republican
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