Well as an autograph collector it can at times get to be boring once you are close to all autographs needed for the team you collect. To spice things up I am starting to collect Hockey Hall of famer autographs along with the female hockey players autographs. I have added quite a few more to the hall of fame collection and I also am starting to get interested in the non-sport cards.
The cards I found to be very interesting are the 1910 American Caramel Wild West cards these are the E49 American Caramel cards. These cards feature a colored lithograph photo of the subject, and the reverse is a checklist along with the American Caramel Co. There is a total of twenty subjects including cards of Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett and the top one has to be Buffalo Bill and this one of Kit Carson. There is a total of 20 different subjects and the cards are colored lithographs with the name in light blue.
Why I am able to start collecting non-sport cards is because I love history and these little trinkets show these individuals. There are some non-sport cards that offer a nice write up about the individual. I will show the few that I have and show the reverse side where the description can be seen. There are several tobacco cards issues that interest myself and one is the N 151 W. Duke, Sons & Co., N.Y. Celebrities & Politicians. There are some very famous ones like U.S. Grant, Abe Lincoln just to name a few. These cards look a lot like the Old Judge type of cards with the sepia toned photos and they all have that light caramel color. The cards read: Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking The best tobacco sold 2 OZ. for 5 CTS.
My interest in the duke tobacco cards is because years ago I collected all the Baseball tobacco cards and I owned many of the players who played in the very first year. Those little cards hold a special place with me as they tell a lot about the players, the players from the Old Judges show the player catching a ball hanging from a string or about to hit the hanging ball with a bat. Topps has made some of the Allen & Ginter and they try to make the cards have that uniqueness, but they fail. You would think with the technology today that they could, but the cards issued back in the day are simply breathtaking and, in my mind, there has never been anything close to the beauty of those tobacco card trinkets. One of my favorite tobacco cards was the T-210 Old Mill Red Border card of Shoeless Joe Jackson. The card shows him with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Now here are some new additions to my Hockey Hall of Fame Autograph collection. My goal is to get a certified autograph from as many certified autograph cards that are available. What I really like the most are the older certified autograph cards.
Starting off with this 2001-02 Upper Deck NHL Legends autograph card of Gilbert Perreault. He is another one that has a very nice auto and each one he does they all look identical. I wish today's players would do the same instead of a quick scribble of letters or initials.
This next autograph card is the 2004-05 Upper Deck Legends Classics Signatures autograph card of Bill Barber. His autograph is another nice one that when I see the autograph first, I know the player just by the autograph.
This autograph is the 1999-2000 MVP Pro sign autograph card of Dave Andreychuk. His autograph is somewhat legible as I have seen many others that look alike especially easy to see the first name than the last. This is a tougher one to locate as the autograph inserts from MVP are difficult pulls. So, I was glad I was able to grab this one.
This is the 2004-05 Upper Deck Legends Classics Signatures autograph card of Dickie Moore. As usual the players from the good 'Ol Days have beautiful penmanship as with the case for Dickie Moore's sweet signature.
This card is the 1999-2000 Upper Deck Retro Inkredible autograph card of Tony Esposito. A nice-looking autograph that is consistent each time. His Brother Phil Esposito has a beautiful autograph and like Tony's it is consistent every time.
This card is the 2013-14 Panini Play Book certified autograph card of Phil Esposito. You can see the beautiful signature and I love how he crosses the "T" from the letter "O". I wanted to show this card to compare with his brothers autograph.
This card is the 2004-2005 Upper Deck Legends Classic Signatures card of Andy Bathgate. This is another on card auto and another legible and beautiful autograph. every letter is easily read unlike today's players. I think they should bring penmanship back.
This card is the 2001-02 Topps Heritage autograph card of Henri Richard. His autograph is always identical looking, and I can see the letter "H" for Henri and the rest of his last name. Very glad to add his autograph to my Hall of Fame collection.
This card is the 2004-05 Upper Deck Legendary signatures autograph card of Doug Wilson. Another nice-looking autograph. I like the design of these cards and another on card autograph.
I wanted to get this post up yesterday but because I had a few cards in the mail yesterday I waited to get them into this post. I plan on doing more non-Sport posts on the Wild West cards and other cards I pick up that just seem to give me that pizzaz feeling of wanting them. Yes, it is that feeling of being bitten by that collecting bug many, many years ago. Happy Collecting and Stay Safe!!!
