St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>Bruce MacPherson</b><p>Does anyone know the story behind the St. Louis Nadja cards. It seemed that when I got into prewar collecting several years ago, these cards were at a premium. Now these cards appear frequently on ebay at relatively low prices considering this recent caramel craze. They seem to greatly outnumber the non-St. Louis Nadja's. Lew Lipset seems to have an unlimited supply of the Bresnahan and Wallace cards. (Not that I am complaining since I got mine from him). Just wondering if anyone had insight on why these cards are so "common".

St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>non - St. Louis Nadjas from what I have seen. Lipset must have made a "find" of these and I know Fristch made at least one "find" of the St. Louis Nadjas. Also, there were a couple of earlier "finds" in the 80's as well. Pete will probably know more about them.

St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Yes, there was a huge find of St. Louis Nadja's about 10-15 years ago. Any Nadja that is not St. Louis can be considered a relatively scarce card. St. Louis is common in comparison, and not nearly as valuable.

St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>This is what happens when I leave the leave the hobby, St Louis Nadjas used to be rare as hens teeth. Now they are common as dirt. Hal, even your Wagner isn't safe <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>Bruce MacPherson</b><p>For those interested, I got an email yesterday from Lew Lipset describing the St. Louis "find". Apparantly several years ago he was contacted by someone in Missouri that had about a 1000 T206 and caramel cards to sell. Lew mentioned this to Larry Frisch who then went down to Missouri to purchase the cards. The find consisted of primarily T206 cards and a couple hundred Nadja's (a Missouri company). Lew and Larry split the take. He mentioned that he acquired these cards after his encyclopedia (volume 2) was published so these were not included in that book. Also, as I suspected, he concurred that non-St. Louis Nadja's are significantly more difficult to obtain.

St. Louis Nadja's
 

Posted By: <b>robert a</b><p>Very interesting.<br />Thanks for the info.<br />robert a