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J LevineWelcome to my own personal hell when it comes to type cards. Many board members know that I collect Phillies from 1880 to 1980. 15 years ago I started a list of all known (at the time) Phillies cards and have tried to collect one of each. Being a school teacher, this is monetarily impossible. What makes it worse is the research turned up some truly difficult type cards. Lummis and Felins were both mentioned. There was actually a Lummis peanut butter card (Schoolboy Rowe)on ebay less than a month ago in horrible condition and it sold for far less than I thought it would. As far as I remember, I have never seen a Felin Frank for sale on ebay. I remember years ago, Lew Lipset had a handful in an auction. I also think Sports Cards Plus had one a few years back as well. Felins are still so rare that I do not think the checklist is complete. Lummis float around and are rather tough (about 10 times tougher than Sealtest). There are some unique 19th century stuff as well including some G&B and a Kalamazoo bat card. Type collecting is often started but rarely finished. I do know one collector who is going after only e-cards and he is still something like 5 types away from a master set of types after 25 years. Good luck all...
Joshua