Posted By:
Mark MacraeBruce,
These are correctly labeled as 1913. While Carl Mitze's involvement with Oakland ranged from 1910 to 1922 (except 1915 & 1916 when he was associated with the Vernon/ Venice Tigers), he would be among the last players that I would use to pin down the year of issue. Ody Abbott, Bill Leard, Henry Olmsted, Cy Parkin, and Ashley Pope only played for the Oaks during the 1912 & 1913 seasons, so theoretically that would narrow the set to one of those two years. Rube Gardner (13-18) & Jack Ness (13-15) started playing for Oakland in 1913, although each played a few seasons. Ducky Pearce played for Oakland in 1910 & 1911, but did not play in 1912. He returned to the club in 1913 and played in 17 games. However George Schirm, Jesse Baker each played for Oakland ONLY during the 1913 season. Until someone can come up with a better theory, I'd classify it as 1913. The cards are tougher than E-99, but not as tough as many other PCL issues. With regards to cards being on the market, I've owned numerous examples over the years. As recently as 18 months ago, I offered a near set to customers that receive my sales list, which includes you. The cards that were in that group topped out at VG-Ex, so they probably didn't meet your condition requirements. Good luck in securing one for your Type collection... 