Originally Posted by 1880nonsports (Post 1316275)

The album was destressed or I wouldn't have taken it apart and framed it. It's intact except the binder strips have been removed. I worked some excess paper from a few surfaces and that's about it. I think it makes for a great display and imagine my framed albums will be some of the last things I let go of. To me they nicely express my "tobacco as art" philosophy....
The albums are more like books and as such are difficult to appreciate as the content is visual not written. They also tend to be expensive and fragile. One can of course take pictures or scans and leave the album on a shelf but then why have the album at all - just get the pictures which one could procure in a few places. A whole 'nother story I suppose.
That being said I must confess to owning a fair number of other albums - perhaps not as "desireable" as the different champion albums but no less works of art and they languish in a box unappreciated. I have not an inch of room to hang anything more (a hat and my wife come to mind) and it is of course cost prohibitive to frame them.
I do have 2 nicer copies of the Goodwin Champions (one to trade I suppose) and only once before getting this one did I consider using one of them. My view is that these have survived many years and many hands because of their beauty. Like everything we collect we are just temporary keepers - caretakers if you will for a near finite amount of time. I try and keep things in the condition in which I received them and strive to maintain the integrety until they pass to the next person's hands.

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports (Post 1341168)

That's a great Hassan piece. Usually their advertising was more heavy-handed and this one quite different - subdued and sentimental. Very nice.
There are books that were printed often with the title "exposition" in the 1890's and forward that would feature photographs of various display booths at these things - ostensibly the larger shows. They are usually quite pricey - at least based on the 3/4 I've seen. They can also be found on printed and real photo postcards. Having a mounted photo is more interesting to me - but they too are so infrequently encountered. The display from the Ginter company replicated in the 1893 Paris Exposition tobacco album must have been spectacular based on the representation.

Originally Posted by bobfreedman (Post 1359346)

Tony, fantastic pieces, thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by atx840 (Post 1360515)

Nice stuff guys.

Love the proof Matt.

Originally Posted by seattlerainiers (Post 1360047)

1912 Zee-Nut packaging:

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports (Post 1367665)

while I have seen 3/4 original Bull Durham cases over 20 years - there are quite a few (many) reproductions out there - they usually show uneven signs of aging and distress for effect - and the image having been taken from an original - looking at the shading in color present in the upper "tab" it's pretty easy to see where the discoloration doesn't match the expected wear from a 100 year old case.

Originally Posted by tedzan (Post 1375210)

Hey 1880nonsports, or anyone......
...
Henry

I've always wondered why no Sports or Non-Sports cards were ever issued with the Chesterfield brand ?

Liggett & Myers introduced this brand in 1912, packaging these cigarettes in the standard pack. What did they use for cigarette pack stiffiners (if not cards) ?


TED Z
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Originally Posted by Eggoman (Post 1375793)

Stunning items - IMPOSSIBLE to pick a favorite! Here's a couple of items of mine.