Colgan’s Chips

[Timeless Cardboard]

I’m considering collecting the 1909 Colgan’s Chips set. My question is there a list of the hardest to easiest to obtain including the variant’s in the set? What are the top 15 hardest cards to obtain? And please show off your Chips if you don’t mind?

[CobbSpikedMe]

I only collected the Jersey City Skeeters team set from the Colgan's issue.

I can't remember if these are all the exact ones I own or if it is a mix of images that are from my collection and elsewhere, but these are the 5 JC cards in the set.




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[Vintagedeputy]

The round discs or the square proofs?

[AMPduppp]

Nothing to add about set info, but here’s my Hooks round/square combo

[Timeless Cardboard]

Round disc

[doug.goodman]

Serious question, because I know nothing about these issues :

Are the square proofs supposed to be from prior to them being cut round? They don't seem big enough.

[brianp-beme]

Below is what I, many years ago, culled from a list that was created, I believe, by J. Spanos. This list was regarding the relative difficulty in the E254 Colgan's Chips set. The creator of the list identified cards with difficulties ranging from 1 to 5, with 5 being the most difficult. From this listing I made note of cards with a difficulty identification of either '4' or '5'.


Cards Identified with a '4' difficulty rating:

Austin - Browns
Babb - Norfolk
Beaumiller
Carr - Utica
Alphonzo 'Lefty' Davis - St. Paul
Demmett - Montreal
Doolin
Dunn
Elberfield - Washington
Ferguson
Flaherty - Kansas City
Flick - Naps
Freck - Baltimore
Gardner - Highlanders
Getz - Indianapolis
Grimshaw - Louisville
Hartzell - Highlanders
Jordon - Atlanta
Jordon - Louisville
Kaiser
Killian - Tigers
Lakoff
LaPorte - Browns
Lindaman - Indianapolis
Lindaman - Louisville
Bris Lord - Athletics
Manser - Rochester
McIntyre - White Sox
Bill Moriarity - Louisville
Bill Moriarity - Omaha
Mullen
Mullin
Nelson - Browns
Peitz - Louisville
Pickering - Louisville
Pickering - Minneapolis
Pickering - Omaha
Purtell - Red Sox
Tom Reilly - Louisville
Ritchey
Rowan - Reds
Sallee
Schardt - Birmingham
Seabaugh - profile
Seabaugh - facing forward
Seymour - Baltimore
Smith - Atlanta
Spade - Newark
Stahl
Stansberry
Taylor
Waddell - Newark
Weisman
Wiesman
Woodruff - Indianapolis


Cards identified with a '5' difficulty rating:

Covaleskie - Chattanooga
Flick - Toledo
Hoffman
Hulswitt - Chattanooga
Murch - Chattanooga
Orth - Indianapolis
Paskert - Phillies
Rowan - Phillies
Schirm - Birmingham
Sparks - Richmond
Titus
Waddell - Minneapolis


Brian