Horner Pirates sheet & vintage scissor operators

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Posted By: bcornell

I won a group of 12 Pirates cards from Scott Gaynor & Co. recently and was wondering if anyone knows the origin. They came from a sheet and are now postcard-sized. Are there more, when were they printed, who's missing, etc?

Secondly, what is it with 'vintage trimming'? Have scissors advanced so far in the past century that we can now cut in a straight line when others before us couldn't? These Horner pictures exhibit some really bad edges, like the person doing it was either drunk and/or furiously cutting the sheet before someone broke down the door. Sigh.

Bill

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

Nice pickup Bill. It's the first time that I have seen this issue. What I find interesting is that George Gibson was frequently called George "Moon" Gibson. However, with this issue he is referred to as George "Hack" Gibson, which I'm sure is a shot at his not so good eye as a hitter.

Patrick

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Posted By: robert a

When I was a kid, I cut just about that bad.

These look like the Horner foldout postcards from 1907 that feature the giants.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

I would bet these are from an advertising poster of some sort...I really contemplated bidding on these. You got a great deal on them Bill.

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

Hi Bill, They look like the 'glossy page' photos from the pre-1910 Spalding Guides. They seem to be almost the same size, but trimmed a little - are they the same stock?