Wha' Dat?

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

There is a first name "Roy" Bliss from the 1913, 1914 and 1917 zeenuts listed as a Salt Lake player. Frank Chance is also in the 1917 Zeenut series.

Hmm... it didn't occur to me that this might be a minor league issue. I guess this card could be showing a different Bliss and a "Rajahs" team (?) not related to Hornsby. I still opt for Occam's Razor (i.e., if there are multiple plausible answers, go with the simplest), but I may be wrong.

All of the "gas" jokes were juvenile and appreciated. And nice final price, as well.

Bill

[RCMcKenzie]

blissb.jpg

Here is the back. I am a fan of science. If this card was made by Topps in 1962 and 'professionally distressed', or if it came from a box of cigars distributed in India in 1917. I'd just like to know.

In my auction description I said that the card was unknown. People know/knew about this card. My guess is Bob Lemke has scans of this exact card, not one similar to it. The high bidder is a hobby expert, so after I send him the card, I expect we may learn more about what it is or where it originated.

[Vintagecatcher]

This topic came up years ago. Rajahs refers to St Louis Cardinals with Roger Bresnahan. Jack Bliss was a catcher as well.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...lissja01.shtml

Patrick

[brianp-beme]

Great observation Patrick...I just spent a little time searching the internet, and came up with a September 2, 1911 Pittsburg Gazette newspaper article on Roger Bresnahan that refers to him as 'Rajah' about a dozen times. I think that would link this Bliss card to the 1911-12 time frame. And the card looks authentic and from this time period--perhaps from a notebook, as has been conjectured.

Congrats to the winner--they definitely got something completely different.

Brian