Does anybody have any '33 Uncle Jack's Candy cards?

[egbeachley]

I have never seem these. What's the story with the hole punches? Redemption offer on the back?

[asphaltman]

These are great for type collectors, I've always like them and have had a few over the years. Not sure if it's changed...at one time green seemed to be the toughest to come by.

[glchen]

Hi Dan, I think you've seen this one before. I'd like to get an untrimmed version, but they're crazy expensive.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

I have never seem these. What's the story with the hole punches? Redemption offer on the back?

They were distributed in single-card glassine sleeves with a coupon and piece of gum, primarily in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Uncle Jacks were never hole-punched ala George C. Miller for redemptions. Printed in a variety of tints and *I think* some of the shots were borrowed from the Baseball Magazine photos or some other premium. At one point I had 7-8 cards, but sold them off later. Very pretty cards.

[familytoad]

The cards are blank-backed and no indication of who Uncle Jack is.
(Unless this is on the previously mentioned glassine envelope which I have never seen)

I have an Uncle Jack in Arizona, so I thanked him for producing these cool cards despite him being born 3 years after the cards were distributed.

[DBesse27]

Love the Ruth and the Hack! These came in 4 colors and I believe it's true that green is the toughest. Ruth is the most valuable card, of course, and the Foxx is the next most sought after.

No, the card isn't supposed to be hole punched. I don't know why somebody did that, but I'm glad they did, because it would have cost me A LOT more than 5 bucks otherwise!

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Love the Ruth and the Hack! These came in 4 colors and I believe it's true that green is the toughest. Ruth is the most valuable card, of course, and the Foxx is the next most sought after.

thread with many pictures

unopened pack sold in H&S auction

Ruth in Goodwin auction (shocking price, per usual)

[Brian Van Horn]

For sale if you like:

[DBesse27]

Thank you for those awesome links! I had tried to search for an Uncle Jack's thread on here before I started one. I must have searched wrong.

It was really cool to see a better conditioned Foxx in a different color. The day I bought my Foxx at that yard sale, there were a couple of others available too. Ever since I found out what the Foxx was, I've regretted not buying the whole lot.

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Thank you for those awesome links! I had tried to search for an Uncle Jack's thread on here before I started one. I must have searched wrong.

Google is the way to go, as always. Their search results are much better than what the forum software provides. I searched on "Uncle Jacks" using the quotes and up popped the N54 links. Since this is a public forum, Google regularly crawls the site, then does its magic. And we pay nothing!

Bill