The Original Owners of Our Cards

Bliggity · #1 12-31-2017, 02:45 PM

I showed these a couple years ago, but I know a few of us have cards that were owned by a collector named Elias Beasley and were later sold by his grandson. He signed his name on the back of his cards. So far as I'm aware, he's popped up on T3s, T206 Piedmont 350s, and T209-1s. Interestingly, he signs his full name on the T3s, but just "Elias" on the T206s given their size. On T209-1s, which are ever-so-slightly larger than T206s, he fits in his last initial

Here is a short writeup posted a few years ago -

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Originally Posted by T3s

Several months ago I was lucky enough to have a beautiful T3 Turkey Red find. A few of the cards have writing on the back. A handful note "Reid Pleasant Drug" across the top. My assumption is that was a local drug store - several ways the cards could be attached to the store. Best of all, one of the cards carries the signature of "Elias Beasley". Mr. Beasley was the original collector as a very young man. I purchased the cards from Mr. Beasley's grandson. During our negotiations for the cards, we talked a fair amount about the family and the story about how the cards were kept, owned, etc. I was very interested and wanted to find a way to preserve the collection (before some headed out to all corners of the earth) and document the provenance.

nat · #2 12-31-2017, 02:53 PM

I tried to track down the original owner of a few of my cards once. It's postwar, but since it's on topic, here's the original thread.

Jobu · #3 12-31-2017, 02:57 PM

I have seen Elias on T206 before! Fun to see that he collected other cards - and to learn his last name.

This one may be a few owners removed from the original owner, but this was Burdick's T206 Evers.

T206Collector · #4 12-31-2017, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jobu

This one may be a few owners removed from the original owner, but this was Burdick's T206 Evers.

I love that Evers! Wow!

Here’s my Burdick owned T201 Leifield. I am virtually certain he was not the one who got it signed by Leifield. My guess is old-time collector John Wagner got that done (since I know he also did TTM autograph requests on pre-war cards as well as trade with Burdick).

CobbSpikedMe · #5 12-31-2017, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

I love that Evers! Wow!

Here�s my Burdick owned T201 Leifield. I am virtually certain he was not the one who got it signed by Leifield. My guess is old-time collector John Wagner got that done (since I know he also did TTM autograph requests on pre-war cards as well as trade with Burdick).

I like that T201 with Burdick's stamp too! Nice stuff guys.

AndyH

shagrotn77 · #6 01-01-2018, 12:25 AM

This is the back of my 1932 Denby Billy Herman postcard. It was mailed to an Edgar Buchardt in 1932. Just for kicks, I searched the address and discovered that the home is still inhabited by the Buchhardt family - some 86 years later!

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jerrys · #7 01-01-2018, 06:24 AM

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z28jd · #8 01-01-2018, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by shagrotn77

This is the back of my 1932 Denby Billy Herman postcard. It was mailed to an Edgar Buchardt in 1932. Just for kicks, I searched the address and discovered that the home is still inhabited by the Buchhardt family - some 86 years later!

Well this particular post led to a crazy result for me.

I have postcards that Dots Miller sent to his family during the 1911 season, so I looked up the family. The first result that popped up was that they were still at the same house in the 1940 census, but the second search result after that was that one of those family members died on Christmas day this year at age 94. I've mentioned that I have relatives in common with Dots Miller, so I just had to inform some of them that their family member passed away a week ago, because they didn't get the news yet.

The second crazy part is that the second oldest of ten kids in that family, who was born a few years after those postcards were sent, is still alive! His sister just passed at 94, but he still has four other siblings alive, so they have some good genes in that family.

CobbSpikedMe · #9 12-31-2017, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jobu

I have seen Elias on T206 before! Fun to see that he collected other cards - and to learn his last name.

This one may be a few owners removed from the original owner, but this was Burdick's T206 Evers.

Sweet Burdick stamped back on that Evers Bryan!

AndyH

Bill77 · #10 01-03-2018, 02:56 PM

Not baseball but I think these are pretty cool. I just received the Gil Nichols a few days ago and have had the Dave Deshler for about a year. To be honest I never got past looking at the Toy Town stamp on the Deshler card to even notice the date or Raymond Dunham's name written on it until today. And I hope John Stevens didn't pay too much for his backwards stamp.

mybuddyinc · #11 01-04-2018, 12:35 PM

Nothing super special, but I like them .............

T36 -- Mulford (like him because he was a big name in 1909-11 Sav. Vanderbilt Races) -- Burdick

T212-3 -- Wiggs -- Having a senior moment -- Buck Baker / Barker ????

T206 -- EPDG Dooin -- Nelson Tisdel (with probable signature)

T206 -- Cycle Hallman -- Toy Town

T206 -- Doolin "Doolan error card

" -- Schulte/front "with nickname and stats" -- Unknown, but way

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Fun stuff, Scott

Jobu · #12 10-12-2018, 09:34 PM

Any other cool original owner stories?

Zan · #13 10-12-2018, 09:52 PM

I believe the original owner of this card was French Canadian. It reads "Detroit Tigers Ligue Americaine" in French. This is a very rare Canadian V351-B. Based on who I bought it from, I could be the third or fourth owner of this card.

ctownboy · #14 10-12-2018, 09:52 PM

I bought my 1928 Star Player Candy cards about 15 years ago from a dealer at a paper show. The guy I bought them from had inherited them from his father who originally bought them as a kid.

For a long time I thought these cards were a regional issue because most of the cards that I knew about were found in the the Midwest. My cards originally came from Michigan.

David

ValKehl · #15 10-12-2018, 10:15 PM

Thanks to young Melvin, this card survived to end up in my 1924 Senators collection:

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