Hobby history: The Copeland Collection (as auctioned by Sotheby's, 1991)

[bigfanNY]

A month or two after the Copeland sale the Diamond Star sheet was cut up and the individual cards offered in full page ad in the SCD. But I had heard at least one other World series extension sheet exists. I still have some of my dads SCD archive and will try and find ad.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

A month or two after the Copeland sale the Diamond Star sheet was cut up and the individual cards offered in full page ad in the SCD. But I had heard at least one other World series extension sheet exists. I still have some of my dads SCD archive and will try and find ad.

There is only one of those Diamond Star sheets and it is still intact as of 2016 and I am sure that it still is. I purchased it with my old business partner right after the Sotheby's auction (where it did not meet reserve).

If my memory serves me correctly, I think that someone else (Alan Hagar?) wanted to buy the sheet with intentions to cut it up and ran an ad offering the cards on an individual basis right after the auction closed. Luckily, he did not purchase the sheet at auction or immediately afterwards and it was, therefore, never cut up.

The sheet was most recently sold in 2016 by SCP.

https://catalog.scpauctions.com/bids...e?itemid=26595

[brianp-beme]

Glad to hear that it is still most likely intact. I wish the producers of the Diamond Stars would have used these cards for #97 through 108, instead of the repeat designs, which I have always thought brought the set down a notch in popularity among set collectors.

They really went full blown art deco backgrounds on the unpublished cards...and I really love their look.

Brian

[topcat61]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

There is only one of those Diamond Star sheets and it is still intact as of 2016 and I am sure that it still is. I purchased it with my old business partner right after the Sotheby's auction (where it did not meet reserve).

If my memory serves me correctly, I think that someone else (Alan Hagar?) wanted to buy the sheet with intentions to cut it up and ran an ad offering the cards on an individual basis right after the auction closed. Luckily, he did not purchase the sheet at auction or immediately afterwards and it was, therefore, never cut up.

The sheet was most recently sold in 2016 by SCP.

https://catalog.scpauctions.com/bids...e?itemid=26595

I think cutting up something like this should be frowned upon. I'm actually horrified that someone would want to do this! What's wrong with a company making copies of these cards and writing a nice bio on the back instead?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by topcat61

I think cutting up something like this should be frowned upon. I'm actually horrified that someone would want to do this! What's wrong with a company making copies of these cards and writing a nice bio on the back instead?

If I remember correctly Larry Fritsch offered reprints of these Diamond Stars cards in his catalogs. I'm not sure if they had bio write ups on the back.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Just checked the Fritsch website...they still offer the 12 Diamond Stars 'Extension' cards as a set of individual cards or as a complete sheet. The listing does not indicate whether there is anything on backside.

Brian

[griffon512]

I'm glad this thread was resurrected. Great work by David who is extremely generous with his resources and knowledge, which are both vast. He was instrumental in helping me track down a 19th Century piece from this auction that's now in my personal collection.

[bigfanNY]

I am also very glad that the thread was resurrected. The news that the sheet is still intact is very good news indeed. And I am very happy to be wrong. I had assumed since he ran an ad offering the cards for sale that he acquired the sheet.
J

[todeen]

Originally Posted by griffon512

I'm glad this thread was resurrected. Great work by David who is extremely generous with his resources and knowledge, which are both vast. He was instrumental in helping me track down a 19th Century piece from this auction that's now in my personal collection.

+1 (all new information to me)