N284 Buchner Gold Coin Checklist Add?

[tedzan]

I think it is legit. Nice find, Jeff.

I think there are 5 different cards of Steve Toole in the Old Judge set featuring him with Brooklyn, KC, and Rochester.
Therefore since the N284 cards were also printed circa 1887, it's not unusual that Steve Toole was printed in this set.

For many years, the existence of an N284 Bill McClellan card was a mystery. In recent years, this card was confirmed.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[insidethewrapper]

Brooklyn already has a card for "Pitcher" in the set "Porter". It is possible to have more than one card per position in this set . Toole would make that 2 pitchers from Brooklyn. I believe Indy has 2 pitchers , Boyle and Healy.

[packs]

Can we see a scan of the back? Maybe a better scan of the front?

[teza11]

I was wrong. Backside is not printed. Advertising cut-out?

Jeff

[packs]

I would be wary of a blank backed Buchner. Guess that still wouldn't explain why it exists, but perhaps it was a card that appeared on a poster but wasn't actually issued for one reason or another.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Lots of blank backed Gold Coins out there

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Lots of blank backed Gold Coins out there

Scraps or skinned, not legit. At least as far as I am aware.

[packs]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Lots of blank backed Gold Coins out there

I don't know of any blank backed Buchners that were actually issued as cards. The only ones I've ever seen are cut from posters. Given that this card is unknown, I would have a hard time believing it was issued on anything other than a poster, and given the way the front looks, I'm still not sure about that either.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Feeling pretty vindicated right about now. Of course the question remains what is it?

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Feeling pretty vindicated right about now.

act like you’ve been there before.

[Cozumeleno]

Bummer - given the various N284 advertising posters that were printed, that wouldn't be surprising. Many of the poster cards have the traditional backs with ads but there have been references to blank-backed ones, too. Guessing it's one of those for a card that was not issued.

[Cozumeleno]

Just ran a search for them on the site and found this old thread. Seems there are a good number of these out there, though I've not seen any in person.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=88940

[bigfanNY]

Sure that could be it.... send it in to a TPG and see what they say...maybe they could restore the back to it's original Reprint/ fantasy lettering.

[teza11]

A few more details. Toole card is about 1/8" taller than a printed back card. Toole card is printed on card stock, however it is about 50% of the card stock weight (thickness). Definitely a period piece. So what is it? Are there other examples of players used for advertising that did not get printed as a checklist card? Any idea of value as it stands?

Jeff