Why doesn't the Kashin R316 set get more love?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Here's a good read on the Kashin set.

https://prewarcards.com/2017/01/21/1...-short-prints/

I can't imagine what one with printing on the back would go for.

thx for that...interesting. you could theoretically buy 4 packs a end up with a complete set!!!! I wonder how much the packs were. I think the lack of clarity of the images also affects the value...in addition to the size...size matters!

[ullmandds]

Actually the boxes these were sold in were color coded...so that buy buying the 4 diff colored boxes you'd have a set...interesting.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Actually the boxes these were sold in were color coded...so that buy buying the 4 diff colored boxes you'd have a set...interesting.

+1 And a Ruth in every box. How good is that? He was a 4x print!

These are from my previous collection. No doubt some board members own some of them now.



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[triwak]

My only example, and I dig it.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Have a Dazzy Vance in our upcoming November auction.

[packs]

Got my Ruth today. Love it.

[Baseball Bob]

This set is, IMHO, the finest pre-war issue. The photos are almost all from Conlon, who had a gift for capturing the soul of the players. Images so iconic that are used in many subsequent sets, including the derivative cartoons of the Goudey sets.
I wrote an article for Old Cardboard in 2016 that reflected the state of knowledge about the set at that time. As a teaser, I have recently discovered that the traditional nterpretation of the short print story is wrong. It’s not a simple “Ruth in, short prints out” explanation. I’ll write it up and post it later or try to do a follow-up for Old Cardboard.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

thx for that...interesting. you could theoretically buy 4 packs a end up with a complete set!!!! I wonder how much the packs were. I think the lack of clarity of the images also affects the value...in addition to the size...size matters!

The nice thing they come in the same holder as a Rose postcard, 4-on-1 exhibits, and 71 Topps greatest moments cards so they all stack up pretty nicely.