Anyone collect 1934-36 Diamond Matchbooks?

[obiwan1129]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

+1

I found out about them and started to slowly build my collection. I now have 65 of them. I really enjoy them. Maybe one day they'll become a hot item, but for now I enjoy the fact that I can picked them up pretty cheap.

Not too hot...

I've looked at these too and wondered how easy to find they were. My kids wouldn't really know what to do with a match book I don't think. Course they rarely see anyone even smoking...big change from the old days.

[nebboy]

Trying to keep thread going as long as possible.

Newest pickup is (2) black boarder, matches full, Casey Stengel books in nice condition.

[UKCardGuy]

That Stengel is very nice, esp with the matches intact.

I won this Mel Ott last week. Just waiting on delivery.

[Exhibitman]

A few more:

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Trying to keep thread going as long as possible.

Newest pickup is (2) black boarder, matches full, Casey Stengel books in nice condition.

Wow! Those are great!

[pbspelly]

I have a few of these in different colors, and one that I got graded, but don't have any with actual matches in them

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I only have one, which is funny considering I have over half a million matchbook covers. Always thought about collecting these but never got around to it. I won't be doing so now, as my interest in matchcovers waned nearly 30 years ago.

The one I have means a lot to me, as it was given to me directly from the player who appeared on it. Ray Berres and his wife were dear friends. He kept a cookie tin half filled with his matchbook for over 70 years. They just sat on a shelf and were never touched, so the one he gave me is in pristine shape; the staple never even rusted. Full book. My only wish is that I had asked him to sign it. He would have gladly done so, but I knew his arthritis would give him trouble trying to sign something so small and oddly shaped.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by BillyCox3

I only have one, which is funny considering I have over half a million matchbook covers. Always thought about collecting these but never got around to it. I won't be doing so now, as my interest in matchcovers waned nearly 30 years ago.

The one I have means a lot to me, as it was given to me directly from the player who appeared on it. Ray Berres and his wife were dear friends. He kept a cookie tin half filled with his matchbook for over 70 years. They just sat on a shelf and were never touched, so the one he gave me is in pristine shape; the staple never even rusted. Full book. My only wish is that I had asked him to sign it. He would have gladly done so, but I knew his arthritis would give him trouble trying to sign something so small and oddly shaped.

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it.

I appeared on a baseball card or a Matchbook, I'm pretty sure that I'd have cases of them in my house.

I picked up 12 more that arrived today. These all have matches, most with a full book.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it.

I appeared on a baseball card or a Matchbook, I'm pretty sure that I'd have cases of them in my house.

I picked up 12 more that arrived today. These all have matches, most with a full book.

Great pickup.

[chadeast]

FYI, I noticed 100+ of these listed in lots of 2 to 5 over at Kevin Savage being auctioned today and remembered this thread.

https://www.kevinsavagecards.com/default.aspx

[UKCardGuy]

Thanks Chad. So it was you're post that drove the bids up at that auction.

It was actually nice to see so many lots listed. That was actually the 3rd auction where they had a sizable number of Diamond MBs recently. I managed to pick up a couple of the lots but some of the prices went higher than I thought was fair value.

[CollectingAmericasPastime]

I picked up my first matchbook - a Dizzy Dean - at the Strongsville show a couple weeks ago. Hard to beat the price compared to Dean's other cards, and the image matches some of his most popular cards (like Honus Wagner's Colgan's Chips portrait image). As my Hall of Fame project has evolved, I've really honed in on the idea of showcasing just how popular baseball was, and how it was marketed using just about anything and everything under the sun. Very happy I dipped my toes in the matchbook water. May end up adding one or two more. Great thread, too.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

It was actually nice to see so many lots listed. That was actually the 3rd auction where they had a sizable number of Diamond MBs recently. I managed to pick up a couple of the lots but some of the prices went higher than I thought was fair value.

I'm sure there will be more as well. They picked up a huge (almost complete?) collection of these with (almost all?) of the text, text color, and border color variations.

[Vintagedeputy]

New, full matchbook arrivals today from an auction, Billy Jurges and Tom Jones.

[Exhibitman]

Hey, it's Pottsy!

[Vintagedeputy]

New arrival today!

[commishbob]

No baseball in my collection but I have some New York Rangers.