Red Man Tobacco Card Collecting?

[homerunhitter]

I’ve been tracking some of these on eBay for the past week or so in hopes of adding some with tabs to my collection and….. wow! Ones with tabs are going for insane numbers compared to the ones with no tabs. For me at least , I’m not so sure chasing those with tabs is cost effective for me. I might just settle on collecting those with no tabs instead!!!

[Chris-Counts]

Here's all three Red Man cards of Minnie Minoso. I'm happy to collect these mostly without tabs ...

[homerunhitter]

Agree! These are beautiful cards with or without tabs. If one comes my way with a tab and it’s priced reasonably , I’ll buy it , but man, the prices of tabbed ones , I’m not sure are worth it too me. (Meaning, I think I’m fine with just a complete set/run of the un tabbed ones for a fraction of the price.)

[IndyDave]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Agree! These are beautiful cards with or without tabs. If one comes my way with a tab and it’s priced reasonably , I’ll buy it , but man, the prices of tabbed ones , I’m not sure are worth it too me. (Meaning, I think I’m fine with just a complete set/run of the un tabbed ones for a fraction of the price.)

This is me. I'm down to only needing the 1955 Mays to finish all 4 sets. I would guess I have somewhere around 20% of the cards with tabs. All things being equal, I will pay a small premium for a tabbed version if I have a choice. I upgrade to a tabbed version what I can.

My only true card "find" of my nearly 50 years in the hobby was in the early 1980's when one of my dad's friends sold me and my brother his "childhood" collection - it was some 52 Topps, 53 Bowman color and 52 Red Man. Most all of the Red Man we got from Jake were without tabs - so that is what started me that way.

They are some of my favorite sets - the paintings are so colorful. And as others have noted, there really isn't an insanely priced individual card - though I'm finding I'm likely laying out a few hundred to get the Mays I need to finish my sets.

[Jerry G]

Those of us that are disappointed with the slim pickin's of Stan Musial cards from the 1950s will find "the Man' in 1952 and '53 Red Man. Here is the 1953. Check out the amazing biography.

[Chris-Counts]

Originally Posted by Jerry G

Those of us that are disappointed with the slim pick'ins of Stan Musial cards from the 1950s will find "the Man' in 1952 and '53 Red Man. Here is the 1953. Check out the amazing biography.

You won't have to wait too long to find one without a tab in the $50 range, which has to be the best bargain in 1950s cards. In the past year, I've picked up a couple nice Red Mans of Mays without tabs. Both were less than $60.

[homerunhitter]

I like!!!