m116 "blues", puzzle-piece cards, proofs, handcut panels and other oddities

Exhibitman · #1 03-04-2012, 11:15 PM

blank backed

shammus · #2 03-05-2012, 06:51 PM

For some reason, it just seems this set never got the "push" that other caramel and tobacco issues have received. Of course, Wagner and Cobb continue to go up as do the rarities like the McQuillan Cinci card, but by and large, this set's always been a pretty affordable one with cards relatively easy to find.

Hugh - really happy you still have that Cobb/Wags panel - it's an AMAZING piece and truly something unique to have both Cobb and Wagner on the same card! I'm happy I hung on to at least one of them. So tell me, does my Frank Chance panel "count" as a card in the 24-card m116 "blues" subset, or do I have to actually go out and find the real card to be able to cross that one off the list...heh!

Sean - I dig that Brown. It's a blank back? Is it a proof or made of a different paper stock at all? Or is it just a normal m116 that just happens to have a blank back?

Adam - the Lennox has an interesting look to it. No flesh color on the face...did it miss a color pass? Same question for you that I asked Sean, is this a normal m116 that is blank-backed or is it a proof/hand cut example?

alanu · #3 03-05-2012, 07:04 PM

Thanks for posting this, it's very interesting.

I was collecting just the blue backgrounds at one time, the one thing I wondered if there was a difference between why there were some that were the lighter blue solid blue backgrounds and the darker mult-colored blue backgrounds.

David R · #4 03-05-2012, 10:35 PM

My avatar is my blue m116 Brown, which is one of my favorites. I have the 12 blues in that half of the blues set with the original M116 envelope that they came in.

tbob · #5 03-06-2012, 01:26 PM

The two non-blue background blank backs I have are the pastel Bender and a real oddity card- Mitchell in black and white and a very much lighter weight card, it's like the E97 black and whites. I've never seen one like it and it was labeled an M116 "proof" although I have no idea if it is or not. Absolutely zero color in it, just black and white.

Exhibitman · #6 03-07-2012, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shammus

For some reason, it just seems this set never got the "push" that other caramel and tobacco issues have received. Of course, Wagner and Cobb continue to go up as do the rarities like the McQuillan Cinci card, but by and large, this set's always been a pretty affordable one with cards relatively easy to find.

Hugh - really happy you still have that Cobb/Wags panel - it's an AMAZING piece and truly something unique to have both Cobb and Wagner on the same card! I'm happy I hung on to at least one of them. So tell me, does my Frank Chance panel "count" as a card in the 24-card m116 "blues" subset, or do I have to actually go out and find the real card to be able to cross that one off the list...heh!

Sean - I dig that Brown. It's a blank back? Is it a proof or made of a different paper stock at all? Or is it just a normal m116 that just happens to have a blank back?

Adam - the Lennox has an interesting look to it. No flesh color on the face...did it miss a color pass? Same question for you that I asked Sean, is this a normal m116 that is blank-backed or is it a proof/hand cut example?

I'd say missing multiple color passes

milkit1 · #7 03-07-2012, 08:52 AM

mine seems of similar stock as the regular cards. I had four others as well, all blue backs. I think these came from a sample sheet or something directly affiliated with the company and perhaps its employees. I dont think these were off of some random advertising piece as I believe an intact one would have surfaced by now . I'm going for a cubs master set so the brown is probably my favorite card. just need a chance blank back plus an evers and tinker black back

QUOTE=shammus;973082]For some reason, it just seems this set never got the "push" that other caramel and tobacco issues have received. Of course, Wagner and Cobb continue to go up as do the rarities like the McQuillan Cinci card, but by and large, this set's always been a pretty affordable one with cards relatively easy to find.

Hugh - really happy you still have that Cobb/Wags panel - it's an AMAZING piece and truly something unique to have both Cobb and Wagner on the same card! I'm happy I hung on to at least one of them. So tell me, does my Frank Chance panel "count" as a card in the 24-card m116 "blues" subset, or do I have to actually go out and find the real card to be able to cross that one off the list...heh!

Sean - I dig that Brown. It's a blank back? Is it a proof or made of a different paper stock at all? Or is it just a normal m116 that just happens to have a blank back?

Adam - the Lennox has an interesting look to it. No flesh color on the face...did it miss a color pass? Same question for you that I asked Sean, is this a normal m116 that is blank-backed or is it a proof/hand cut example?[/QUOTE]