cards of great historical figures

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'll start with my Einsteins.

[butchie_t]

I kick myself for missing the Einstein you had for sale last year. I just could not pull the trigger at that time.

I really like your historical based cards.

Butch

[Peter_Spaeth]

I have duplicates for sale of the rookie cards, but here are my Queen Elizabeths.

[Exhibitman]

General Sherman. I wish we'd had a dozen of him to turn loose on the traitorous rebel scum.

[Peter_Spaeth]

More generals.

[Bored5000]

I have long been fascinated by Amelia Earhart. She has only has a handful of cards from prior to her disappearance, several of which I have never seen for sale. The Heinz F-277 card was released in 1936, and believed to have been pulled when Earhart disappeared. That would explain its great rarity today.

[Jcfowler6]

Jules Verne card I’ve had a while. Always liked the look.

[Exhibitman]

I've got a Victoria album on the way so that may solve my Picasso dilemma.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I've got a Victoria album on the way so that may solve my Picasso dilemma.

I am told it's hit or miss on soaking those out. Also as you know there are four different albums.

[Peter_Spaeth]

A few more of my favorite Victorias.

[RayBShotz]

What a great thread!
RayB

[mikecala98]

Presidents.

[G1911]

The President with the highest WAR:

[G1911]

And more Washington, because there's never enough Washington:

[Peter_Spaeth]

Ike's WAR might be higher.

[G1911]

I think you're using the milgraphs version of WAR while I'm using the Military-reference.com version. My favorite Ike card is probably his Red Menace, but I haven't finished that set and don't have his.

Here's the Presidents whose primary career before the Oval Office was the Military. Roosevelt was greatly boosted in his political career by the Rough Riders and their exploits in the Spanish War, and some others served as general officers, but it was not their primary careers nor were they really professional soldiers.

I love this set in all 3 of it's forms, these are from the 1956's in which I only need FDR to finish. I keep hoping Topps will give us cards in this style of Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Trump and Biden in one of their Heritage style releases to update the set.

[theshowandme]

Cards I need but don’t know if any exist

Claude Monet, Richard Feynman, Audie Murphy

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Cards I need but don’t know if any exist

Claude Monet, Richard Feynman, Audie Murphy

Here is the only Monet I know. I've seen an Audie Murphy in a Dutch Gum issue. I think he's in Nu Cards Western too. Check the Trading Card Database.

[G1911]

Audie Murphy has a lot, including a bunch of Dutch cards, a 1956 Adventure card that should be cheap, and some modern stuff like the 1992 Starline Americana and Historic Autographs WWII set.

[G1911]

William Howard Taft, 1909.

[Rad_Hazard]

Love all the presidential stuff!

This arrived today. Garfield is a fascinating political figure. I highly recommend the audiobook/book Destiny of the Republic.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by G1911

Audie Murphy has a lot, including a bunch of Dutch cards, a 1956 Adventure card that should be cheap, and some modern stuff like the 1992 Starline Americana and Historic Autographs WWII set.

COMC has a couple dozen Audie Murphy cards indexed, some for sale.

https://www.comc.com/Cards,so,vList,=Audie+Murphy,oo

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Cards I need but don’t know if any exist

Claude Monet, Richard Feynman, Audie Murphy

Here are 2 cards of Richard Feynman indexed on COMC:

https://www.comc.com/Cards,so,vList,=Richard+Feynman,oo

[G1911]

The Kaiser.

[G1911]

Heavy lies the bicorne.

[G1911]

Victoria Louise, Prussian Princess. I think her biggest claim to fame is that her wedding was the last big gathering of the European royals before World War I broke out and the extended family was just never the same again. This is her at, I believe, 17 in 1909, as the honorary colonel of the II Life Hussars. This card hit my primary points for collecting historical images; it has 1) a cool horse and 2) a cool military hat.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by G1911

The Kaiser.

Also "The Kaiser".


Sorry, couldn't resist.

[G1911]

Ha, yours is a lot better than mine!

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Cards I need but don’t know if any exist

Claude Monet, Richard Feynman, Audie Murphy

A board member sent me not one, but TWO Monet cards as a Christmas gift... He has refused payment for these, and I am absolutely blown away.

Thank you so much, Scott!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Now you need Renoir.

[Peter_Spaeth]

For purists who want first cards, even if not the greatest issue, the 1991 Face to Face game is a gold mine..

[G1911]

Just picked this one up for my E6 set, with the more common ad back.

[theshowandme]

If anyone has the Claude Monet card and is willing to move it, please DM me

[Peter_Spaeth]

Looked a long time for a presentable example of QE2's 1952 Felix Potin.

[G1911]

Two different backs of the tough short printed T70 triple folder, featuring Adams, Franklin, Jefferson and more in a card version of Trumbull's painting.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by G1911

Two different backs of the tough short printed T70 triple folder, featuring Adams, Franklin, Jefferson and more in a card version of Trumbull's painting.

That's a cool ass card. Didn't know there was a triple folder in that set. Don't think I've ever seen so much text on the back of a tobacco card.

What's the story behind that card, for us uninitiated with that set, if you don't mind...and how much bigger is it then a regular card from that set?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

That's a cool ass card. Didn't know there was a triple folder in that set. Don't think I've ever seen so much text on the back of a tobacco card.

What's the story behind that card, for us uninitiated with that set, if you don't mind...and how much bigger is it then a regular card from that set?

The story is largely a mystery. It's taller than a T202 triple folder. T70 has 25 cards that aren't the easiest but aren't really difficult (gallery is here, it's a set of great images in my opinion, heavily weighted to the Revolution: http://www.moviecard.com/gallery/tcards/t70.html). There are several backs, one of which is a physically smaller card and appears to have never produced the triple folder and so only has 24 cards.

The triple folder card here was certainly short printed. They are pretty rare to even find a separated panel from. It doesn't appear that, being triple the size of a normal card when printed, that it is 1/3 as common as a normal card just because it took up more space on the sheet. They're definitely tougher than that, I would guess they were probably printed on their own sheet to make the folding feature easier in production than mixing with non-folding normal cards. A normal card in the set is the size of one of the panels. So the card folded up could have fit just fine in a pack of cigarettes. It's unclear to me if they were ever issued in packs, or if they were distributed some other way as a kind of premium item.

It's one of those cards I really like independently from its set and wish was a super printed common, because it's a really cool and unique idea and execution. Off memory, I believe it's the only triple folder card from the ATC related sets outside of the T202 classic. I'd like a reprint for daily desk display

[dnilgis]

Originally Posted by G1911

Two different backs of the tough short printed T70 triple folder, featuring Adams, Franklin, Jefferson and more in a card version of Trumbull's painting.

I love this card, I have a new goal.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by dnilgis

I love this card, I have a new goal.

The totally official rules are that you must come back and post a picture of yours when you get one

[Exhibitman]

Stollwercks German Composers

[jason.1969]

Since the thread began with Einstein I’ll add his 1939 Palestinian issue. Part of a complete “History of the Jewish People” set.

[Peter_Spaeth]

French postcard of Bob Dylan from the 60s, as the image is the same as his known "rookie" cards from 1965, I would guess this is from 65 as well.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Debatable whether this is a "card" I suppose, it's an educational flash card, but I believe this is the first US issue of JFK, from 1962.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Debatable whether this is a "card" I suppose, it's an educational flash card, but I believe this is the first US issue of JFK, from 1962.

Ed-U Cards had a boxed set of Kennedy cards in 1961.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

Ed-U Cards had a boxed set of Kennedy cards in 1961.

Will I be able to find one do you think?