E107 1903 or 1904

[DanP]

I see that the E107's were issued from 1903 to 1904. Is there a way (other than a player changing teams) to tell exactly which year a certain card was issued? I noticed SGC and PSA always label as "1903 ..." as opposed to "1903-04". Is there more to the story? I've never seen an E107 labeled "1904 ...".

Where can I get a copy of this article:
"1903-04 E107 Breisch-Williams: The Historic Set and It's Sponsor" - Old Cardboard, Issue #4 released on 7/15/2005 by Brian McQueen. I did a google search and didn't find it.

Thanks,
Dan

[Smokey Joe]

Hi Dan...you could order a back issue for $10 or someone may have the article, i will look now and see if i have it.


Mark

[Smokey Joe]

sent as PDF to your email, let me know how it came out...


Mark

[DanP]

Thanks Mark!

Dan

[tlwise12]

Mark,

Hi, I'm Travis! Is there anyway you could email that to me as well???

Thanks so much

tlwise12@aol.com
Travis

[DanP]

Travis, email with PDF attached sent (thanks again Mark).

Dan

[ErikV]

DanP,

I haven't read the OC article (issue #4) in some time, so it may
say otherwise, but keep in mind that the American League was
established in 1903. Without checking every single player in
the set and matching the teams they played for (which would
give an accurate time frame for when this series was issued),
and considering the rather archaic printing means of the period,
I would venture to say the set likely was issued as a promotion
in early 1904 - shortly after the very first World Series.

[DanP]

Originally Posted by ErikV

DanP,

I haven't read the OC article (issue #4) in some time, so it may
say otherwise, but keep in mind that the American League was
established in 1903. Without checking every single player in
the set and matching the teams they played for (which would
give an accurate time frame for when this series was issued),
and considering the rather archaic printing means of the period,
I would venture to say the set likely was issued as a promotion
in early 1904 - shortly after the very first World Series.

Thanks Eric.

So it could be argued that for AL Players who have both 1904 Fan Craze and 1903-04 E107's their "RC" (or 1st card) could be either a E107 or a 1904 Fan Craze? There would be no real proof that the E107 was actually produced in 1903 (except for a team change during that period, which I don't believe any AL HOF'ers had).

I'll stick with the much less expensive Fan Craze cards for AL HOF'ers unless there's real proof that the E107's were sold in 1903.

I guess this topic is similar to the 1916-1920 Big Head discussion going on in another thread.

Dan

[Bicem]

Wasn't it proven that all Fan Craze cards (both leagues) were produced in 1906?

edited to add: maybe not proven, but widely believed to be 1906?