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[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by AMPduppp

Picked these up off the BST about two weeks ago. They were listed as 1922 Caramelos la Colmena. Has anyone ever seen any other cards from this issue before?

The set would be from Spain; doesn't look like them, though.

https://www.classicsoccercards.com/p...tistas-de-cine

[G1911]

150 out of 250 down. The early 1910 Jeffries card uses a pre-Johnson fight prep picture. This issue is almost certainly the first of the ATC boxing issues.

[Exhibitman]

That photo is actually from around 1899. He had hair



A few years later, not so much



By 1909



Scary, isn't it?

[AMPduppp]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The set would be from Spain; doesn't look like them, though.

https://www.classicsoccercards.com/p...tistas-de-cine

Agreed that it doesn't resemble any of the soccer issues there, but I'm kinda lost as to what other set they could be from then.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by AMPduppp

Agreed that it doesn't resemble any of the soccer issues there, but I'm kinda lost as to what other set they could be from then.

No way to know for sure. There are so many uncatalogued or barely catalogued issues from countries other than the USA and UK. I've got prewar types from all over Europe that have zero information.

[G1911]

An E78. Not a pretty one, but they are fairly tough.

[G1911]

More Mayo's, getting closer to a 70 card run. The Van Heest is an excellent example of the toning variations in the name at bottom cards. Carney and Plimmer next to him are not the super tough true black and white versions, they just have the slight sepia filter instead of the red one on Van Heest here. The number of actual different versions is still a mystery to me as it becomes hard to separate the less obvious ones.

Edwards and Carney are the 'good ones' in my eye as they appeared in the T220 silver series. Griffo, Plimmer and Edwards held legitimate claims to world championships in their weight classes. Carney was the lightweight champion of England for a time in the 1880's.

[G1911]

Fitzsimmons, x2. The cards are from around the time he vacated the Middleweight world title to fight at Heavyweight.