HOF: 1 or 1's

[DanP]

I believe I have the only graded 1922 Witmor Candy George Kelly card (and possibly the only card). Show any card of a HOF'er that you believe could be the only known copy of that card.

If anyone has a card that someone else thinks is a "1 of 1" then please show it!

[bnorth]

I know this is not Pre-WWII but it is a HOFer and 1/1(only known). I have owned/still own several other 89 & 90 Score wrong back pairs of HOFers. In 20+ years of looking I have only found 2 1990 and 0 1989 Score wrong back cards that I did not own first.
This is a Wade Boggs/Roger Clemens 1990 Score wrong back pair. Click on the pic for a short video of them being turned over to show both side of the cards.

[Rob D.]

I'm always hesitant to call any card a "one of one," because I think there are so many collections out there that few people know about. That being said, I'd welcome the chance to see another example of this Aaron (forgive the departure from post war).

[Leon]

I never call anything one of one.....I always say one of one "known"......as I too think there is more of almost everything out there...for now, this is a one of one.

[WillowGrove]

I've posted this one in other threads - as far as I know, this is the only known PC of Campy on his Mexican League team. (not autograph on back)

[Brian Van Horn]

I have not seen another one of any of the following three:

[h2oya311]

A few of my one-of-one knowns - assuming Postcards count:

1909 Superior RPPC - Bancroft


1905 RPPC - Cobb


c1943 RPPC - Dandridge


1940s RPPC - Giles


1950 Winston-Salem Team Issue - Weaver

[h2oya311]

Peter - awesome Campy!!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great stuff, guys, this is my kind of thread. At one time, it seemed that about 1/3 of my collection was 1 of 1's but, unfortunately, many of those are now gone.......

[Mark]

I find this very interesting and enjoyable, but I can't help wondering how long it will take for two guys to post here each one proudly showing us his beloved copy of the same card.

[Sean]

I think this is the only one. Has anyone seen another Merkle with this back?

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[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Sean

I think this is the only one. Has anyone seen another Merkle with this back?

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Is Merkle in the boner HOF?

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by Mark

I find this very interesting and enjoyable, but I can't help wondering how long it will take for two guys to post here each one proudly showing us his beloved copy of the same card.

By posting first, we may be killing off the competition . Besides, I'd post this one, but I am sure someone has another:

[Sean]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Is Merkle in the boner HOF?

No, sorry, I missed the part about HOFs.
But if there was a hall of infamy he would get in on the first ballot.

[Runscott]

[Runscott]

Another possible '1 of 1', with tie-in to Stengel card - Nichols was Stengel's neighbor in Kansas City.

In the spring of 1910 (according to Stengel's biographer, Robert Creamer), before Stengel reported to the Kansas City Blues, Nichols gave him some advice, cautioning him about arguing and advising him to listen to his manager and the older players. Fifty years later, Stengel still remembered that conversation.

[oldjudge]

With Lowell(Duffy UL)

[ZenPop]

Originally Posted by DanP

I believe I have the only graded 1922 Witmor Candy George Kelly card (and possibly the only card). Show any card of a HOF'er that you believe could be the only known copy of that card.

If anyone has a card that someone else thinks is a "1 of 1" then please show it!

Wow... I actually met George Kelly! He (and his wife) were friends with my grandmother... They all lived in Millbrae, CA and I got to go over there one time when I was a kid and got an autographed baseball and saw his amazing trophy room. He told me an amazing story of what an a-hole Leo Durocher was back in 1921... He said Durocher and Casey Stengel were going at it during a game... and they decided to fight after the game. Stengel asked Kelly to go with to watch him whip Durocher and when they got there Durocher was carrying a bat that he wouldn't put down... I think that's the first time I recall an adult swearing in a conversation with me... It was a pretty cool conversation.

When Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame, my grandmother was invited and she brought me back a program signed by a few players. I have to fish it out... but I seem to recall: Kelly and Lefty Grove... (Might have been Lefty Gomez... but pretty sure Grove.)

When Kelly passed away, my grandmother told me that Kelly's wife had wanted to give me a souvenir of some sort, but that there son wouldn't let anything go. Oh well...

[T206Collector]

[Sean1125]

Ruth & Gehrig (error back) both on card!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

I cannot find another (even a non-error version)

Ruth & Gehrig both on card!

Here ya go..I believe there are a few other of these around too but can't be positive.



here is one.

[warrior1978]

One of ???

[bcbgcbrcb]

Here are a few 1 of 1's that I still have.............

[Rob D.]

Absolutely the only one in existence.

[sb1]

Originally Posted by warrior1978

One of ???

My old buddy! paid $10 for that card once upon a time.

AND used to own Phil's Mordecai Brown ML team card, I have seen one other of those.

[jb217676]

C. 1910 Hughie Jennings RPPC and a 1924-28 RPPC of George Sisler raising the flag. I've never seen any other copies.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Leon

Here ya go..I believe there are a few other of these around too but can't be positive.



here is one.

Is angola/morena different backs or just due to the wrong back/wrong number in the set?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Is angola/morena different backs or just due to the wrong back/wrong number in the set?

I would/do classify them as 2 different sets.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Leon

I would/do classify them as 2 different sets.

I changed my post then... I cannot find another angola/error ruth gehrig!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

I changed my post then... I cannot find another angola/error ruth gehrig!

That is ABSOLUTELY the ONLY ONE of those I have ever seen!!

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by Sean

I think this is the only one. Has anyone seen another Merkle with this back?

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Im not a t206 collector but that is one interesting card!

[ElCabron]

The real photo postcards posted in this thread have been amazing, but I kind of think they don't really fit within the spirit of a "1 of 1 card" as I'm viewing it. I do consider them cards, or close enough to cards. And I'm glad they've been posted. But so many real photo postcards are unique examples. A real photo postcard that's a 1 of 1 isn't particularly rare, even though that particular example might be, if that makes sense. But a 1 of 1 for a card that is part of an issue where numerous examples were likely produced and distributed is quite rare, in my opinion. I'm definitely not trying to take anything away from the RPPCs that have been posted here because there are several of them I would love to own. I hope some of that makes sense because it doesn't feel like I'm doing a good job of explaining myself. Also, like Leon, I prefer to say "only known example" instead of 1 of 1.

Anyway, here are a few of mine:

1902 Seymour Church Rube Waddell premium

1927-28 Mallorquina Martin Dihigo (1st card)

1945 Mexican Ray Dandridge (1st card)

1950s Dominican Juan Marichal (1st card)

-Ryan

[kdixon]

Here are a few of Zach Wheat. On the Prairie Roses he is on the top row first player on the left. I would call this his earliest in uniform issue.

[kdixon]

Love the Rube Waddell. The color is great Ryan.

[pencil1974]

I've shown this in many threads but I love the card and might as well show it again. This is the only white gloss version of Ruth I've ever seen or come across.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by Mark

I find this very interesting and enjoyable, but I can't help wondering how long it will take for two guys to post here each one proudly showing us his beloved copy of the same card.

Here is my Witmor Candy Collection showing some of the Hall of Famers... it seems like I've seen one of these guys somewhere before!

Just messin' with you DanP, yours would grade higher than mine anyways!

[philliesphan]

but i've never seen another example of this 1921 Holsum Bread Stengel

[Exhibitman]

I have never seen another strip card version of this Simmons:



Only specimen of this Adam Hats Gomez I've ever seen:



There were probably a few of these printed, but this is the only one I've ever seen in decades of chasing this set, a prizewinning card from the 1968 Atlantic Oil contest set:



I've seen others from the issue but not this one:



Not exactly a card but a neat item of my favorite player as a kid:



Coney Island Arcade Lou Gehrig:



And just because my collection is...eclectic, I have to throw this in:

1930 Chocolatin Mercedes Papke and Lewis. A very rare issue from Uruguay:

[Brian Weisner]

Here's another Merkle/Lenox


Be well Brian

[ullmandds]

This thread should be called "debunking supposed one of a kind HOF'ers!"

I can't believe any T206(besides maybe a signed one or a print freak) is a 1/1?!

[Brian Weisner]

A couple more...



Nice cards everyone.... Be well Brian

[paul]

Ryan,

Your Juan Marichal is awesome. Do you know what year or what set it is from?

Paul

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by paul

Ryan,

Your Juan Marichal is awesome. Do you know what year or what set it is from?

Paul

It looks like Marichal played in the Dominican for that team (Leones del Escogito) from 1957-1964. All Dominican "Album cards" are just estimates when it comes to dating them. That said, I think that Ryan's card is simply bad-ass too!!!

[Joe_G.]

Seems strange to call an 1886 issue Deacon White's rookie year since he began his major league career in 1871, but card sets wouldn't surface until the end of his career. The presented portrait of Deacon was unknown until 2009 when a near complete collection of Tomlinson cabinets surfaced. Several action poses (batting or pitching) are known for each player on the 1886 team but portraits are often unknown or unique.

[cyseymour]

Wow, Joe, that's incredible.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I can't believe any T206(besides maybe a signed one or a print freak) is a 1/1?!

You can make any card a 1 of 1 by writing on it -- or, better yet, having your wife write on it.

Sign your name on the front (or back) of a 1986 Topps Don Mattingly and -- voila! -- assuming you don't do it again, it's unique. Like Ryan said, not sure that was the original intent of the thread.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great Deacon White card, Joe.

[Brian Van Horn]

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[cyseymour]

Here is a card that is unique in a certain sense - its provenance. It is from the estate of King Kelly's teammate, Billy Sunday. So if the image itself is not unique, at least the provenance is.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great image of King, Jamie.