One of the cool things about collecting autographed pre-war cards is that they are extremely rare, and may, in fact, be totally unique. These cards and the Cy Young super overprint that just sold on ebay got me thinking -- what other pre-war cards are totally unique, i.e., only 1 known example (or at least under a small handful).

Just one rule -- no cards that are unique solely by virtue of their grade by a third party grading company (e.g., highest graded T206 Unglaub doesn't count). What I am looking for here are cards that completely transcend grade because of scarcity.

Here's what I think is probably my rarest card -- a dual-signed T201:




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#1: The oldest verifiable boxing card, John C. Heenan ca. 1862 from Charles Deforest Fredricks' "Specialite" series
#29: The only T220 silver Mike Donovan
#89: 1924 standup card of Benny Leonard from the Flying Fists serial
#90: N556 Bob Fitzsimmons with Campbell mount and ad back for the Boston Herald.

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That Phillippe/Engle card is awesome.

ca.1920 Cuban Babe Ruth

The story behind this card is it was found tucked into an old Spalding Guide that was formally owned by the premier Cuban baseball historian and author, Severo Nieto. Originally sold at auction on Ryan Christoff's cubanbaseballcards.com site in Nov. 2005. The card measures roughly 2.5" by 3.75" and the stock is thick.

I have quite a few "cards" that could possibly be one of a kinds but this one is my favorite.

1916 Lincoln Tigers Bob Powers

This is the only one of these I've managed to get graded ...

Wow Richard, I love that Victory Cobb. My birthday is July 21st

Richard,
That Cobb blows me away every time.
JimB

Most likely 1 of 1

Richard, Incredible Victory Tobacco Ty Cobb. That card is spectacular.

I haven't seen another H2H Nunamaker anyway-

1910ish New England Gum Co.
Christy Mathewson

Honus at Augusta?

I couldn't afford an entire Cobb, so I just got his hind end.




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Carrigan at Lewiston High School.

Cool Papa Bell & Hilton Smith.....




Roy Campanella.....




Ed Delahanty.....




Tim Murnane.....




Alex Pompez.....




Babe Ruth.....




Frank Selee & Kid Nichols & John Clarkson & King Kelly.....




Georgw Weiss.....

T206 Matty proof

I know the Meusel contradicts the theme of the post, but hey...

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PS Wagner's image is on the back.... I wish... Be well Brian

I have never seen another one. Orange is provided to show what the normal E93 Evers looks like.

If we're going by pop reports, this is a one of none.

If you search for:
1903 Baseball
in the SGC pop reports -
you get the e107s

or you get this card:

1903 Astoria Giants

Ferguson Bakery which should NOT be confused with Fleischmann Bakery

Richard - Awesome cobby.

Wes - love the matty.

Jim - I cant tell you how hard I thought about going strong on that yellow evers - great card.

This subject is a lob for me. I could fill the rest of the page.....but will just leave it at this "set" of overprints.....with the only known "Oh You Fan" card....

1904 EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS





UNKNOWN JIMMY FOXX CARD




1949 BOWMAN UNCUT COMPLETE SHEET




1949 THREE HOFers and 1950 PHILLIES HERO (COLOR ERRORS)




1949 LEAF ("3-D" MIS-PRINT)





A ONE and ONLY 1952 BOWMAN FB (LARGE CARDS) UNCUT SHEET



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Nice Fleischmann's, J.C.

Richard - that is a sick card!

I'm not sure if this is unique, but I've never seen another...

Tough Oversize Postcard issue (only ever seen one other from set, Bayless)


Uncatalogued E270 Red Border Colgan (Unlike the Tin Tops, the Red Border checklist is pretty firmly established. There have bee 4 additions to the entire checklist since the mid-1990's)


Uncat E270 Tin Tops...


I still have not seen another horizontal Witmor Candy type 2 back (w/glove in ad)


-Rhett

A few of my favorite things ...

1904 Allegheny Frank Selee



1927 Imperial Chocolate Postcard Ruth/Hornsby (from Cuba)



1901 Mini-Cabinet Amos Rusie w/Cincinnati



1916 Standard Biscuit Bobby Wallace




1940 Colorized Playball Stengel



1920 Holsum Bread Cicotte



1982 Korean card of Tom Seaver

Young upside down back.. it was a battle for the card but worth it!

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Jim Clarke,

Outstanding D381 Duffy Lewis. Let me know if you ever want/need to get rid of it

I can't say for sure, but I believe that this 1886 issue with Connor and Welch's rookies are all 1/1s:

I have background info on the cabinets as they were once mine. E-mail if interested in the information.

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...soon to be auctioned in Mastro's Live Auction Aug. 1st.

for the record, not sure 100% if it's (1/1)...might be (1/2)...

What great cards everyone has.

However I do have a question.

It was my understanding the T206 "sheets" and the same subject in a column, like Jeff's T206 Cobb...


And not like J Hull's T206 Phillippe...


Can someone clear this up?

Thanks,
ChiSoxFan

in some cases it was the same player vertically, and in other cases it was different players vertically...

But good luck finding one of these with a baseball player on the front. I'll consider mine to be 1 of 2, with a polite and deferential nod to Richard.

I am sure there are plenty of these, but I have never seen another. A t205 back with two different players.

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W514 Weaver with rare Mother's Bread back.

Unconfirmed rumor is that there's one more of these out there!