I was quite happy to pick up this series of 288 for $27; even with the tear.





My first Far West Gum

After picking up the look-a-likes i decided to snag 2 of the real cards . Great art work and colouring .

$15 the pair .

I was lucky to pickup three that I needed from the Novel Super Circus set.

Dan, I'm sending you separate high resolution images for the gallery page (which should be up to eight of twelve now).

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Well, been real busy the last few months so haven't posted much. I guess it is about time to jump into the famous "Riley Flea Market Time Machine" for a little view of some recent pickups....

We'll start in the 1970's (well we had to start somewhere right? Hopefully there will be something here for everyone!)....

Here are some 70's era Official Drag Champs cards. I don't see these much especially in nice shape. This was a near set only missing "Sneaky Pete" (anyone out there have a nice one let me know!):



Now we'll cruise on back to the 1960's for a quick peek at some Civil War News Currency...



Now it's off to the 1950's for a brief stay...

Some generic traders still in the packs:



Some Quaker cards with mailers:



Braves of Indian Nations (need a #7 - anyone got one?):





Lionel Nabisco inserts:



A few misc. items:



Now we are off to the 1940's....

Some lovely ladies:



Now to the 1930's...

I hadn't seen this one before. A 1935 album and set of movie star cards (cards are thin paper - set of 26 - a varitable "Who's-Who" of 1930's Hollywood).



a few samples:



Anyone know who the last two pictured are?

(Check this out if you want to learn more about mr. Darro - bio)

Come candy box cards:



Anyone know what the bottom 2 Indians are from? The backs are blank and the edges are perforated like the other candy box cards. They are also the same size as the Sullivan card which makes me think it is by the same manufacturer - Comics Novelty Candy Corp (they all came from the same person).

Now lets head on back to our last stop - the 1890's...



That's it! End of the ride.

on the Riley Express...........

Is that a #5 on that white butterfly and if so, is it for sale.....?

Hello to All ,

Another $15 well spent (in my opinion) . Forgive scan , machine playing up a bit .

Tom, No it is a #8 and also not for sale - sorry!

Todd,

Last one an "older" Harold Lloyd?

Number 87 on E123 Set. Also these cards are are later issue.i.e. Max baer,temple,durante....so it's plausible?

Probably not..as his nose is too pointy..oh well, just a guess.

Hello to All ...

Todd ,
^^^...looks like a ' thin ' Phil Silvers to me , but i've bad eye sight .

A pick up similar in style to Funny Valentines but released in the UK circa 1971 .

I think it is a younger George Burns but just wasn't sure.

The highlights are a R136 Sky Birds set (anyone with any extra "Series of 144's" from 25-33?) and this beauty:

Todd, I'm betting your #9 is Frankie Darrow from the 1934 racing movie "Burn 'em up Barnes."

Movie info:
http://www.movierevie.ws/movies/88710/Burn-Em-Up-Barnes.html

Frankie Darro As mentioned previous is No,. 9 in Burn em Up Barnes. No. 10 is Robert Woolsey of comedy team of Wheeler n Woolsey. made comedy films in the 1930's.

Thanks for the help guys!

Not much of a pickup, after Todd's
But a couple of things

Not some rare thing, but a fine condition Horrors of War, #155. I'd give it an EX, even being a wee bit miscut. With most older sets, I am not fanatical about condition, but when you do get one, it is nice enough.


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Group of 27, some are kind of wasted. Hoping to get 10 clean examples from the lot...maybe.

Great stuff Todd. You forgot to mention that the Frankie Darrow set is a candy set issued by Tootsie Roll.

Including an E2 set from Legendary, splitting an N31 set with another board memeber from REA, couple low grade lots from BCB auctions that filled some 'E' holes and just got my last First Column Defender last night from a Wrapper ad.............#12






GREAT lot of N158 War Photos......down to 7 or 8 for this set. Will have some dupes for trading from this lot........




Great Lot with some tough types........




Couple of upgrades on Newsboy Cabinets








Yellow Kid #1




Last Pepsin Indian pin I needed to have the set of 6 in RED and BLUE (12 total) printing




Couple of Kis-Me E255 Tradesman cards........very tough.....




(3) E196 Necco Strange People cards from across the pond....




Lot of (5) Kinney Jocular Oculars.....very tough in any condition....




Uncatalogued Cracker Jack Slide card.....hunter & bear. LOVE these....probably 1910's era cards that must have been the precursor design for the 1960's Topps Push Pull cards. Not sure how many of these there are but I'm up to 2 now and have seen 2-3 other different ones. Anyone have an idea? Smaller than the 1960's Topps Push Pull cards.

Hello to All ,

Tom , you've been busy recently . Did you hitch a ride on ' Todds Time Travel Train ' .
Some lovely cards , thanks for sharing .
----
Mark

Tom--that Necco series looks really neat---simple but striking design---nice pickup as I imagine they're not easy to find--

Don......they're tough. Rosanne Toser had a lot of 10-15 in one of her recent auctions and I forgot to bid on them. I have about 8-9 of the 19.

Tom,
Love those Cracker Jack cards! We have 5 diff cataloged so far in the database:

Battleship/Sailor
George Washington/Cherry Tree
Happy Child/Sad Child
Hunter/Bear
Sailor/Dog

Do you have any others not on the list?

I just recently got these two after being outbid on a Washington/Cherry Tree a while back. The competition for the 1910's Cracker Jack paper is pretty strong. I was happy to get them.

In the 1880's - there were many different styles of "mechanical" and specialty trade cards that moved, folded, or morphed. Here's a neat one that pre-dates the CJ one. It's for a popcorn treat but features a cigar smoking man - go figure





TOMMMMMMMMM

I have this one to trade for anything before I list it on ebay

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What a coincidence to go along with the current Wrapper cover story. Had to outbid Ralph on this one(ouch). Ralph, if this happens to be the last one you need on a complete tabbed set, we'll work something out

Richard, if anyone had to 'hijack Herbie' from me, am glad it was you!

My tabbed set is still about 30 from completion, so will get back to you about this particular card in, say, 20 years or so?

Outdone by the pros!
Again!

Super Pick Up Richard! I am a bit surpised at what those screws cover up. But the seller said there was wear on those bottom corners.

And I thought I could "Steal it" at 303.33!!!

You and Raplh are good.

Great card..thanks for sharing.

THANK YOU EBAY!!!!!

22 years after being introduced to the Marhoefer "Missiles and Jets" set, I have now completed the 20 card set.

Now if someone would just list the 12 Marhoefer "Review of Famous Racecars" and "Indy Drivers" cards I would have the entire Marhoefer group.

Jon.

Jon, you'll enjoy hearing this: about 15 years ago, there was a guy who sold entire Marhoefer airplane sets in The Wrapper -- he had a bunch, no shortage of these for sale -- and I while I don't recall the price, they weren't expensive.

The cards seemed a little 'greasy' though, as if coated for protection against the hot dogs with a little bit of vaseline or something. Quite weird.

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Hello to All ,

Another $21 spent . A few A & BC gum cards , a couple of Horrors & a trio of Warfare .

Dietz Gum Snow White Premiums display card



Balloon Gum Transfers Display



Ridley's Racing Car Lollipop Display



Ridley's issued the rare Screen Snappy movie star cards and it was unknown if they were a candy company or not.

I was the only bidder at 9.99 on the lower two items, so one of us is crazy. Either I'm nuts for throwing my money away, or you guys are nuts for letting me steal these.


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I was watching those top two items Jim, nice pickups. Wasn't sure the Snow White piece was real because the pics were somewhat fuzzy, apparently it is. I have a few Balloon Gum items somewhere - nice wrappers if I remember correctly. Are you in CT by any chance? Ever make it to Papermania? I should bring some items up there for ya this Aug....

Jeff
I used to go every year before ebay, Greenwich paper show, too. I should start going again.

Captain Gallant/Foreign Legion Stickers--(careful how you store these, the glue leaches out)


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Don - Great set of Foreign Legion Stickers.

What always cracked me up about these is the notation - "DO NOT PUT ON WALLPAPER".

I wonder how many actually were (I bet the notice put an evil idea into many kid's minds).

I do know these were issued in Hot Dog Packages in the 1950's but have never been able to identify the brand. Do you know what brand of hot dogs they were issued in?

ACC says Armour's Franks (BC20)

Jerry---the wallpaper comment is definitely LOL worthy! I got my first few of these stickers as part of a Capt. Gallant premium or membership kit of some kind---(If I could recall where I put it I might be able to say more)---there may have been more than one method of distribution (speculation on my part), but I know there are 8 cards/stickers to the set. If you have a good file of Hakes catalogs, go back couple years for an eye opener on what the set went for----(I thought the Superman collectors were the 800 lb gorillas of the world, but they haven't met the guys who collect these!)


Chuck--just missed your post, but Armours seems to ring a bell

Don - I know what these sell for. A few years ago I bought a lot of cards and six of the Foreign Legion stickers were in the group. Sold them to a collector in France for a hefty sum (Three times what I paid for the lot). One of my best Ebay buys.

Well, Don and Jerry, you have certainly tantalized re those Foreign Legion stickers . . . esp regarding value. Now, how about some numbers?

I actually have 6 of these, but only acquired as an afterthought, to augment a European-issued Foreign Legion set that I've been playing at building. Never really knew much of anything about the stickers, just liked how they looked ane liked the topic.

So . . . when you guys tell us stuff like (paraphrasing) "Holy Moses, these are pricey", do you mean $25 a card, $50 a card, $100 a card or what?

Jerry---please keep me in mind next time you turn up a busload of these stickers! I only need one more.

Ralph---I dropped out of the Hakes bidding when the cards reached $300 each (I know there was a premium on this lot because it was a seldom seen complete set)---anyway, at the 300 level i think I was the the 3rd underbidder---so IOW don't give yours away kids!

Ralph - Back in 2004 I bought a lot of cards, on Ebay, for $150.00. At the time I was just starting a HOW set and I bought the lot because it had 20 HOW cards in it that looked nice in the crappy seller scans. Did exceptionally well on those, one card graded PSA7, twelve PSA6 & the rest PSA5. Plus I got three WIA cards, two of which graded PSA6 & the other a PSA5. That got me started on a WIA set.

There were some other misc. cards in the group plus the Foreign Legion Stickers. I sold the group of six for $450.00 - which I thought was outstanding. Maybe the price I got wasn't that good after all. They were in EX+ condition.

Don - That was the only time in my life that I have owned those stickers. I've never seen them since.

There were a few of the known 9 drag strips (image in NSB) in pile I picked up. These 8 are different images, but also same size, blank backed and same card stock, so thinking might be more drag strip cards. Any one see these before? NSB has 9 images, but says 10 cards. Are any of these that 10th card? (NOTE: Tried to scan all, but image cut off on side)

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Any chance you can scan a back and either post or send to me? I'll check my assorted car cards and see what I find.

Thanks Bill. They're all blank backed. Same size/stock as known Dragstrips I have.

Wow, Mark!

WOW where did you score them from Mark?

Came in today's mail:

Sometimes when you are myopically focused on just 1 series; the cards come to you. 2 "large" collections, 1 came to me & 1 found the other.

Hopefully I will either find those last 7 cards I need for my R60 Master soon - or I'll have to begin to focus on other series again.....

A narrow type to go along with the new John Hodge book:

Not much, but a nice Civil War News #52

Just to finish the thread, came across ebay lot with same cards by coincidence and cards are 'stickshift'. Crazy asking price on ebay.