1910 T118 - The World's Greatest Explorers

MorrellMan

Celebrating Admiral Peary's journey to the North Pole the year before - this set is complete at 25 cards. The American Tobacco Cards price guide & checklist states that it is a companion set with the 25-card T30 Arctic Scenes set; here's a pre-grading preview:

invader

Hi,

They are very nice cards. Do you have the Artic Scenes set as well, if so any scans?

Also, my Murrays catalog has this set listed as 1914 rather than 1910 but I know Murrays is prone to errors. Is 1910 correct?

thanks for the scans.

Matt


edited to add: Does anyone have any of these to trade?

MorrellMan

Matt

I haven't any interest in the T30 set at this time, as I'm finding that the early tobacco issues I like are the ones that feature people rather than places. As far as the year goes, the ATC guide is pretty good with their info. You can pick one up on eBay fairly inexpensively. I'm not familiar with Murrays - do they focus more on cards on your side of the pond?

Griffins

Mark-
I picked up a set of these at the National, and they are my favorite set. Bob Marcy told me they were 1910, although opinions on this vary.

invader

Mark-

Murrays is the standard in the UK, used by every dealer I know to price their cards. They have a standard catalogue that is updated each year (2005 edition was released last month). They also produce some smaller publications on specialist areas.

Murrays Web Site


Matt

Cubfan

Nice cards Mark. Does the reverse have some interesting reading on it too?

There are some sets where I enjoy reading the backs of the cards almost as much as looking at the fronts.

joker73

I believe the backs have short biographies on them ... a few of the fronts (Schley, Hudson, etc.) also look very similar to their T68 counterparts. Thanks for sharing the pics - there's nothing like seeing the beauty of a complete T* set all at once!

Robert

MorrellMan

Typical back; the front of this card is above, row 5, 1st card on the left:

MorrellMan

Well, I picked up a couple of T30 cards, Arctic Scenes, the companion set of 25
cards that goes with the T118 set....I'm hooked - they are little masterpiece works of art:

WinPitcher

Really nice stuff Mark, I too am now always on the lookout for vintage non sport cards. American and European need not matter to me.

speeder

hey mark,

sweet !!

sorry, i`ve been absent for the most part. this time of year keeps me really busy.

i`ll have to keep my eyes open for some of those !

see ya, lee

MorrellMan

<< <i>i`ll have to keep my eyes open for some of those ! >>



Hey Lee. Ummm....maybe, don't?

Good to see you back - Happy Holidays!

yf

Stone193

Really nice Mark
Ya wonder if there is the original art of for those litho style cards that probably got trashed. That's one thing I like about Topps...nothing gets trashed...someone thinking ahead advised them....save this stuff...it will be worth something someday.
thanx for sharing...BTW I liked the Sisler card so much that I emailed a guy in the UK to see if he could get me a real nice one or the entire set.
your friend
Mike

MorrellMan

<< <i>Ya wonder if there is the original art of for those litho style cards that probably got trashed. >>


The artwork and the back text was done by an artist named Albert Operti, who also did the text on the backs of the T118s. I would think there are originals around - Operti is/was a highly regarded recorder of Arctic life and scenes.



<< <i>That's one thing I like about Topps...nothing gets trashed... >>


unless you're a '52 high number....