1936 S&S Game?

tkd7

What is the background on this set?

Looking at the registry, it looks like 7 people are collecting it. High grades seem pretty common with ~80% at PSA 8 or higher.

Carew29

I have a complete Mint set including the box and Peg board. Bought it two years ago in Palm Springs,Calif, during a vacation. I would assume alot of high grades are in there. But i may just keep it ungraded.

qualitycards

High grades can be had since the cards have rounded corners and can take more abuse then cards with square corners.
Then again, this was a card game that was meant to be shuffled, dealt & handled. I have seen some nice high grade sets
both graded & ungraded, and I've seen some beat up ones too! Not worthy of a slab.
And since its nowhere near as popular as the Goudey, Diamond Stars & Play Ball sets of the day, you can pick up high grade HOFers
pretty reasonably and at a fraction of the other sets mentioned.
As coincidence, I purchased a complete graded set last week in PSA-8's & 9's. I did not register it, since they will be broken up.
So now & then complete sets can be had..jay

tkd7

thanks for the info

LuxuryWines

I will echo what JAy said . The cards from this set when compared to the big issues of the 30's (Goudey etc) are a relative bargin. The cards are not too difficult to find in PSA 8, and completing a PSA 8 set is not altogether difficult ....

Completing a PSA 9 set is hard POPS are low and several cards will drive you nuts in PSA 9 the Appling, Cuyler, Demarre,Grimm,Harder,Medwick and Vosmik. The bulk of the PSA 10's in this set came from 1 submission(Until 6 months ago there were only 2-3 PSA 10's in total.)

The set itself was called "the NAtional Game and was issued by the S&S Game Company of Chicago. The Set was issued in 2 different formats. The cards come with a green felt back and a tan back. The Green cards were issued in a large game box and the Tan backs were issued in a significantly smaller box. The game originally cost a whopping 50 cents.

The game box was issued wih the 52 player cards (Seen on the registry) 1 directions for playing the game card and 1 directions for using the score card. In addition the box contained a peg board and a contest slip to be sent in with a letter explaining why you like the national game for cash awards (no amount specified on the slip).

The tan backs are significantly rarer but I do not believe they are as rare as the POP reports suggest. (I believe PSA only began labeling Tan backs 6 months to a year ago) Based on what I have seen with the cards my guess is the ratio of green to tan backs would be about 4 to 1.

Several hobby veterans have told me that the sets we find today came from one dealer and as late as the early 1980's could be had for around $30 (Robert Edwards auctions had a nice write up on it in their 2005 auction catalog) I can not remember the name of the dealer.....

I will finally complete my all PSA 9 set (not counting the directions cards or contest slips). Some time later this week as I finally acquired a Medwick in PSA 9. All told it took me about 3 years to do, and I had to buy 4 complete sets, made several trades and bought 2-3cards off of EBAY....

Jeff

qualitycards

<< <i>All told it took me about 3 years to do, and I had to buy 4 complete sets, made several trades and bought 2-3cards off of EBAY.... >>


JEFF - Do you remember where you got your 1st set?
You always remember your first! ...jay

LuxuryWines

Jay .... How Could I ever forget... If my wife ever finds out how much I spent on this set ..... I get dibs on the couch at your house....

Griffins

Jeff, from what I understand that is where Jay ends up most nites.....

qualitycards

....and mornings and afternoons.
It is damn cozy ...jay