Maybe my most epic small submission poppage! 114 year old Cards!

Golfcollector · March 28, 2011 12:36PM

These are all 1897 Baines Shield and Golf ball cards....Yes you read that right, these are from 1897.
To say these are rare is an understatement. I think there are about 8 Shield card varieties known to exist and roughly 25 different golf ball version cards.
I bought all of these from the same auction and I though they looked really really good, but I could not have imagined this.

I would have been very happy if all came back in the 4-5 range. Per the pop report there were only 5 golf ball variation cards ever graded prior to my submission of 5, and there had been only two of the shield version cards graded. 2 - AUTHENTIC Grades, 1- PSA 2, 1- PSA 3, 1 PSA 5 and 1 PSA 9...so needless to say, these are pretty tough.

Can't wait to get them back in the mail to show scans, normally I post just this stuff on the Vintage Golf card thread on the Set Registy board but this deserved sharing with the entire crowd as well.

1 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) WHIT GOLF-SHIELD
2 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) WEARSIDE WELL DRIVEN-GOLF BALL
3 MINT 9 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) COMBE HILL GOOD STROKE-GOLF BALL
4 1 EXCELLENT 5 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) COVENTRY WELL DRIVEN-GOLF BALL
5 EXCELLENT 5 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) ROYAL EASTBOURNE WELL DRIVEN-GOLF BALL
6 MINT 9 1897 J. BAINES CRICKET AND FOOTBALL (GOLF BALL/SHIELD) FOXGROVE WELL DRIVEN-GOLF BALL

An 8.5 and two 9's on cards that are 114 years old.......EPIC.

Thanks for looking and sharing in my excitement!

Dave

Dboneesq · March 28, 2011 12:40PM

Congrats Dave ... Any idea on their FMV?

hhmag70 · March 28, 2011 12:40PM

What, no 10?

Congrats on some very cool cards.

PowderedH2O · March 28, 2011 12:48PM

Yeah... I don't see the point. Everything I have from '97 is either a 9 or 10. Seriously... good stuff!!!

Golfcollector · March 28, 2011 12:52PM

No clue on value, I am keeping them to be sure though.

If you find them on overseas auctions, they typically go for 75-100 each as raw cards, and I have found that condition does not matter. A few people collect the Baines stuff in particular (the majority of it is cricket and rugby cards from what I normally see) although there was a Philadelphia and also New York Baseball shields that each ended for $55 today on ebay. I almost bought them just because they are cool, but someone got a great deal on those in my opinion. Although the auction listed the baseball ones from 1905, so that might be correct that they are from a different year.

Here is what a baseball shield looks like

Golfcollector · March 28, 2011 12:58PM

Here are the raw card versions of the Whit Shield and Coombe Hill Ball cards I had graded just so you can see what these cool cards look like

mlbfan2 · March 28, 2011 1:41PM

Wow! How many PSA 9s are there of ANY trading card that old?

TheHun · March 28, 2011 2:02PM

I am looking for one of those in particular - Arthur Wharton - 100 yard dash. I will pay top dollar for anyone who can supply this card.

Thanks

GooshA · March 28, 2011 2:17PM

With two 1897 '9' 's you just shut the heck up out of the majority of blabber vintage collectors that even look here. That is bad *ss stuff you got .

Come on bad boy 50's collectors, your little wimpy PSA 7 56 Mantles pretty much suck. Bow to this stuff.

captainthreeputt · March 28, 2011 2:49PM

That is awesome. I picked up a raw set of 1930 Carreras Alice in wonderland and they were so nice, I decided they had to be graded. The set came back at avg PSA 8.02. Quite a few 9's and one 10. I thought that was pretty amazing, but a couple of PSA 9's from 1897 is out of control!!!!!!!

Congrats,

Brian