Q&A

Today's email comes from Rick:

Q:

"Spent a week in Arizona and picked up some pre-war cards at a shop down there. Goudeys and Play Balls mostly, so I am now officially collecting a few pre-war sets. No dupes yet but one of the cards he had it the stack was a card or maybe not a card that I can't find in the Beckett. Any help with this is appeciated. The front is a black and white photo of Ping Bodie C.F.-New York Americans, the back says Witmor Candy Company AD about a 80 card set one "picture" in each package of Witmor's Kisses. It feels thick like a card and is about the size of a Tobacco card."

(Not his card, but an image I had of an E121 Bodie to show for the purposes of illustration.)

A:

Witmor is one of the many different backs that are found on the backs of cards similar to E121.

They're not really grouped in as E121 in hobby guides, they're classified as uncatalogued.

Q&A

Today's question comes from Marvin, who asks:

Q:

"I have an American Caramel Company card with name of player in the white border. Is that E-121?  The name is ELMER SMITH ?"

(A different Smith -- I don't have an image of Elmer -- to illustrate what an e121 looks like.)

A:

Elmer Smith did appear in the E121 set.

Here's a page that gives a quick description of the set...they mention two different sets based on the back caption, a "Series of 80" and a "Series of 120." While some players appeared in both series, Elmer Smith did not appear in the "Series of 80."