Allen & Ginter World’s Champions 1st series (ACC# N28)

Allen & Ginter’s The World’s Champions set (ACC # N28) was the 1st series of a multi-sport set released in the late 19th century. Several sports are highlighted including baseball and boxing.

This set consisted of 50 unnumbered cards, split up into baseball players, oarsmen, wrestlers, pugilists, rifle shooters, billiard players and pool players. Anyone know the difference between a billiard player and a pool player? Sounds like the beginning of a joke but apparently there is a difference as this set split them up.

Who is the billiard player and who is the pool player?

Depending on the condition of the card and who is depicted, you can currently find these cards for anywhere from $20-30 dollars to several hundred or more.

John L Sullivan - Boxer

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Allen & Ginter Quadrupeds Checklist (ACC# N21 & N41)

Here is a listing of the cards that make up the N21 & N41 Quadruped Allen & Ginter sets. The card subjects are the same for both sets with the N41 set being the larger format. Both sets have 50 cards.

1. Antelope
2. Armadillo
3. Badger
4. Beaver
5. Bighorn
6. Black Bear
7. Bloodhound
8. Boar
9. Buffalo
10. Camel
11. Chamois
12. Deer
13. Dromedary
14. Elephant
15. Fox
16. Flying Squirrel
17. Grey Squirrel
18. Giraffe
19. Gnu
20. Grizzly Bear
21. Hippopotamus
22. Hyena
23. Ibex
24. Jaguar
25. Kangaroo
26. Leopard
27. Lion
28. Llama
29. Lynx
30. Marten
31. Monkey
32. Moose
33. Musk Ox
34. Opossum
35. Orangoutang
36. Otter
37. Peccary
38. Porcupine
39. Polar Bear
40. Prairie Dog
41. Puma
42. Raccoon
43. Reindeer
44. Rhinoceros
45. Tapir
46. Tiger
47. Walrus
48. Wolf
49. Zebra
50. Zebu

Allen & Ginter Quadrupeds (ACC# N21 & N41)

Allen & Ginter issued two Quadruped sets in the 1890s. These cards depict, you guessed it, quadrupeds of various sorts. The definition of a quadruped is “An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; often restricted to the mammals.” Definition courtesy of www.biology-online.org.

The first set (N21) is the standard size of the period, roughly 1 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches, and consists of 50 cards.

N21 Hyena

N21 Back

The N41 set (also 50 cards) is a larger format, approximately 3 x 3 1/4 inches. The N41 cards show the same picture as the corresponding N21 card with additional designs on the borders.

N41 Rhino

N41 Back

Currier & Ives Trade Cards

Currier & Ives prints (1835 – 1907) cover a vast spectrum of subjects and types. I’m focusing on the tobacco and trade cards here (also documented in the American Card Catalog). There’s tons of good information on the web – just google (or Bing) it…

Many of the trade cards will have some business information printed on them as well, making them more interesting in my opinion. The card below is classified in the Comic Titles category in the ACC but this particular one has an ad for a tobacconist.

Caught Napping

I believe there’s somewhere close to 200 different trade cards with who knows how many variations. They don’t seem to come up all that often on eBay but are findable.

Crack Shot

The Pet of the Fancy

More Clipper ship cards

Found some more cool examples of clipper ship cards:

There can be multiple cards for a particular ship, here’s two for the Panama. The first is for New York to San Francisco and the second from San Francisco to Australia. Don’t know if these cards are from the same trip (different legs) or not.

Panama - NY to SF

Panama - SF to Australia

The designs also range from the very plain to really elaborate:

Melrose

Bunker Hill

Looks like the majority of these cards were produced by Nesbitt & Co. printers, although alot of cards don’t state who printed them. I’ll post more interesting examples and information as I find it.

John Tucker Clipper Ship

I’ve just recently discovered clipper ship cards and find them very interesting.  Beautiful printing and the historical aspect are what attract me.  The image below is a card for the John Tucker which was owned and operated by Sutton & Co. with Frank Hallett as the ship’s master. A recent example of this card sold on eBay for $1,250. Apparently most cards in decent condition sell around this price range.

This card is advertising the run from New York to San Francisco and is printed by Nesbit & Co.

John Tucker

You can find more basic information about clipper ship cards HERE and more examples HERE.