Here is Louisiana-native Ennis Telfair 'Rebel' Oakes, subject of one of the deadball era's most beautiful cards. Reportedly, Rebel once boasted (with humor): “Cobb would be pretty fair, if he could field as well as I do”...
This 1916 D381 Fleischmann set is pretty tough to collect (they’re quite rare), but it contains some fantastic photography, as evidenced by the Captain of the 1919 Worlds Champion Reds here - Heinie Groh. I would give my left thumb for the Grover Alexander card from this set…
Many thanks to the redoubtable Howard Chasser for cutting me some slack at The Philly Show on Sunday, which allowed me to walk away with this bad boy (none graded higher by SGC or PSA). This one had been on my wish list for a LONG time - the T213 is a little glossy and has better color than the T206…
