SCARCE to RARE - Four related sets all listed under E92.
The first and most common (E92-1) has John H. Dockman and Sons on back and says "50 Base Ball Players", but there are only 40 different cards checklisted so far.
The second set (E92-2) from Philadelphia, has "Candy Crofts Croft and Allen Co." printed on the back. These Crofts Candy cards are found printed in one of 3 colors on back, Black (most common), Blue (scarce), or Red (impossible) and there are 50 in the set.
The third set (E92-3) from Philadelphia, says "Crofts Swiss Milk Cocoa" and pictures a bottle of Cocoa. There are 50 in the set.
The fourth and scarcest (E92-4), says Nadja Caramel on back. Nadja Caramels were manufactured by the Blake-Wenneker Candy Co. of St. Louis. The checklist is similar to other E92 sets except Nadja includes a group of St. Louis AL and NL players not found in the other sets. There are 62 different cards known. They have captions is black.
The 1910 E104 cards are rare and are found with either a Nadja Caramel back or a blank back. There are 3 different sets. The E104-1 set pictures Philadelphia A's players and is complete at 18 different cards not including variations. The E104-2 set pictures Pittsburg Pirates players and is complete at 11 different cards. The E104-3 set pictures players with a caption in blue, there are 37 different known but others do exist. |
