Description: For the Baseball Hobbyist . . . The Sporting News Publishing Co. & Megacards 1991 CONLON COLLECTION - "For the Love of the Game" COMPLETE SET of 330 cards plus 4 BONUS CARDS Worth $11.70+* This is the First of 5 Standard Size Card Sets issued 1991 to 1995 In 1991 Megacards of St. Louis began its cooperation with The Sporting News to issue the first of several 330-card sets made from original photographic negatives created by master photographer CHARLES MARTIN CONLON. These cards are standard card size (2-1/2" by 3-1/2"), feature some of the finest baseball writing in card form and come in classic black and white! Some of the features of this 1991 set: The first 67 cards picture only Hall of Fame members ... 1927 New York Yankees team members (26 different including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig & more ... 1916 Boston Red Sox world series champs (16 cards including Ruth, Carl Mays & 2 more Hall of Famers) ... a dozen Great Stories ... 14 different league leaders ... 9 different Triple Play players ... 28 All-Time Leaders ... 18 "MVP" (Most Valuable Player) cards ... and MORE. This particular set is the Fourth Printing, so identified by two cards: #14 Hank Greenberg (HOF abbreviated, MLB logo on reverse and last line of bio ending in a complete, coherent sentence, not with the year "1945" which characterized the 3rd printing) and #282 Curt Davis (pictured in Cardinals uniform and identified as St. Louis Cardinals on front (not as Chicago Cubs). Any of the Conlon sets - whether issued by The Sporting News, Marketcom, World Wide Sports & Baseball Superstars Inc. or Megacards - offer great value to the buyer, and they are education as well. If you are unfamiliar with the great Conlon Collection sets, do a bit of research on them; you will be doing yourself a favor! You'll receive a complete 330-card set (Placed in Numerical order) in Excellent-Plus/Near-Mint/Mint condition. PLUS, you will receive: *4 BONUS CARDS WORTH $11.70 OR MORE: (see cards in last scan)* A limited edition colorized Conlon Collection cards of Shoeless Joe Jackson, * Two gold/black border, limited edition Conlon Collection cards (Hall of Famers Charlie Gehringer & Luke Appling) and* One sepia regional Hardee's/Coca-Cola LOU GEHRIG card Highlights From The 330-card 1991 Edition: More than 100 Hall of Fame cards (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, etc.; 1927 Yankees; 1916 Red Sox; All-Time Leaders; Award Winners; Trivia, Year by Year Stats, and more... Buy multiple sets and receive multiple bonuses - with NO extra shipping charge. Pay only the USPS Flat Rate Priority Mail Rate of $13.50 for one or more sets. We view these great Conlon Collection cards as the modern era's T206 cards: pretty common for years after their issuance but truly classic cards for All Time and getting scarcer with each passing year! Pick up a set or two today while they are readily available. Note: pictured are all cards included in this 330 card set plus 4 bonus cards.Examples of the bonus cards are in the last scan!~ 1991 Conlon Collection: A partial list ~#1 Rogers Hornsby ~ 2 Jimmie Foxx ~ 3 Dizzy Dean ~ 4 Rabbit Maranville ~ 5 Paul Waner ~ 6 Lloyd Waner ~ 7 Mel Ott ~ 8 Honus Wagner ~ 9 Walter Johnson ~ 10 Carl Hubbell ~ 11 Frankie Frisch ~ 12 Kiki Cuyler ~ 13 Red Ruffing ~ 14 Hank Greenberg ~ 15 Johnny Evers ~ 16 Hughey Jennings ~ 17 Dave Bancroft ~ 18 Joe Medwick ~ 19 Ted Lyons ~ 20 Chief Bender ~ 21 Eddie Collins ~ 22 Jim Bottomley ~ 23 Lefty Grove ~ 24 Max Carey ~ 25 Burleigh Grimes ~ 26 Ross Youngs ~ 27 Ernie Lombardi ~ 28 Joe McCarthy ~ 29 Hack Wilson ~ 30 Chuck Klein ~ 31 Earl Averill ~ 32 Grover Cleveland Alexander ~ 33 Chick Hafey ~ 34 Bill McKechnie ~ 35 Bob Feller ~ 36 Pie Traynor ~ 37 Casey Stengel ~ 38 Arky Vaughan ~ 39 Eppa Rixey ~ 40 Joe Sewell ~ 41 Red Faber ~ 42 Travis Jackson ~ 43 Jesse Haines ~ 44 Tris Speaker ~ 45 Connie Mack ~ 48 Ray Schalk ~ 49 Al Simmons ~ 50 Joe Cronin ~ 51 Mickey Cochrane ~ 52 Harry Heilmann ~ 53 Johnny Mize ~ 54 Sam Rice ~ 55 Edd Roush ~ 56 Enos "Country" Slaughter ~ 57 Christy Mathewson ~ 58 Freddie Lindstrom ~ 59 Gabby Hartnett ~ 60 George Kelly ~ 61 Bucky Harris ~ 62 Goose Goslin ~ 63 Heinie Manush ~ 64 Bill Terry ~ 65 John McGraw ~ 66 George Sisler ~ 67 Lefty Gomez ~ 68 Joe Judge ~ 69 Tommy Thevenow ~ 70 Charlie Gelbert ~ 72 Bob Fothergill ~ 73 Adam Comorosky ~ 74 Earl Smith ~ 76 Pete Appleton ~ 78 Arndt Jorgens ~ 79 Bill Knickerbocker ~ 80 Carl Reynolds ~ 81 Oscar Melillo ~ 84 Johnny Murphy ~ 85 Leroy Parmelee ~ 87 Gee Walker ~ 88 George Earnshaw ~ 89 Billy Southworth ~ 90 Wally Moses ~ 91 Rube Walberg ~ 92 Jimmy Dykes ~ 93 Charley Root ~ 94 Johnny Cooney ~ 95 Charlie Grimm ~ 96 Indian Bob Johnson ~ 99 Fritz Ostermueller ~ 100 Julian Wera ~ 101 Miller Huggins ~ 103 Benny Bengough ~ 104 Dutch Ruether ~ 105 Earle Combs ~ 107 Ben Paschal ~ 108 Cedric Durst ~ 110 Babe Ruth ~ 111 Lou Gehrig ~ 112 Joe Dugan ~ 113 Tony Lazzeri ~ 114 Urban Shocker ~ 115 Waite Hoyt ~ 116 Charley O'Leary ~ 117 Art Fletcher ~ 119 Joe Giard ~ 120 Herb Pennock ~ 121 Mike Gazella ~ 122 Bob Meusel ~ 123 George Pipgras ~ 125 Mark Koenig ~ 126 Stan Hack ~ 127 Earl Whitehill ~ 128 Bill Lee ~ 129 Gus Mancuso ~ 135 Harry Hooper ~ 139 Jack Barry ~ 140 Sad Sam Jones ~ 141 Ernie Shore ~ 142 Dutch Leonard ~ 143 Herb Pennock ~ 145 Babe Ruth ~ 146 Duffy Lewis ~ 147 Larry Gardner ~ 148 Dick Hoblitzell ~ 150 Carl Mays ~ 152 Burt Shotton ~ 153 Leon Ames ~ 154 Fred Williams ~ 155 Bill Hinchman ~ 156 Bob Shawkey ~ 157 Wally Pipp ~ 158 George J. Burns ~ 159 Bob Veach ~ 160 Prince Hal Chase ~ 162 Del Pratt ~ 163 Heinie Groh ~ 164 Zack Wheat ~ 165 Frank Lefty O'Doul ~ 166 Willie Kamm ~ 167 Paul Waner ~ 168 Fred Snodgrass ~ 169 Babe Herman ~ 170 Al Bridwell and many others (through card #330)Note: Hall of Famers noted (above) in boldface type. _______________________ Important: Shipping Information Our goal has always been to keep shipping costs low. Our objective is to sell cards and other things of interest to baseball hobbyists - not make money by overcharging on shipping. U.S. residents: We combine multiple items purchased so you pay only the shipping on the heaviest item - all other items ship free of charge. (An exception would be if an item must be sent via media/book rate.) All Other Countries: Email us first. To receive your combined shipping, please wait for us to send you a combined invoice. The eBay checkout system usually displays an incorrect shipping charge. (It is normally too high.) 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Price: 17.5 USD
Location: Edmonds, Washington
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Card Size: Standard
Type: Sports Trading Card
Sport: Baseball
League: Major League (MLB)
Set: 1991 The Sporting News Conlon Collection
Number of Cards: 330
Manufacturer: The Sporting News & Megacards, Inc.
Year Manufactured: 1991