The Collins-McCarthy Baseball Cards were candy cards produced in San Francisco, CA in 1917. The founders were James Joseph Collins and Jeremiah McCarthy. They originally started making candy years earlier, but everything changed after the major San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Up until this point, Collins had never produce non Pacific Cost League cards. They were well known for their production of the Zeenut Cards from the Pacific Coast League. They jumped in with this 200 card set. The cards are black and white, thin stocked cards and sized at 2 x 3-1/4. One of the main challenges of this set is finding cards in high grade condition. With the paper stock so thin; without incredible storage, many of these cards present in poor condition.
Collins “Common Player” Set:
This set consists of 200 cards. These cards share the same design as other cards in this era to include Boston Store, Standard Biscuit, and Weil Baking Cards. This set is loaded with future Hall of Famers (depending on the back sponsor). It is a very large set with many common players. That being said, it is still a good set to work on as many of these coomon cards can be found at extremely reasonable prices. However, the stars will be very expensive. Some of the notable players from this set are Casey Stengel, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Grover Alexander, Eddie Collins, Chick Gandil, and Ty Cobb.
We are currently looking to buy cards from the Collins baseball card set, so please contact us if you have questions about these or looking to sell some of these cards. In addition, we actively purchase and assist on selling all caramel card issues.
Collins-McCarthy Baseball Card Checklist:
Sam Agnew
Grover Alexander
W.S. Alexander
Leon Ames
Fred Anderson
Ed Appleton
Jimmy Archer
Jimmy Austin
Jim Bagby
H.D. Baird
Home Run Baker
Dave Bancroft
Jack Barry
Joe Benz
Al Betzel
Ping Bodie
Joe Boehling
Eddie Burns
George Burns
George Burns
Joe Bush
Owen Bush
Bob Byrne
Forrest Cady
Max Carey
Ray Chapman
Larry Cheney
Eddie Cicotte
Tom Clarke
Ty Cobb
Eddie Collins
Shauno Collins
Fred Coumbe
Harry Coveleski
Gavvy Cravath
Sam Crawford
George Cutshaw
Jake Daubert
George Dauss
Charles Deal
Wheezer Dell
William Doak
Bill Donovan
Larry Doyle
Johnny Evers
Red Faber
Hap Felsch
Bill Fischer
Ray Fisher
Art Fletcher
Eddie Foster
Jacques Fournier
Del Gainor
Bert Gallia
Chick Gandil
Larry Gardner
Joe Gedeon
Gus Getz
Frank Gilhooley
William Gleason
M.A. Gonzalez
Hank Gowdy
John Graney
Tom Griffith / William James
Heinie Groh
Bob Groom
Louis Giusto
Earl Hamilton
Harry Harper
Grover Hartley
Harry Heilmann
Claude Hendrix
Olaf Henriksen
John Henry
Buck Herzog
Hugh High (both black stockings and white stockings versions)