Extraordinarily rare, the cards formerly known simply as "1921 Baltimore Orioles" cards have recently been identified as White's Bakery Baltimore Orioles. Issued only in the Baltimore area on a one-a-day basis, the cards were included in loaves of White's Big Tip Top Bread.  The sepia-toned cards are susceptible to severe condition flaws due to their method of distribution and the thin stock on which they were printed.  However, the cards are extremely beautiful, oversized (3 1/4" x 5 1/2"), each featuring an attractive player photo and identifying information printed at the bottom of the card in an elegant typeface. The unnumbered cards are extraordinarily scarce, with PSA having graded just 42 cards in total, of the 22 known subjects in the set. Half of those cards are featured in this auction, we believe the largest group ever assembled.

Joe Matthews pitched in three games for the 1922 Boston Braves, ten innings in total, losing one.  He's in the Baseball Encyclopedia, which is more than most of us can say. His card is graded POOR 1 by PSA due to surface wear and creasing, a stray mark in the right border adding insult to injury by earning the "MK" qualifier assigned by PSA.