Distributed in tins of Violet Chips and Mint Chips gum by the Colgan's Gum Company, the "Stars of the Diamond" issue features 1 7/16" diameter cards printed on delicate paper. Distributed between 1909 and 1911, there are a number of variations among the issue resulting in at least 289 different cards featuring more than 225 different subjects. The result is a fascinating set sometimes known as E254 Colgan's Chips. Complete sets are virtually impossible to assemble with some of the reported variations not even confirmed. Given their method of distribution it should be no surprise that they are particularly condition-sensitive and that a lower-grade examples are the norm.

Offered here is a collection of nine (9) graded chips from the E254 set. Each chip has been graded by SGC.

Included:

Toledo's Joe McCarthy (Good+ 2.5 - only 5 of the 9 total examples have graded higher)
Detroit's Ed Summers white in uniform (Good+ 2.5 - only 5 of the 6 total examples have graded higher)
Chicago's Jimmy Scheckard (Good 2 - only 7 of the 12 total examples have graded higher)
Philadelphia's Tully Sparks (Good 2 - only 2 of the 3 total examples have graded higher)
Newark's Bob Spade (Good 2 - only 4 of the 6 total examples have graded higher)
Chicago's Harry Steinfeldt (Good 2 - only 11 of the 14 total examples have graded higher)
Chicago's Jake Pfeister (Fair 1.5 - only 7 of the 8 total examples have graded higher)
Louisville's Del Howard (Poor 1 - only 2 of the 4 total examples have graded higher)
Cincinnati's Larry McLean (Poor 1 - only 4 of the 5 total examples have graded higher)

Nine chips total.