1912 saw two distinct issues from Collins-McCarthy, with Home Run Kisses being the toughest of the two by far. These cards are wildly attractive, sporting a "satin" finish of a sepia player photo inside a beautifully ornate border design. Since the cards were intended to be redeemed for "valuable premiums," they are quite scarce today.

Vernon's Happy Hogan is the subject of this example, graded Poor 1 by SGC due to heavy creasing and some paper loss near the text on the front. However, the scarcity of this issue far outweighs any cosmetic flaws on this example.

SGC has only ever graded 4 total examples of this E136, with only ONE receiving a higher grade than the Poor 1 offered here of Vernon's Happy Hogan.