1879 Chas. Comiskey/Hoss Radbourn cabinet photo-Opinions?

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Posted By: <b>Adam Baxter</b><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1879-Baseball-Cabinet-Photo-Comiskey-Radbourn_W0QQitemZ250295650015QQihZ015QQcategoryZ5 0129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1879-Baseball-Cabinet-Photo-Comiskey-Radbourn_W0QQitemZ250295650015QQihZ015QQcategoryZ5 0129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>Overpriced?

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Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>It's always nice to have a full-sized, in-focus photo to view before deciding to spend $50,000.

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Posted By: <b>Adam Baxter</b><p>Yeah Phil I was thinking that too. Comiskey & Radboourn are the bee's knees, but for 50k?

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>It's an important photo, and as far as the price...well, I guess he can ask anything he wants.<br /><br />And what does the expression "bee's knees" mean? Never heard that before.

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Posted By: <b>David G</b><p>It means the photo is "cool"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-bees-knees.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-bees-knees.html</a>

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Posted By: <b>Adam Baxter</b><p>Barry- bee knee's is the insect equivalent to being "the cat's ass"

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Posted By: <b>Adam Baxter</b><p>I'm surprised there's been no buzz in the hobby about this piece (unless I missed it). Has anyone ever seen another example?

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>I'm surprised Barry has never heard the saying "Bees Knees". That's a great photo and who knows what it's worth, but I agree this guy needs some better scans and photos at 50K.<br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I actually spoke to the owner a few years back, unless there is more than one of these...obviously it is a valuable photo but it is still a long shot that it will sell. And why did he place that label smack in the middle of the cabinet? Why obscure part of the image.<br /><br />No, "bee's knees" escaped me for some reason. I assumed since bees don't have knees that it referred to something rare or special, but the actual phrase is new to me.

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers"<br /><br />Guess you're too young to have run across this term. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Not so young any more. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Bee's knees means about the same as cat's meow.