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Originally Posted by bigfanNY
Are the Cy Young cabinets more valuable than the 1890 Just So. Or is that a card so excluded from this list? I agree on the 1871 Forest city image. Anson the big reason and that not a monetary but historical significance that Forest City played in the opening day game of the National Association in 1871 launching the first professional Baseball League.
Discussed many times here on Net54 are the period Woodcuts that depict many of these same players and teams for a tiny fraction of the price. A shame that a cabinet of the 1874 Boston team or better yet this image of the 1866 Arhletic of Philadelphia vs Atlantic of Brooklyn has yet to come to market as a photo.
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The Just So Cy Young card, which depicts the same image as the 1893 Pifer & Becker cabinet, is worth many multiples of either of the Cy Young cabinet cards. It is included in the lists of cards in the other thread.
Great woodcuts. The image of the 1874 Boston team is known in cabinet form.