Anyone pick up these Rose company postcards?
 

I don't know but any idea what they went for? Not very pretty but still, for the right price, could have been a good deal.

I saw them and wished I had some money sitting around...it included unknown players and team for that issue and a few future major league players.

Joshua

I saw them also but couldn't find anything on them so thought they were junk. lol

rose co cards
 

went and saw them first hand...

thought it was pretty cool that 8 of the complete 13 were represenented, but the auction went beyond that... there were several team photos cabinets and ledgers that ranged from 1902-1912. the original owner of the lot was a gent by the name of jimmy burnes (byrnes) who played for the springfield ponies championship team in 1908 and later became a fixture in ct as both a sporting goods magnate and coach. he ran a succesful sporting godds business (sold to minor league and professionall clubs). He led trinity to three succesful seasons prior to taking over as the coach in hartford....

Coach burns even managed to play with Team Poli (alongside Babe Ruth) during the year 1918 at muzzy field in bristol ct

David,
Did you stay to see what they or the other items went for.

I don't collect them but clicked on the link and it looks like it went for $850.

Yeah I realized I wasn't signed in, so it doesn't show the price.

auction prices
 

I previewed them buy couldn't make the auction... I heard the lot of photos went for around the same money as the post cards... hopefully to the same buyer...

Interesting.

My set: http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g5...gfield%20Rose/

interesting
 

that gent maggert wasquite the pitcher... is this the first find of Rose Springfield cards? and the most recent only the second?

Maggert was not a pitcher. And yes, as far as I know, mine was the first find and this one the second.

Maggert is one of my "Bad Boys" of baseball having been banned from the PCL (where he played from 1909 through 1920).

my mistake i was thinking of murray parker... beautiful collection!!!