Figured I'd lift this thread back to the top with my recent acquisition and brief discussion on the October Pickups thread. This O'Rourke is the same one from the 1991 Sotheby's "Copeland" Auction that Kevin mentioned earlier in this thread:
As you can see, my O'Rourke has the same reverse and writing on front as Gary's R. Barnes. The Copeland Auction also had these two CDV's of G. Wright and Cal McVey (scans courtesy of Bruce Garland). They, too, have the same pencil writing on front.
One would assume that all of these "pencil notation" Warren CDV's would have been issued during the same year. All Warren CDV's are commonly thought to have been issued in 1872. However, O'Rourke didn't join the Boston club until 1873 and McVey left the club after the 1872 season to play for Baltimore before coming back to play in 1874. The only season that all four (G. Wright, J. O'Rourke, C. McVey, and R. Barnes) played for Boston was in 1874 and 1875. I believe these particular Warren Studio CDV's were all issued in 1874 and/or 1875. If a Jack Manning, Jumbo Latham, or Frank Heifer ever materialize, we could conclude that they were issued in 1875, otherwise, it would be impossible to know for sure.
Any thoughts?
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HOF "Earliest" Collection (Ideal - Indiv): 250/346 (72.3%)
1914 T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps......: 116/119 (97.5%)
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1911 T332 Helmar Stamps (180/180)
1923 V100 Willard's Chocolate (180/180)