My information on the Horner cabinets is dated, mostly from the the 80’s and 90’s, and my memory may be faulty, but here are some random recollections
They were always considered to be among the best if not the best photographs.
There are many different types and colors of mounts.
There are several presentation team pieces, the earliest I remember are the 1903 Pirates and Boston, (possibly 1904 also), and the entire American League from 1903 (I think Leon owns this)
In light of the above, I think all the Detroit team from that time period exist
I have seen multiple cabinets of stars and regular players
Hornets seemed to really begin to be more recognized and popular during and after the Baseball Magazine Christie sale where I think Walter Johnson was the first lot and blew past all the estimates. There were so many Horners in the sale they were included in lots.
The “premimium” above is most likely cut from one of the presentation pieces. I have seen several of the A’s over time.
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