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Posted By: Jay Miller

Bruce--All of those are relatively common compared to the 1886 Hancock Clothing cards---three exist, each is unique. These photographic cards represent players from the Syracuse Stars and the three known players are Buckley, Crothers and Tomney. Buckley and Tomney later appeared in the Old Judge set; Crothers, a great minor league pitcher, never played in the "majors". I think the 1916 Everybody's M101 derivative set would also rank in the top ten. Leon is the expert in this area and can probably add a few. However, just as a general point, a G&B or a Western Playground for example are nowhere near the rarest type card.