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Gilbert MainesI am not sure what the advantages of including an asterisk or equivalent to any new desgnation could be, particularly in light of the fact that there have already been post-Burdick designations included in general use without any qualifier. For simplicity, I prefer not including apparently extraneous indications unless there is clear justification. But I may not be viewing the big picture here, being bogged down in the basement, searching through old journals and dusty manuscripts by flickering candlelight .... and the intensity of the dripping, dripping, relentless dripping, and the eerie howling - let me out into the light!
Ahhh. Thats better!
I have tabulated some 19th Century stuff, it seems. For now, I plan to list all 19th Century material with a N designation, independent of whether it is tobacco, cabinets or other. Seems to me that Burdick did not ever hear of N cards, so there may be sufficient latitude here for us to do this, if we wish. Sometimes I may have combined things that you may want seperated, othertimes (in the inconsistent style we are learning to love) I may have allowed things seperate which should be combined.
A single (and there are several) example of this is the 1886 J. Wood Studio Cabinets of the N.Y. Giants and Metropolitans, in this instance I followed the Standard Catalog's seperate listing, but Im having second thoughts about that.
All of the cards slated for an N designation are tabulated below. The actual designations are not included yet, but that is not viewed as a big deal, any day now.
Set NameYear
Hall (Joseph) Cabinets1888
Hall (Joseph) Imperial Team Cabinets1888
Lorillard Team Cards1886
Warren Studio Boston Red Stockings CDVs1872
Ashman Studio Cabinets1895
Chickering Studio Cabinets1899-90
Conly Studio Cabinets1891
Gilbert & Bacon Cabinets1888
Hastings Cabinets1887
MacIntire Studio Cabinets1888
Police Gazette Cabinets1889
Smith (G. Waldon) Boston Beaneaters Cabinets1889
Smith (G. Waldon) Cabinets1890
Stead (J.U.) Studio Cabinets1892
Stevens Studio Austrailian Tour Cabinets1888-89
Stevens Studio Chicago Pirates Cabinets1890
Tomlinson Studios Cabinets1887
Uhlman St. Paul Cabinets1888
Wood (J.) Studio N.Y. Giants Cabinets1886
Wood (J.) Studio N.Y. Metropolitans Cabinets1886
Gee, I even modified the table - and it still comes out crappy. Let me know if you want a way better e-mail version. Here is the other page:
Four Base Hits1887
Gypsy Queen California League1888
Just So Tobacco1893
Alpha Photo-Engraving Baltimore Orioles1894
Climax Poster1884
Diamond S Cigars, Boston NL1889
Dukes Terrors of America1889
Handcock’s Syracuse Stars1886
Jordan & Co.1863
N.Y. Clipper Woodcuts1879-80
National Copper Plate Co. Portraits1898-99
Police Gazette Supplement1895
R & S Artistic Series Baseball1888
Reccius Cigars1899
Red Stocking Cigars1886
Sanders (W.H.) New York Baseball Club1886
Scrapps Tobacco Die Cuts1888
Stage, The – Stars of the Diamond1889
Sterey Photographers Troy Haymakers1867
Tobin Lithographs – Black & White1887
Tobin Lithographs – Color1887
Virginia Brights Polka Dot Nine1887
Ward (John M.) Fan1880-89
Warren Studio Boston Red Stockings CDVs1872
White (C.S.) & Co., Boston NL1889
45 sets, if I counted right.