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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Lyman--I'm a bit confused. i thought a "rookie" card had to be a major league card. Clark Griffith's Old Judge card pictures him on Milwaukee of the Western Association, a minor league. Honus Wagner's card should, I believe, be the Sporting News insert, not the Nat'l Copper Plate, which I believe was issued after the Sporting News. Also, Kid Nichols is only pictured in the Old Judge set as a member of the minor league Omaha Omahogs.
Phil--Why are you asking for non-rookie images? (Beckley, Duffy, McCarthy, Rusie, Thompson)
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Jay, I agree with Phil's reply. It's often a matter of a collector's personal preferance how he (or she) structures a set and defines "what is a rookie card" (or even "what is a card," for that matter). As we have long discussed on this Forum, there is no universal definition.
So our approach, generally, was to select the earliest five cards to represent each HOFer and let each collector decide whether to include pre-rookie cards, supplements, postcards, exhibits, stamps, etc. that others may not want to consider for their collections. Also, at least for many HOFers, there are multiple "rookie cards" (by your definition) so we wanted to show all "options." In other words, "we report; you decide."
With possibly one or two exceptions, we have ordered the earliest five cards for each HOFer in chronological order.
Hope this helps. We are always open to suggestions and feedback from all collectors and we sincerely appreciate the tremendous support that we have received for this and other projects.
Lyman