Fargo Find! The latest Old Judge find by David Levin

[gfgcom]

Well, good luck is still following me on the Old Judges, This time, Cabinets, 32 of them.
These came from Fargo North Dakota, after a full day of flying yesterday, Wednesday, I have them all scanned and you can look at them here:

https://www.gfg.com/oldjudge/n173fargo.shtml

Here is a link to the story on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64RrqEB5-H8

Here are some images of some of the nicer cards in the collection!









You can see more of them at the site and you can email me at:

gfg@gfg.com

[rdixon1208]

Amazing

[iwantitiwinit]

N i c e

[Matt]

Congrats David - are you going to post your sale prices?

[Al C.risafulli]

Wow, Dave, that's exceptional.

-Al

[kkkkandp]

Dave:

Congratulations! Some great images in that lot.

You do have a knack!

Kevin

[vwtdi]

great cards Dave, congrats!

[slantycouch]

Wow, I'm speechless. Those are beauties!

[GasHouseGang]

WOW

[jeffmohler]

Looking forward to the video on how they were found. I enjoyed the other videos on YouTube.

Jeff

[slidekellyslide]

Dave, you have the magic touch. I also await hearing the story behind the find.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Wow can't believe those were in Fargo. Best thing to come out of there since Roger Maris.

[Rickyy]

Congratulations Dave!

Ricky Y

[DavidW]

The O'Neil in the Goodwin auction is no longer the only one in existence.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by DavidW

The O'Neil in the Goodwin auction is no longer the only one in existence.

How do I retract my bid?



j/k

[GrayGhost]

Must be pretty nice to be able to afford those things...

Beautiful cards indeed tho.

[barrysloate]

The entire collection is terrific, but I'm most impressed with the Police Gazette Mickey Welch. Looks like a new find to me, don't recognize that one at all.

[FrankWakefield]

Great stuff. Truly. With those as part of the journey, Fargo would be beautiful this time of year...

It just goes to show the doubters that there's still lots of stuff out there, some in the hands of lurkers here, some held by folks who might not be on line, some by folks who aren't aware of what high regard we here would have for stuff they have boxed in an attic.

Thanks for posting. Really like the look of that Clarkson... not the most valuable, but best looking to me.

[Scott T]

You reek of awesomeness!

[V117collector]

Originally Posted by Scott T

You reek of awesomeness!

Obviously Scott, Obviously!!! Is it getting wired yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBEVuzWHaOc

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by V117collector

Obviously Scott, Obviously!!! Is it getting wired yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBEVuzWHaOc

OK. Bye Brad. I'm going to miss you, but only because I love non sequitors.

[Jim VB]

David,

Absolutely teriffic find! All I can say is, wow!

[Joe_G.]

Congrats Dave !

Fantastic collection. The mounts and team changes suggest they may all date to 1889. If only the Hanlon, Conway, Brouthers, Richardson, & Ganzel were one year earlier you'd have some nice Detroit cabinets. Beyond the team changes, the lack of a colored mount and the occassional Dog's Head also suggest 1889.

Very nice indeed.

[2dueces]

Wow.

[Joe_G.]

And about the Welsh Police Gazette, it's based off an 1886 Joseph Wood photo. Same photo was used to make his N167 card. Many of the Police Gazette cards are based on photos that date to 1886 & 1887. I believe Police Gazette cabinets were issued over several year period, but that's a good discussion for another thread.

[sgbernard]

Oh my goodness.

Beautiful cards... When you get a chance, though, can you hunt down another AWH Caramel find? I want to saturate the market and drive those prices down

[rman444]

Joe - good observation. The N167, Four Base Hits, Kalamazoo Bats and G&B Gum issues all used the 1886 Joseph Wood Cabinet images.

[Joe_G.]

And don't forget the Yum Yums. They have many of the 1886 photos from the Giants & Mets (all Joseph Wood photos). In the case of the Mets they use the Spotted Tie portraits but list the new team (Mets disbanded after 1887).

[E93]

Incredible find!!!
JimB

[Jason Carota]

Absolutely amazing! Love the image on Pinkney's cabinet.

[birdman42]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Really like the look of that Clarkson... not the most valuable, but best looking to me.

Frank, I agree. The image and Brouthers remind me of the DeLongs of nearly 50 years later.

"Everything old is new again."

Bill

[triwak]

Best set of cards ever made, imo... EFFA!

[gfgcom]

youtube video with my account of the story is now up, its about 9 minutes with some more images.

Youtube video

[Rob D.]

Really enjoyable video.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Really enjoyable video.

"You might remember me from such self-help videos as "Smoke Yourself Thin" and "Get Some Confidence, Stupid!""

[barrysloate]

Sounds like Troy McClure...I'm paying attention.

[jbsports33]

Thanks for all the great pictures Dave, Great find!

Jimmy

[Leon]

Nice video and congrats on the find. Those are beautiful cards...

[uffda51]

Wow. Great stuff, Dave.