Was this really an 1890 Players League player cabinet?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by TobaccoKing4

I noticed this too, it looked like it came from a modern ball point pen and I thought I may have even saw some wet ink on it still

I have bought many items from Jonsstats over the years and he has always been a completely standup guy. I would be very surprised if he had anything to do with "wet ink"

As an example, earlier this year I bought a scored scorecard from an all-star game from him. After receiving the item I discovered that the scoring was from a game other than the all star game. Jon quickly refunded my money and when he later relisted the item, he included the information that I had given him about the actual game that was scored inside in his description.

While it may be argued that nobody should sell a cabinet specifically as a certain person without specific proof, I think we should acknowledge that it is the responsibility of the buyer to know what they are buying. We should also give the seller credit for high quality scans of both the front and the back giving potential buyers far more info than the average "small fuzzy picture auctions" that we are used to on ebay.

I had this auction bookmarked, but my first thoughts when I saw it were "that the ink doesn't seem period on the back" and "how do we know it's a baseball player". I never had a chance to investigate properly, and since it sold for more than my price range, I'm glad that I didn't spend the time doing so.

Both hi bidders look to be experienced ebayers, so I would expect that they were aware of what they purchased.

Those are my thoughts,
Doug