Auction wins (LOTG/SCP/Goldin)

[Joe_G.]

Congrats to all!

Happy to add the following cabinets of Jake Virtue from his own collection. I have a number of Detroit Wolverine NL items (1881-1888) but very few International Association items (minor league club would retain the same name, some of the same players/manager, and play at same park as the NL team after it disbanded at the close of 1888). This is my first picture of IA player in proper uniform which will now join a ticket book and several letters discussing player signings to kick off the 1889 season. I do have nearly all the 1889 IA Detroit Old Judges but they are all team change cards (not shown in actual Detroit uniform). As a bonus, the lot also includes a June 2, 1940 newspaper article of an elder Jake holding these very cabinets.

Edited to add, all these Detroit International Association guys were teammates of Jake Virtue and would have worn the uniform above (except Kid Baldwin, that is an error card, didn't actually play for Detroit).