N167 Jim Blumenthal Article

[Eric72]

Jim,

Congratulations on having completed this set. While I admittedly know next to nothing about 19th Century cards, the comments left by others lead me to believe you have completed something special.

Please pardon my ignorance here; however, I would like to ask something. Are Corcoran and either Conner or Gerhardt the two elusive issues you mentioned above? I only inquire because of the different typesetting with the, "Old Judge" text on the front.

Best Regards,

Eric

[E93]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Jim,


Please pardon my ignorance here; however, I would like to ask something. Are Corcoran and either Conner or Gerhardt the two elusive issues you mentioned above? I only inquire because of the different typesetting with the, "Old Judge" text on the front.

Best Regards,

Eric

Hi Eric,
The two that were unconfirmed until very recently were Dorgan and Esterbrook. If you look at the phenomenal Old Judge book by Jay Miller, Richard Masson, and Joe Gonsowski, although they were able to depict over 2500 different N172 Old Judges including many one-of-a-kind cards, they were not able to find images or confirm the existence of the Dorgan and Esterbrook.

I remember when they came on here before that book was published and asked if anyone had one or a lead to where to get an image, but nothing came of it. This all lead many to conclude that Dorgan and Esterbrook must had been miscataloged long ago on the presumption that all the New York Giants were included in the set since they were all included in the corresponding Joseph Wood cabinet photos from which the N167 images are based.

Alas, they were not miscataloged.
JimB

[barrysloate]

I got a x2....wow!

[yomass]

Buddha would be proud

[gnaz01]

My copy arrived yesterday and is awesome!

Jim, very cool article and MANY congrats on the set!!

Greg

[Leon]

Late to the game but congrats Jim. Great looking set and job well done on tracking a few of those cards down.

[edhans]

Originally Posted by yomass

Buddha would be proud

A great article indeed; great enough to induce a yomass sighting!

[benchod]

Congrats Jim,
I LOVE n167s and having the set of 10 is a fantastic hobby achievement!
Well done

[E93]

Thanks again for all the kind words everybody.
JimB