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[Exhibitman]

Cabinets are intoxicating. I got way into them and now I am slowly extricating myself. I consigned a nice lot to REA for the next Encore auction and have others I plan to move.

[G1911]

I spent too long passing on the cabinets; they are awesome but I love building sets and cabinets are mostly the exact opposite of set collecting. Let way too many go before I decided it was okay to get cool stuff that isn't part of a complete set to file into my spreadsheets.

[Exhibitman]

Well, you can build a 'set' for each photographer. My Sarony portraits are a favorite:




If you are a total glutton for punishment, go for the NY Illustrated News set:

[GasHouseGang]

I only have one with a label like yours. It's a Newsboy. There seem to be a lot of these, but I haven't really looked into the number of different subjects.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I only have one with a label like yours. It's a Newsboy. There seem to be a lot of these, but I haven't really looked into the number of different subjects.

There's at least a few hundred subjects in the Newsboy series; but not a ton of different boxing poses. Partial gallery is here, from the non-sport side: http://www.moviecard.com/gallery/oth...acco/n566.html

An excellent breakdown of N566 is here: http://www.newsboys.co.uk

[wondo]

eBay pickup: Frank Gotch Beagles PC

[Jerry G]

Originally Posted by wondo

eBay pickup: Frank Gotch Beagles PC

Sweet card!

What are Beagle Post Cards? When were they made? Were they all made at the same time or continuously like Exhibit cards? I have Bob Fitzsimmons, but know nothing about it.