Old Judge Cabinet HOFers Scarcity List

[Joe_G.]

Great update Jay!

Since publishing the book there have been some interesting finds including the Weiss 2019 auction: https://weissauctions.com/past-auction/n173/

Three new examples of McPhee moved him down the list but still extremely difficult (one museum copy, 3 private), others have had two new discoveries such as Hanlon but likewise remains very tough. Top half of this list is impossible to quite tough. Bottom half is possible to collect given a little patience and money.

I do hope a Griffith eventually surfaces such that we have large format examples of all HOFers.

If you have a cabinet from top half of this list we would welcome you chiming in with a picture in case we need to alter our recorded populations.

[Joe_G.]

And expanding on Jay's theory to the Detroit HOFers . . . the four Detroit HOFers (Brouthers, Hanlon, Thompson, & White) are more difficult to find with Detroit (1888 cabinets) than the East coast teams they joined in 1889. This could be for a couple reasons . . .

1) In general, more 1889 cabinets than 1888 (fewer coupons required in 1889 and redemption offer may have run longer in 1889).
2) All four Detroit players joined larger East Coast cities . . .
- Brouthers went from Detroit to Boston (more Boston cabinets)
- Hanlon & White went from Detroit to Pittsburgh (more Pittsburgh cabinets)
- Thompson went from Detroit to Philadelphia (more Philly cabinets)

[oldjudge]

For those wanting to get a feeling for city populations;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_U...0one%20million.

[tiger8mush]

great update, thanks!

Eager to see some eye candy

[GaryPassamonte]

Jay- What would be the estimated population for the most common HOF players? Also, who do you think is the most common non HOFer?

[oldjudge]

Hi Gary! I'd hate to throw out a guess because undoubtedly I'd be wrong, but it seems like almost any auction that features 19th century material has an Anson cabinet. I used to think that Anson and Kelly were equally "common" but now I'm convinced that Anson has him comfortably beat, despite the fact that Kelly has two known poses (the typical bat at 45 degrees and the rare street clothes pose).

[paul]

Great information! I hadn't heard about the discovery of three new McPhee cabinets. When did that happen?