Unknown Old Card

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by zljones

I strongly believe you have a 1887 Tobin Lithograph card.

What makes you think that it is an 1887 Tobin?

[Bugsy]

You could try looking in trade card book by Frank Keetz. There are a ton of generic 1880s trade cards. It could very well be identified there.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=keetz

Good luck!

[zljones]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

What makes you think that it is an 1887 Tobin?

The style of the cartoon looks just like Tobin plus the "baseball player" at the bottom looks like it is in the same place on the card as the descriptions on Tobins. I am not 100% that it's a Tobin, that is just what I think, my expertise for 19th century cards outside of the main sets such as N29, N28, N172, or Mayo is limited I am basing it upon what it looks like compared to other Tobins

[barrysloate]

It doesn't look like it was drawn by the same artist who did the Tobins, but there is a vague similarity in the style. I've never seen that one before either. Kind of neat. I would guess it's worth around $35-50, but it's just a guess. The marketplace determines its value.

[zljones]

maybe it's a game piece of some sort

[autograf]

need better, uncropped photos and measurements...........that'll help determine if it's a trade card or something cut from something larger or something newer. Is a little reminiscent of a Tobin Litho Trade Card but not 100% sure......

[wazoo]

New scans coming tonight. Thanks for the help so far, I'm not done with this mystery yet though

[irishdenny]

Wazoo,

I'm Not positive, but unless the Tobin artist did game cards, I don't believe it's from Tobin. With that said, A friend of mine went through a copy of "Baseball Advertising Trade Cards, Third Edition" by Frank Keetz and didn't see anything that looks like your card. Since your card has no advertising and just says "Ball Player" I think it probably came from some sort of game that has cards like it showing other occupations or activities.

I have many Tobin's and I have to admit, it is somewhat similar... as stated by a couple of other lads. I really believe I've seen this card before... Just can't recall?

I'm sure that we will nail it down soon enough though...