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[Blitzu]

Originally Posted by Sean

Great card, but I can't see the grade.
I'm going to guess that it's a PSA 3.

Thanks! There's only 2 on the combined pop charts, a PSA3 and PSA2. This is the PSA2.

It took me years to finally grab a single a drum and I couldn't be happier with the one I got.

[Bigb13]

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[clydepepper]

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[GaryPassamonte]

Here are two of my favorites. A Warren CdV of Ross Barnes and an 1866 CdV of the Lowells team. The Lowells displays the sharpest image I have ever seen on a CdV. My scan doesn't do it justice.

Brad- Where is that 1876 Chicago composite taken from?

[joeadcock]

Nice Gary

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Here are two of my favorites. A Warren CdV of Ross Barnes and an 1866 CdV of the Lowells team. The Lowells displays the sharpest image I have ever seen on a CdV. My scan doesn't do it justice.

[DixieBaseball]

Along with the Perdue I posted earlier in this thread, this Hickman can join Hub as the only example that has been encapsulated by SGC or PSA. (1 of 1)

I am still looking for a 2nd known example of either Hickman or Perdue...

[midmo]

I don't have too many crazy rare cards, but these would probably be my toughest to replace. 1924 Diaz Cigarettes Burleigh Grimes & 1910 Orange Borders Bill Bergen.

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[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Here are two of my favorites. A Warren CdV of Ross Barnes and an 1866 CdV of the Lowells team. The Lowells displays the sharpest image I have ever seen on a CdV. My scan doesn't do it justice.

Beauties, Gary!

I'd love to have a Ross Barnes! He's a very underappreciated player from the very early years of the game.

[GaryPassamonte]

Kevin- Ross Barnes was the the first "superstar" of professional baseball. From 1871-1876, he dominated the game and his omission from the HOF is a travesty.

[oldjudge]

He suffers from the Dave Orr problem--a great career cut short. Not sure how the rule applies to early players, but he does not have the requisite number of playing years required for the HOF. BTW, the first superstar would be Jim Creighton.

[spec]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Kevin- Ross Barnes was the the first "superstar" of professional baseball. From 1871-1876, he dominated the game and his omission from the HOF is a travesty.

Beyond the brevity of Barnes' career (6 extraordinary seasons over a 9-year span), his Hall of Fame chances have been diminished by the fact that his production decline coincides with the abolishment of the "fair-foul" hit (a bunt that rolled foul after first hitting the ground in fair territory) of which he was a master. In fact, illness robbed him of his exceptional skills, much as it did Hall of Famer Elmer Flick three decades later.