Top Ten Part 2- Cdvs, Cabinets, Trade Cards, etc.

[bigfanNY]

Are the Cy Young cabinets more valuable than the 1890 Just So. Or is that a card so excluded from this list? I agree on the 1871 Forest city image. Anson the big reason and that not a monetary but historical significance that Forest City played in the opening day game of the National Association in 1871 launching the first professional Baseball League.
Discussed many times here on Net54 are the period Woodcuts that depict many of these same players and teams for a tiny fraction of the price. A shame that a cabinet of the 1874 Boston team or better yet this image of the 1866 Arhletic of Philadelphia vs Atlantic of Brooklyn has yet to come to market as a photo.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Are the Cy Young cabinets more valuable than the 1890 Just So. Or is that a card so excluded from this list? I agree on the 1871 Forest city image. Anson the big reason and that not a monetary but historical significance that Forest City played in the opening day game of the National Association in 1871 launching the first professional Baseball League.
Discussed many times here on Net54 are the period Woodcuts that depict many of these same players and teams for a tiny fraction of the price. A shame that a cabinet of the 1874 Boston team or better yet this image of the 1866 Arhletic of Philadelphia vs Atlantic of Brooklyn has yet to come to market as a photo.

The Just So Cy Young card, which depicts the same image as the 1893 Pifer & Becker cabinet, is worth many multiples of either of the Cy Young cabinet cards. It is included in the lists of cards in the other thread.

Great woodcuts. The image of the 1874 Boston team is known in cabinet form.

[GaryPassamonte]

The centerpiece of my collection. I believe there are 2 or 3 known.

[bigfanNY]

Well I guess I tossed Gary a softball with my post. Great Photo. And I would say it would place somewhere in the top 10 most valuable cabinets etc. Thank you for sharing it Gary.

[BeanTown]

I know this one would not replace the awesome Cy Young Cabinets Kevin posted. But it is from early 1890s.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Are the Cy Young cabinets more valuable than the 1890 Just So. Or is that a card so excluded from this list? I agree on the 1871 Forest city image. Anson the big reason and that not a monetary but historical significance that Forest City played in the opening day game of the National Association in 1871 launching the first professional Baseball League.
Discussed many times here on Net54 are the period Woodcuts that depict many of these same players and teams for a tiny fraction of the price. A shame that a cabinet of the 1874 Boston team or better yet this image of the 1866 Arhletic of Philadelphia vs Atlantic of Brooklyn has yet to come to market as a photo.

It's an easy issue to get confused over but in 1871 there were actually two Forest City teams -- Cleveland and Rockford, and the first professional game in 1871 involved Cleveland; Anson played for the Rockfords. Cleveland's opponent was the Fort Wayne Kekionga team, which existed for that one season only.

I agree that woodcuts are a tremendous bargain compared to what other items sell for, and some of them as you point out show images not currently known in photographic form. That 1874 Boston cabinet in Gary's collection is my favorite 19th century team cabinet. It is an artistic pose depicting the best team of the period and on it were many HOFers and other important players.

[GaryPassamonte]

What about best tintype? I really like the Atwater team tintype.

[BeanTown]

Got this back in the 90s from the McGinnity collection that went to auction. This is supposed to be Joe at age 6.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

What about best tintype? I really like the Atwater team tintype.

Here's the c. 1858 Atwaters, as taken from Mark Rucker's book "Base Ball Metallica". It is a full-plate tintype and is the earliest tintype of which I am aware. It is also my favorite.

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks for posting, Corey. That tintype is hard to beat. We have a lot of similar favorites.

[oldjudge]

1871 Osceola (Stratford, CT) with young Jim O’Rourke top right

[oldjudge]

1890 Cleveland PL with Delahanty and Browning

[Directly]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

Are the Cy Young cabinets more valuable than the 1890 Just So. Or is that a card so excluded from this list? I agree on the 1871 Forest city image. Anson the big reason and that not a monetary but historical significance that Forest City played in the opening day game of the National Association in 1871 launching the first professional Baseball League.
Discussed many times here on Net54 are the period Woodcuts that depict many of these same players and teams for a tiny fraction of the price. A shame that a cabinet of the 1874 Boston team or better yet this image of the 1866 Arhletic of Philadelphia vs Atlantic of Brooklyn has yet to come to market as a photo.

Question--What monetary value would you estimate on your 1871 Forest City Cabinet photo if you decided to sell ?--thanks

[oldjudge]

One of my favorites, the 1877 Boston team CdV with George, Harry, O'Rourke and White.

[GaryPassamonte]

That's a great cabinet, Jay.