19th Century Cards

[packs]

I was hoping an Art Whitney with dog would slip through the cracks on eBay the other day but it went for a pretty good price. Thought I'd catch someone napping with all the attention elsewhere.

[Vintagecatcher]

Ted,

That's a beautiful N162 set! Spent many a weekend antiquing in that area of NH where you picked some of them up.

Thanks for including the Haymaker scorecard. That's a real "knockout" item!

haymaker (n.)
mid-15c. as the name of an agricultural occupation, "one who cuts and dries grass" (hay-making is attested from c. 1400); 1910 in the sense of "very strong blow with the fist," from hay + agent noun of make; the punch probably so called for resemblance to the wide swinging stroke of a scythe. Haymaker punch attested from 1907.

Patrick

[Fred]

All we can do is hope that the 19th century stuff doesn't go stoopid on us.

Makes you wonder if certain cards will take off. Cards that are popular like the N162s. The Anson and Kelly are fairly sought after.

I think N172 Cal League cards are just too rare so they're probably not going to be affected, however what about tough cards like a "Phenomenal Smith" N172 or Spotted Ties?

I haven't paid attention to this, has anyone seen radical increases in certain 19th century cards?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Vintagecatcher

Ted,

That's a beautiful N162 set! Spent many a weekend antiquing in that area of NH where you picked some of them up.

Thanks for including the Haymaker scorecard. That's a real "knockout" item.

Patrick

Thanks, Pat, for the compliments.

The Antique shop in Peterborough (NH) advertised this N162 set in SCD back in the late 1980's. I called them to hold these cards,
since I was driving up to Maine to visit with my daughter and her family.

Here's the Album (A36) depicting all 50 cards in the N162 set. It is Sportscard lithography at it's best.




TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Leon]

For whatever reason the demand for 19th century just hasn't been there the last several years. Prices haven't gone up too much at all, from what I see.

[packs]

I think prices might even be trending down in some cases. Kalamazoo Bats used to be pricey in any condition but a lot of them have hit the auction circuit lately and prices have really come down.

[1880nonsports]

in a thinly traded marketplace....