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[TobaccoKing4]

I'm starting to wonder if there was a Cobb that the seller kept for himself or if it was lost somewhere along the way. Seems unlikely that there would be a Crawford and a McIntyre without a Cobb. Why would someone order the Tigers outfield minus their best player?

[sb1]

Cobb was not available until 1907 and far from a future hobby icon at that time. 1907 was really his breakout year. Possibly these were all obtained by the original person prior to 1907, the group contains all of the four types of mounts, indicating some were acquired at different time periods, even type 4 was produced for a few years before this.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by TobaccoKing4

I'm starting to wonder if there was a Cobb that the seller kept for himself or if it was lost somewhere along the way. Seems unlikely that there would be a Crawford and a McIntyre without a Cobb. Why would someone order the Tigers outfield minus their best player?

I agree with Scott. The original owner probably acquired them before was even offered in 1907. It looks like the Crawford is a Type 3 mount which would date it to 1903-ish and the McIntyre is a type 4 which could have been as early as 1904.

[TobaccoKing4]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I agree with Scott. The original owner probably acquired them before was even offered in 1907. It looks like the Crawford is a Type 3 mount which would date it to 1903-ish and the McIntyre is a type 4 which could have been as early as 1904.

Both the Crawford and McIntyre are type 3 but after reading Scott's response it makes more sense why he's missing. The only other player I was surprised wasn't in the lot was Nap Lajoie.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by TobaccoKing4

Both the Crawford and McIntyre are type 3 but after reading Scott's response it makes more sense why he's missing. The only other player I was surprised wasn't in the lot was Nap Lajoie, but he did break into the league in 1905, so maybe these were all purchased in 1904 and earlier.

I didn't look at every card in the lot, but obviously noticed the Gibson.

George didn't join the Pirates until 1905 (late June, but made his debut July 2nd). I'm not sure how quickly after that his cabinet would have been made available to the public, but that at least gets you into 1905.


Richard.

[TobaccoKing4]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

I didn't look at every card in the lot, but obviously noticed the Gibson.

George didn't join the Pirates until 1905 (late June, but made his debut July 2nd). I'm not sure how quickly after that his cabinet would have been made available to the public, but that at least gets you into 1905.


Richard.

My years were way off, I don't know where I got the year of 1905 from, Nap was in the league in thr 1800s so it makes it even more odd.

Interesting info about George though, so we know these were collected by the original owner into at least 1905