N172 --Cap Anson Chicago NL in Uniform Price?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I agree - anyone who is interested in Old Judges should definitely have a copy of the Old Judge book in their library.

I will let the other experts chime in, but I do not think that any of the Spotted Ties are scarcer than the Anson in Uniform card.

And you may be right about that, but wouldn't be shocked if a couple aren't at least in the same area code scarcity-wise. I did say possibly as scarce as, or scarcer. I don't go looking at pop reports very often so could have overstimated their scarcity. I just haven't noticed very many of them coming up for sale much. Now if you want to talk the Players Leauge OJ cards, those rarely show for sale.....ever.

[oldjudge]

Kevin is right. The scarcest spotted tie is Behel and I would guess that there are ballpark ten copies.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Kevin is right. The scarcest spotted tie is Behel and I would guess that there are ballpark ten copies.

Thanks Jay, learned something new. But to me, 4 known versus maybe 10 known, they're still both really rare. To me they are in the same ballpark. LOL

[Fred]

Anson in uniform - wow, that's a dream card.

I'm not trying to hijack the thread, I figure there's only so much that can be said about the Anson in uniform card.

To me (and probably most collectors) OJs are kind of an enigma. There are a lot of interesting subsets like Spotted ties, Cal League, Script series and Browns Champs. Then there are PL and NL cards which make the collecting even more fun.

One card I'd like to learn more about is the "Phenomenal Smith" portrait card. I can't remember the last time I saw one up for auction, I'm guessing well over a decade or more.

Are there any guesses on why/when (1886?) that card was released? It's kind of an oddball portrait. Any guesses on population for that card?

[RCMcKenzie]

If you don't have the OJ book, you can always buy Buck Barker's OJ's, because he has info on the backs. How rare is this Collins guy? He wasn't even on the team. Why did anyone outside his family keep his card? Probstein sold a "John Smith" pose 2 the other day for $175. It's a crazy set to make sense of.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

If you don't have the OJ book, you can always buy Buck Barker's OJ's, because he has info on the backs. How rare is this Collins guy? He wasn't even on the team. Why did anyone outside his family keep his card? Probstein sold a "John Smith" pose 2 the other day for $175. It's a crazy set to make sense of.

Yeah, but it is still a great set.