1898-99 National Copper Plates and 1899-1900 M101-1 The Sporting News

[paul]

I have a National Copperplate Ewing that is definitely the larger size. It will not fit in my 9x12 sleeves.

[Baseball Rarities]

Paul - I wonder if the larger ones were taken out of the stapled portfolios. Here are the images of the oversized Nichols along with the one that is in the stapled binder. They seem to have similar spacing.

[Baseball Rarities]

Here is the one out of the 50 card portfolio. Obviously, it does not contain a border and is cropped different - notice the bottom of the "B" on his uniform.

[paul]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Paul - I wonder if the larger ones were taken out of the stapled portfolios. Here are the images of the oversized Nichols along with the one that is in the stapled binder. They seem to have similar spacing.

My Ewing has what looks like stitching holes along the left border. Maybe they are staple holes. It definitely appears it came from a binder of some kind.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by paul

My Ewing has what looks like stitching holes along the left border. Maybe they are staple holes. It definitely appears it came from a binder of some kind.

I have seen some bound volumes that were hand made after the fact by a professional bookbinder. My guess is that your Ewing came from something like this.