Let's see your favorite 19th Century Cabinets!

[BeanTown]

Rookie Cy Young 1891 has always been my favorite.

[benchod]

Awesome Delahanty and Cyrus cabs!

[RCMcKenzie]

Nice pick-up on the Keefe. I had some early bids in on the Crane. Here's a team cabinet.

[molenick]

Not my most valuable, but it is my favorite (the line going down the middle is the reflection of my phone).

[oldjudge]

JC-I think your Young and my Delahanty came from the same place and have the same pinhole at the top.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

JC-I think your Young and my Delahanty came from the same place and have the same pinhole at the top.

I think your right. Looks like some kid had good taste hanging our cabinets up back in the day.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Rookie Cy Young 1891 has always been my favorite.

What a cool card. That and his 1893 Just So are my dream cards.

It is amazing to think that a Ryder issued a rookie card of Cy Young in 1891 after he had played only a partial year in 1890. What are the chances? Did any other teams issue 1891 cabinet cards?

[oldjudge]

What are the chances—pretty good. They issued cards of all the players on Cleveland.

[BeanTown]

Here is another one from 1891. Hate to say this, but it got misplaced and more likely stolen from me years ago. Has never showed up in auction.

[RCMcKenzie]

JC and Jay, great cabs that need no explanation. Hope you find that one, JC. My mom was an antique dealer and used to say, "it's in a safe place", when she couldn't find something.

Here's a Pifer & Becker cabinet, the company that produced the photos for the 1893 Just So Cleveland cards. Here's a write up on Just So, for those that are new to this stuff. http://www.prewarcards.com/2016/10/0...o-tobacco-set/

I think a Just So McAleer has still not appeared, although this image is on the Just So ad poster found a few years back.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Here is another one from 1891. Hate to say this, but it got misplaced and more likely stolen from me years ago. Has never showed up in auction.

Jay Cee, that is a crazy story. I hope that it turns up at some point and you are able to get it back.

How were you able to date it to 1891?

[Schwertfeger1007]

Great stuff here! Let's keep it going.

[ksfarmboy]

My recent addition to the Kansas collection.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

What are the chances—pretty good. They issued cards of all the players on Cleveland.

Yes, I know that Ryder issued images of the 1891 Cleveland players. My question was what are the chances that Ryder would issue a set of cabinet cards for the entire Cleveland team, which, of course, included Young?

Did any other photographers or companies issue a set of cabinet cards for an 1891 team?

[oldjudge]

Ah, I see. I don't know the answer but I wouldn't be surprised if there were others.

[Keith H. Thompson]

At first or even second glance this cabinet looks like the familiar Bacon pose that appears in so many articles or references to Sam Thompson, but i believe it to be taken in 1890 when Thompson jumped to the Player's League (then jumped back, of course) and for that purpose.

[Keith H. Thompson]

At first or even second glance this cabinet looks like the familiar Bacon pose that appears in so many articles or references to Sam Thompson, but i believe it to be taken in 1890 when Thompson jumped to the Player's League (then jumped back, of course) and for that purpose.

[Keith H. Thompson]

When Terry first showed me this cabinet that came to him in a walk-in lot (I believe) of several Player's League cabinets, we could not identify it immediately as Sam Thompson, for it is only identified as "Thompson" on the front and "Malarial Thompson" on the back (an identification for which I take full credit and that I'm not sure if Terry has ever believed). He had it authenticated, and I eventually acquired it from him at a National in Chicago.