Lelands Offers Extraordinary CDV Find Showing Baseball’s Beginnings

[Schwertfeger1007]

I'm sure glad you already had one Keith

You shared an image of yours in a post a couple years ago and I've wanted one since.

Thanks for the background!!

[Brian]

The Lipman Pike items are extraordinary. I gave up on the CDV pretty early on, seeing where it was going, and probably one of a kind. Congrats to the winner. I would say that it is truly museum-worthy.

[Shankweather]

Very excited to add this one to the Cubs collection.

[benchod]

Congrats to all the winners! Really love historical finds like this. Brian congrats on the Brouthers and Thompson cabs. If I had seen the Buffalo connection with the Brouthers I would have given some more competition!
Wanted to add the Lipma Pike for obvious reasons but wasn't to be
Very happy to have landed the cab of Deacon White

[Schwertfeger1007]

Nice pickup Craig!

I let the White go to focus on going into extras on Brouthers. The more I look into him the cooler I think it is. I've been told it's unique and I haven't found another single image of Brouthers pre-Detroit.

Could this be the earliest single image of Brouthers?

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Schwertfeger1007

Nice pickup Craig!

I let the White go to focus on going into extras on Brouthers. The more I look into him the cooler I think it is. I've been told it's unique and I haven't found another single image of Brouthers pre-Detroit.

Could this be the earliest single image of Brouthers?

Sorry to disappoint. There are several images of Brouthers pre-Detroit (at least on team items). That said, why do you think your new (awesome) cabinet is pre-Detroit? Isn’t the studio in Detroit? Did I miss something? Are we even sure it’s from 1886 (or before)?

EDIT: just saw one of your prior posts that mentions the Cabinet showing noting him as a Buffalo player. Very interesting. I hadn’t seen that before. That certainly lends some credence to this being issued in 1886 before the season started as Buffalo sold some of their best players to Detroit due to financial troubles. Very interesting indeed.

Here’s my checklist of the earliest Brouthers items:

https://imageevent.com/derekgranger/...t/danbrouthers

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Sorry to disappoint. There are several images of Brouthers pre-Detroit (at least on team items). That said, why do you think your new (awesome) cabinet is pre-Detroit? Isn’t the studio in Detroit? Did I miss something? Are we even sure it’s from 1886 (or before)?

Here’s my checklist of the earliest Brouthers items:

https://imageevent.com/derekgranger/...t/danbrouthers

He has his team and name listed on his collar as “Brouthers-Buffalo” which seemingly would indicate that it dates from 1881-1885 when with Buffalo. He may have simply been in Detroit playing the Wolverines when he sat for the picture, similar to some of the Old Judge “proof” cards being taken of some teams while they were in town playing a different teams so the team city and location where photo was taken not being the same.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Shankweather

Very excited to add this one to the Cubs collection.

Awesome early image Stephen! Looks every bit as much like a Crew Team as a Baseball Team. Great Hats! If you want to see one up close and personal, here's a TSOG segment we did, featuring a similar Boater Style Cap. It appears at the :51 mark...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmoCBmiJ7o

Congrats on a great score!