Old Judge Cabinet HOFers Scarcity List

[oldjudge]

Hi Gary! I'd hate to throw out a guess because undoubtedly I'd be wrong, but it seems like almost any auction that features 19th century material has an Anson cabinet. I used to think that Anson and Kelly were equally "common" but now I'm convinced that Anson has him comfortably beat, despite the fact that Kelly has two known poses (the typical bat at 45 degrees and the rare street clothes pose).

[paul]

Great information! I hadn't heard about the discovery of three new McPhee cabinets. When did that happen?

[oldjudge]

Hi Paul! I'm never sure what discovery or new means in relation to cards. A discovery to me might be something that you've always known about. That said, we now know of three copies of McPhee in private hands.

[insidethewrapper]

I don't own any HOF N173 cabinets and probably never will, but I'm glad fellow collectors are sharing their research and information and not taking it to their graves. Thanks again.

[oldjudge]

Thanks Mike--hopefully people find this useful. What I really need to do is a cataloging of Gypsy Queens, but I never seem to get the time.

[brianp-beme]

I will probably never own a Old Judge cabinet, HOF or not, but I love that fellow collectors do and share their research. Thanks Jay and Joe!


And now for the highly anticipated non-sensical portion of my reply. I assume that the Galvin is scarcer because of the aversion, even back then, of receiving a card featuring a Pud.

Of course I have no way of stopping anyone from pullling their Pud and posting it on here.


Brian (no pud-pix PM's, please)

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I will probably never own a Old Judge cabinet, HOF or not, but I love that fellow collectors do and share their research. Thanks Jay and Joe!


And now for the highly anticipated non-sensical portion of my reply. I assume that the Galvin is scarcer because of the aversion, even back then, of receiving a card featuring a Pud.

Of course I have no way of stopping anyone from pullling their Pud and posting it on here.


Brian (no pud-pix PM's, please)

Got some bad or good news, depending on how you look at it. The first thing is that his nickname rhymes with good, not dud. It was in reference to pudding, so the same pronunciation.

The other is that he was very rarely referred to as Pud during his life. That nickname became popular when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and the newspapers all printed bio info on the new players. That was 63 years after his death. He was mainly called Jeems or Gentleman Jeems during his life. The usage split between the Jeems variations and Pud would be over 99%, as in closer to 99.9% to 0.1%. That completely changed during his HOF announcement. He should not be known to us as Pud Galvin.