Old Judge Poll

[Steve D]

I would think the rarest single card, and most expensive single card would be the Cap Anson in uniform. Supposedly, there are only 1 or 2 examples known to exist.

As far as the silliest pose, I'd say any of the cards where the player is laying down, appearing to be asleep.


Steve

[uffda51]

This is certainly a candidate for silliest OJ.

[E93]

The Anson in uniform is not the rarest. I believe there are four known, but two are in museums and thus not circulating in the hobby. Several of the California league cards and a few other recent discoveries have only one known example.
JimB

edited to add: The Anson-in-uniform would be by far the most valuable/expensive if it ever were offered for sale.

[barrysloate]

There are four known Ansons in Uniform; one is in the Burdick Collection in NYC, the other three are in private collections. It would certainly be the most valuable Old Judge.

Virtually all the California League players are one or two known. The rarest player is probably Flynn, Omaha; Gibson, Athletics is likewise extremely rare, and there are a couple of other players with only a few examples known.

There isn't a lot of variety in terms of poses, but among the sillier poses are the studio ones with balls hanging from strings. The best looking ones are probably the portraits. Kelly with the white cap is certainly among the best.