Pick your Top 10 Minor League Pre-War Cards

[tbob]

1911 Zeenut Bohen (the Holy Grail of PCL cards)

[GaryPassamonte]

How about any n338-1 or n321 Hess? All are very rare.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by tbob

1911 Zeenut Bohen (the Holy Grail of PCL cards)

Excuse my ignorance, but why? Is it rare, great pose, etc.? Is a scan available? One other question, what is the criteria for the list? Price, asthetics, rarity?
Thanks!

[Anthony S.]

Bohen is the biggest stumbling block to completing the 1911 Zeenut set, which is being pursued by several board members. So in that instance it would be a question of scarcity and price, though there are obviously much more expensive cards that have been listed in this thread.

[Baseball Rarities]

How about an N172 California League card? Most are one of a kind.

[rhettyeakley]

In no particular order:

1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth
1910 T210-8 Joe Jackson
1922 Zeenut Jim Thorpe
1921 Tip Top Lefty Grove
1916 Zeenut Jimmy Claxton
1910 T210-6 Casey Stengel
1912 HRK Dave Bancroft
1911 Obak Cabinets Buck Weaver
1919 Zeenuts Fatty Arbuckle
1915 Zeenuts Fred McMullin

Honarable Mention:
1887-90 N172 Kid Nichols
1928 PCL Exhibits Earl Averill
1933-36 Zeenuts Joe DiMaggio (should probably be higher but I personally have never cared much for the two DiMaggio poses)

[rhettyeakley]

Tony, in regard to the 1911 Zee Bohen card there is only either one and a half or two and a half known to exist (at least that is my understanding). The half that I am talking about is a copy of the card that was trimmed around the players image (die-cut) that Lew sold a few years back. It is essentially an impossible card and I could only speculate what one would sell for should one come up for sale (a whole one that is).
-Rhett

[Epps]

Forgot about Buck's T4 and Gilmartin. I'd put that in my top ten too.

[kkkkandp]

Besides the aforementioned Kid Nichols I would include:

Jake Beckley - Saint Louis Whites
Bobby Lowe - Milwaukee Brewers
Deacon McGuire - Toronto Canucks
Orator Shafer - Des Moines Prohibitionists
George Treadway - Saint Paul Apostles, Denver Grizzlies

All five of these guys were solid players and one wound up being a HOFer.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Rhett:

Good job on the Grove, I forgot about that one. I'll use the Grove to replace the N172 Rusie on my Top 10 list, since the Rusie was not a minor league card.

[Exhibitman]

My personal list (what I'd like to own):

1. 1914 Baltimore Ruth
2. T210 Joe Jackson
3. T210 Casey Stengel
4. Zeenut Thorpe
5. Pebble Beach DiMaggio
6. 1918 Zeenut Lefty O'Doul
7. Zeenut Heilmann
8. Tip Top Grove
9. Zeenut Arbuckle
10. Mothers Cookies Chuck Connors