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09-06-2010, 02:00 PM
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 I believe that the Chickering imperial cabinets are also each one-of-a-kind. I can understand a team or individual commissioning a photography studio to create a commemorative set as gifts, resulting in a unique group of cards, since the studio would have been paid for its work. But those issues which advertise a product and yet appear to be impossibly rare are more of a mystery. Unpopular brands and limited distribution explain the dearth of some, but not all, of these issues. Some of the issues we are talking about seem similar to Tango Egg cards. A plan was hatched  , some cards were printed, and then something happened that changed the plan.The N167s seem to me to relate to N172 the way 1951 Topps relate to 1952 and onward Topps. An initlal small-scale run followed by a major change in design and an extended run, with smaller tweaks in design, over multiple seasons. Another obscure issue is J.U. Stead.  My guess is that these are another set of one-offs from a photography studio unless somebody out there is aware of multiple copies. 
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09-06-2010, 02:53 PM
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The Chickering cabinets do have variations in their mounts, which seems unusual to me. Maybe they were not created as a group but were individually commissioned. Lew Lipset's 2003 auction had 12, all belonging to Jouett Meekin. It makes you wonder why he ended up with the 12.
Last edited by uffda51; 09-06-2010 at 02:55 PM.
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09-06-2010, 03:02 PM
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this is from the b/s/t ... you can see "photo by chickering" in the bottom left corner Last edited by tiger8mush; 09-06-2010 at 03:04 PM. Reason: include pic
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09-06-2010, 03:15 PM
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I wonder whether some of these sets were point of sale materials -- distributed to store owners to display and promote the product. I believe that was the case with Boston Garters and it could be true of some of these 19th c. cards.
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