1879 Chas. Comiskey/Hoss Radbourn cabinet photo-Opinions?

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Posted By: Adam Baxter

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1879-Baseball-Cabinet-Photo-Comiskey-Radbourn_W0QQitemZ250295650015QQihZ015QQcategoryZ5 0129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Phil Garry

Overpriced?

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

It's always nice to have a full-sized, in-focus photo to view before deciding to spend $50,000.

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Posted By: Adam Baxter

Yeah Phil I was thinking that too. Comiskey & Radboourn are the bee's knees, but for 50k?

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Posted By: barrysloate

It's an important photo, and as far as the price...well, I guess he can ask anything he wants.

And what does the expression "bee's knees" mean? Never heard that before.

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Posted By: David G

It means the photo is "cool"

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-bees-knees.html

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Posted By: Adam Baxter

Barry- bee knee's is the insect equivalent to being "the cat's ass"

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Posted By: Adam Baxter

I'm surprised there's been no buzz in the hobby about this piece (unless I missed it). Has anyone ever seen another example?

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I'm surprised Barry has never heard the saying "Bees Knees". That's a great photo and who knows what it's worth, but I agree this guy needs some better scans and photos at 50K.

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Posted By: barrysloate

I actually spoke to the owner a few years back, unless there is more than one of these...obviously it is a valuable photo but it is still a long shot that it will sell. And why did he place that label smack in the middle of the cabinet? Why obscure part of the image.

No, "bee's knees" escaped me for some reason. I assumed since bees don't have knees that it referred to something rare or special, but the actual phrase is new to me.

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Posted By: Steve Murray

The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers"

Guess you're too young to have run across this term.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Not so young any more.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Bee's knees means about the same as cat's meow.