1872 Warren CDVs of Boston players - what did original composite look like?

[JeremyW]

I'm not sure if this helps the discussion at all, but here's an image I saved.

[GaryPassamonte]

Given the Ryan is for sale in the BST section, I thought I'd resurrect this thread and see if there are any updates.

This image is from the Spalding exhibit in Bryon, Il. I've seen the two Wrights in uniform in cdv form, but not the rest.

[barrysloate]

Thanks for resurrecting this thread Gary, I enjoyed reading through it. This was one of my favorite finds. As I recall, I bought this as a display piece, and planned to sell it as a display piece. And then one day I had a eureka moment, and it hit me that this wasn't actually a mammoth photo but a composite of eleven individual CdV's. I hated to see it broken up, but it was clear to me that that was where it was headed.

The Ryan on BST was the first one I've seen for sale in many years. And of course the highlight of the group was Al Spalding. There are plenty of photos of both Wrights and O'Rourke, but individual photos of Spalding are very scarce.

[bgar3]

I now have the George Wright?

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bgar3

I now have the George Wright?

awesome Bruce!!

[barrysloate]

That's a keeper Bruce!

[bgar3]

Agree Barry and thanks Derek, missed you this summer.
Gary, I may be wrong, but I think the uniform photos on the item you posted exist in autographed form in someone’s collection. They are great, but so is your team cabinet.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by bgar3

Agree Barry and thanks Derek, missed you this summer.
Gary, I may be wrong, but I think the uniform photos on the item you posted exist in autographed form in someone’s collection. They are great, but so is your team cabinet.

Sotheby's had a near complete group of signed Warren cabinets, something like 11 out of the 13 known. And the other two were in a Mastro Auction that closed the night before the Saturday afternoon Sotheby's Auction. I know there is a story there, I just don't know what the story is.

I was part of a group bidding on the 11 at Sotheby's, but the lot went to the collector who got the two in Mastro. So he now has the complete set of 13. They were really something special.

[oldjudge]

Beautiful and really rare CdVs from an iconic team.

[GaryPassamonte]

Yes, Barry. There were 8 signed Warren cabinets in the 12/2005 Sotheby's Auction. I remember it well.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Yes, Barry. There were 8 signed Warren cabinets in the 12/2005 Sotheby's Auction. I remember it well.

I got the number of cabinets wrong. Do you remember the total in both Mastro and Sotheby's combined?

[GaryPassamonte]

I believe Mastro had G. Wright and Gould. Sothebys had Barnes, Birdsall, Leonard, McVey, Ryan, Schafer, Spalding, and H. Wright. The total was ten.

[19cbb]

Man I knew this thread existed. Wasn't aware it was so old! So many good forum friends from those days.
Adding a new Spalding image that popped at REA for the database.
Quite a similar pose to the one in the composite from Barry S.
Back to lurking mode.