Very impressive! I am a bit older and have accumulated a lot of Cubs autographs; on cards, photos and baseballs. My team was from the 50's and Hank Sauer was my favorite all time Cub. Picture not too great but I didn't want to take it off the wall.

As a Cubs auto collector it would have been nice if Andre Rodgers signed more cards...Fukudome, too.

It took me quite a while to hunt down an Adolfo Phillips that wasn't insanely expensive. Randy Myers was a bit annoying to hunt down, too.

Got a couple huge Cubs cards in the Brockelman auction. Kiki Cuyler's rookie card (I guess? Depends on what you think of Exhibits as rookie cards) plus Santo's rare 1967 Stand-Up. I feel like I way overpaid for Kiki but got a deal on the Santo. First time I've seen either for sale.

https://allthecubs.com/wp-content/up...Kiki-Santo.jpg

How about two guys on your list for the price of one?

I've got the black and white one but not the funky colored one.

https://allthecubs.com/card-filter/?...940&tax=brands

The first Chicago NL star in 1876, the first year of the NL, Ross Barnes.

Holy smokes look at that. That's a beauty. I will not presume to ask for a price, that looks like it's in the forever collection. Anything on the back?

I don't have a scan of the back. I'm sure it has the photographer's ID and possibly a faint Barnes signature.

Well then I will presume to ask you to scan the back haha. You've got to document that artifact!

Maybe someday.

Also stoked to get this Nixey Callahan supplement from Brockelman. The only issue to show him as a Cub (Orphan/Colt whatever).

https://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...3222a_med.jpeg

Plus some more Cubbie wonders:

https://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2872b_med.jpeghttps://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2411a_med.jpeghttps://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2416a_med.jpeghttps://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2375a_med.jpeghttps://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2386a_med.jpeghttps://www.brockelmanauctions.com/I...2524a_med.jpeg

Here's one of my favorites, although I'm not at all sure why these subjects appear together in this set from 1936:
[https://photos.imageevent.com/imover...akerCuyler.jpg

That picture makes no sense! What in the world. Tris Speaker? C for Chicago or Cleveland? Or Cincinnati?

For a very short time in the early 30s Tris Speaker did radio for the cubs. It was in the early 30s, not the mid-30s, though.

Well that would make sense, because Taylor and Cuyler played together 1929-32. But I never knew that about Speaker.

Yes, Spoke was there in the booth for a brief while in 1931, but it's odd that he's in uniform (maybe a Spring Training hitting coach?) and odder that they would use such an old image given how the remaining cards are far more contemporary to the issue date. They must have really wanted to include Tris. Fine by me. Probably not much stuff out there connecting him to Chicago.

Very excited to add this little piece of history to the All the Cubs collection, from last night's HA auction. 1888 cabinet showcasing Al Spalding's Australia tour. My second Stevens Art Studio cabinet.

https://allthecubs.com/wp-content/up...-Tour-fb-s.jpg

When I bought this raw it was labeled as a Type 1, and I submitted it to PSA as a Type 1 and they graded it as a Type 1. Only today did I realize it's a Type 2.

https://allthecubs.com/wp-content/up...9/Type-2-s.jpg

Amazing collection! It’s great to see this thread, which is from before I joined, pop back up.

One question: Why did you decide to go for rookie cards even when they didn’t show the player in a Cubs uniform?

Thanks!

A couple reasons I guess. I like collecting rookie cards just in general, so it never really bothered me that a few guys had the wrong jersey on. If Fergie Jenkins is a big deal to Cubs collectors, then his rookie card should be also. Since I don't limit myself to one card per player, I can have the first Cubs cards of those guys also.

Second, the PSA set registry for the Cubs Hall of Fame is for their rookie cards, not first Cubs cards. And I'm competitive and want to win.

What's the prize? :o

I've had the thought several times that I should put together a collection of cards with photos clearly showing Wrigley Field over the years. Haven't done it yet though. Would be cool to flip through in a binder.

Glory.

Wrigley always makes a great backdrop. You see the ivy and bricks a lot. One of the few that show the marquee:

https://allthecubs.com/wp-content/up...rade-SSP-2.jpg

As someone who doesn't collect oversized items as part of my main Cubs collection, I wish the 1969 Fleer Stadium Patches were small enough to represent Wrigley Field in my collection.

I went with a more modern representation, a 1989 Score "Highlight" card of Wrigley getting lights. It's historically neat and was a significant thing to happen to the park when I was a young teen.

One thing I like about this site is finding new, to me, information about Cubs items. I am a long time Cub collector who, around 2002, started concentrating on vintage Cubs. I saw this post about the 1969 Fleer Stadium patches. I looked on eBay and see what are called Stadium Cards. One item says they were inserted in patches. Am I to presume there was a, i.e., Cubs patch and these were inserted in with Stadium cards? I guess I need to do more research as I have the 69 3-D Plaque but had never heard of these Stadium patches. Thanks.