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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Back to the ORIGINAL question:

Given the Clarkson discovery... does anyone have any reason NOT to think that the N28 Allen & Ginters cards MUST have come out in 1888 and NOT 1887 as previously suggested by Lemke and others???


Edited to respond to Josh: Certainly a possibility Josh... but I just can't see them making a card for a guy who had not yet played a single inning for that team ... when they only made 10 baseball cards in the whole set.

But who knows ... I guess the N28 Allen & Ginters could officially be the very FIRST:

1887 Topps "TRADED" SET