Cy Young collectors?

[glchen]

Quick question. Are the E92's and E98's the cards where Cy Young does not actually appear on the card, and instead it's Irv Young in the picture?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by glchen

Quick question. Are the E92's and E98's the cards where Cy Young does not actually appear on the card, and instead it's Irv Young in the picture?

E98s yes, E92s probably but not for sure.

[Jaybird]

I thought we determined that the E92 was just a bad artist render of this image:



I don't own the card, so I'm not trying to trump it up but could be a reference.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

I thought we determined that the E92 was just a bad artist render of this image:

I didn't remember us saying for sure it IS Cy on E92....but in looking more now(and probably my thought from before too) it does resemble him.....but on the E98s and E97s, definitely Irv....

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by Leon

I didn't remember us saying for sure it IS Cy on E92....but in looking more now(and probably my thought from before too) it does resemble him.....but on the E98s and E97s, definitely Irv....

Agree on Irv on the e98 and e97. I guess I was too strident in saying that it IS Cy on the E92. Just that I thought that was the consensus.

Of course, it's still up for debate. After all, this is a message board.

[TexasLeaguer]

I was told that the photo with the little girl was personally owned by Cy Young, and stamped with his signature as was common for much of his ephemera. I also bought a book, Jack London's The Sea-Wolf that was purportedly from his estate. The book was pretty old, but I carefully read it, and it was amazing! It was a great story, and just the possibility that Cy Young was reading the same book and maybe enjoying it just as much as I had made it even better!