February Pickups

[oldjudge]

Thanks guys. This is the second 1878 Buffalo trade card that has been found, as far as I know. The first had a green mount, was trimmed, and had different ads.

[clydepepper]

I've been looking for this one for several years:

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[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Thanks guys. This is the second 1878 Buffalo trade card that has been found, as far as I know. The first had a green mount, was trimmed, and had different ads.

Jay, great trade card. It's condition is incredible. I have never seen that color before either. I have seen two green examples. Lipset auctioned the one on the left and I bought the other one in the 1995 Rucker sale and traded it away sometime afterwards.

[oldjudge]

That's great Kevin. So the one without the trimmed corner has the same ads as mine. The back on mine is undamaged. I've heard that there was a similar trade card made for the Troy team, but I have not seen an image.
It is interesting to note that Bill McGunnigle, who is featured in the Old Judge set as the manager of Brooklyn, was a player on the 1878 Buffalo squad.