Chadwick's woodcut collection

[GaryPassamonte]

George- Where did the 1877 Chicago lithograph come from? I've never seen it. I have this somewhat similar steel engraving.

[aquarius31]

Gary,
I think the non-color version is likely a woodcut from an actual publication vs stand-alone based on the toning and dimensions although I'm not 100% certain since I don't have it in hand : )

[GaryPassamonte]

I agree. It does looks like it is printed on newspaper.

[BeanTown]

One of my favorites is this 1890 Players League.

[bgar3]

George, I have a copy of the baseball pages from the Du Mouchelle catalogue and could not find the listing for the woodcuts. It is possible they appeared in a different section, I no longer have the full catalogue. However, I do believe the Chadwick reference since so many of the items clearly had once belonged to Chadwick.
I have attached photos of an 1876 Peck and Snyder advertiser with numerous woodcuts, or at least I believe they are. I particularly like the George Wright, based upon his Warren cdv,(see his own copy) and, of course, the 1869 Cincinnati team, which is from the Clipper, I think. If you would like to see an 1873 Peck and Snyder catalogue to see if there are any woodcuts, let me know. Do you think the color illustrations are colored woodcuts?

[barrysloate]

Bruce- I auctioned off that scrapbook in my March 7, 2002 auction, lot #3. I do believe it originated from DuMouchelles, but there were many things that were sold privately before the auction, so it is possible this was one of them. The book was truly amazing, wish I could remember everything it contained. But I do clearly remember seeing woodcuts that I had never seen before, and not a single time since.

[bgar3]

I thought you would know, Barry. I have only seen a few items come up for auction in recent years that I could say definitely came from that auction.
I always thought a number of things, especially lesser books etc were sold before the auction. It would be fun for someone to do a little history of that auction.