1872 Warren CDVs of Boston players - what did original composite look like?

[bgar3]

Agree Barry and thanks Derek, missed you this summer.
Gary, I may be wrong, but I think the uniform photos on the item you posted exist in autographed form in someone’s collection. They are great, but so is your team cabinet.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by bgar3

Agree Barry and thanks Derek, missed you this summer.
Gary, I may be wrong, but I think the uniform photos on the item you posted exist in autographed form in someone’s collection. They are great, but so is your team cabinet.

Sotheby's had a near complete group of signed Warren cabinets, something like 11 out of the 13 known. And the other two were in a Mastro Auction that closed the night before the Saturday afternoon Sotheby's Auction. I know there is a story there, I just don't know what the story is.

I was part of a group bidding on the 11 at Sotheby's, but the lot went to the collector who got the two in Mastro. So he now has the complete set of 13. They were really something special.

[oldjudge]

Beautiful and really rare CdVs from an iconic team.

[GaryPassamonte]

Yes, Barry. There were 8 signed Warren cabinets in the 12/2005 Sotheby's Auction. I remember it well.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Yes, Barry. There were 8 signed Warren cabinets in the 12/2005 Sotheby's Auction. I remember it well.

I got the number of cabinets wrong. Do you remember the total in both Mastro and Sotheby's combined?

[GaryPassamonte]

I believe Mastro had G. Wright and Gould. Sothebys had Barnes, Birdsall, Leonard, McVey, Ryan, Schafer, Spalding, and H. Wright. The total was ten.

[19cbb]

Man I knew this thread existed. Wasn't aware it was so old! So many good forum friends from those days.
Adding a new Spalding image that popped at REA for the database.
Quite a similar pose to the one in the composite from Barry S.
Back to lurking mode.