19th century " Holy Grail "

[bh3443]

Looking at the criteria similar to the Wagner, I'd have to say the old judge Anson in Uniform. A few reasons are that Anson's a big HOFer, scarcity of the card, and that it is from the largest BB card set from that era.
Just my opinion!

[oldjudge]

Anson in Uniform. The T206 Wagner is what it is because it is part of the most widely collected vintage card set. The Old Judge set is the most widely collected 19th century set and the Anson in Uniform is the crown jewel of that set.

[Fred]

Joe G made a great point -

The cards identified (N172 Anson in uniform, T206 Wagner, '52 Mantle) are all rare in ~ equal proportions w.r.t. their contemporaries


Barry's correct about the attainability of the N172 Anson in uniform -you probably wont get one unless you know someone that has one and that person that owns it is willing to "get rid of IT". But when you look at the other cards that are being offered up as the holy grail there are fewer of those cards "known to exist" (probably not available) than the OJ Anson in uniform.

[GrayGhost]

Can someone post a picture of this beautiful rarity? Thank you.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Can someone post a picture of this beautiful rarity? Thank you.

Here you go.

[GrayGhost]

Thanks sir.

[Baseball Rarities]

Another vote for the N172 Anson in Uniform.

While one is not likely to come up for sale anytime soon, there have been two examples auctioned off publicly in the last 20 years - one in the Sotheby's Copeland sale and another by Lew Lipset.

[barrysloate]

There was also a private sale about 12 years ago; that accounts for the three known examples.