10 cents each - 1908 Ad for Sporting Life "Cabinet Style Phototypes"

[uffda51]

That's a NICE Matty, David.

[Kawika]

Thanks, Bruce. Like the man said, it cost a lot of dimes.

PS. I finally learned what uffda is.

[Baseball Rarities]

Phil/Scott,

I have gone through countless old issues of the Sporting Life and I have never seen Rickey on a list. I have seen every other HOFer in at least one issue.

[sb1]

I take that as further informed data and will rejoice in the fact I no longer need to look for the Rickey cabinet.

Scott

[bcbgcbrcb]

Me too, thanks, Kevin.

[orator1]

Sorry to dash your rejoicing, but I just did a search for Branch Rickey in the Sporting Life magazine online archive.

Branch Rickey IS included in the checklists published in these 1907 issues:
March 30th, April 6th, and April 27th.

These are the only dates for ANY year in which Branch Rickey is checklisted , so it appears there was a VERY narrow window to order his cabinet.

To see the checklist for those dates, in the search box for www.la84foundation.org type:
Phototypes, "Branch Rickey"

The checklist states:
AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR 1907
NEW YORK CLUB
...Branch Rickey

[paul]

I thought it was interesting that both Ned Hanlon and George Van Haltren are listed, even though they were out of major league baseball by 1908. I guess they had a hard time selling these, even for a dime, and had some leftovers to get rid of.

Coincidentally, this arrived today. It cost more than a dime. My guess is that it was printed in 1902, but may have sat around in a Sporting Life warehouse until 1908 or later.

[jerrys]

Hi Paul,
Your Van Haltren Cabinet was issued in 1902.

[Baseball Rarities]

Sorry Scott and Phil, but Paul C. (orator1) is 100% correct. I searched many papers (but obviously not all) and looked for Rickey's name in both the New York and St. Louis headings and never saw him listed.

I cannot believe that he was just offered in three issues of the Sporting Life, but that seems to be the case. I wonder how many, if any, were ever ordered.

I assume that the cards were produced ahead of time, but who knows. Maybe they were made to order and Rickey was never even produced.