Rookie Cards of Baseball Hall of Famers

[bcbgcbrcb]

Corey:

Thanks for the input on Anson. I made a conscious decision not to include photography studio cabinets or cdv's of individual players as they were most likely produced for the players themselves and not meant to be distributed or produced in any quantities nationally as cards would have been. There are many 19th Century players that fall into this category including Young, Keeler, Thompson, Wright, etc. and many of them also had other teammates produced at the same time like Anson.

Of course, each collector can decide to go with the earlier studio card or cdv and that might very well make for a more interesting collection (personally I am a big fan of going that route).

[Baseball Rarities]

Phil - Thanks for all of the effort. I really enjoyed looking over the list.

FYI, The W600 cabinet card of Mathewson was not made available by The Sporting Life until January 31, 1903.

The PC760 Rose Co. postcards were definitely released in the summer of 1908 as evidenced by this article that ran in the August 15, 1908 issue of the American Stationer and an example of a postcard with an August, 1908 postmark.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks for the input, Kevin. I will go ahead and update the Mathewson listing.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I have now gone back and added second cards for those players with Rookie Cards deemed to be unique (one, Pete Hill, even required a third card to be added)

[bcbgcbrcb]

Gary:

Very good inquiry on the Vance card. I have gone back and reviewed the Net 54 thread that you provided the link to. There is a lot of uncertainty there with regards to year of issue, Major or Minor League, etc. so I am going to hold off on including that one unless it becomes more definitively catalogued in the future.

[JMANOS]

Nice research and thanks for sharing...

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Corey:

Thanks for the input on Anson. I made a conscious decision not to include photography studio cabinets or cdv's of individual players as they were most likely produced for the players themselves and not meant to be distributed or produced in any quantities nationally as cards would have been. There are many 19th Century players that fall into this category including Young, Keeler, Thompson, Wright, etc. and many of them also had other teammates produced at the same time like Anson.

Of course, each collector can decide to go with the earlier studio card or cdv and that might very well make for a more interesting collection (personally I am a big fan of going that route).

Phil,

Thanks for the response and thanks too for the effort to compile such a list. I understand the rationale for your decision, and there is certainly something to be said for compiling a list based on a more public distribution, which gives collectors a more realistic shot of acquiring the cards.