1893 Just So Buck Ewing

[barrysloate]

Just So's were a regional set that are assumed to have circulated around Cleveland. They were released to the public, but all are very rare and few survived.

[nolemmings]

Zach,

The cards are beautiful and worthy of your research efforts. They are of course rare and thus very expensive, but the Cy Young rookie card has been the subject of many a collector's fantasies. The previous poster has been fortunate enough to have handled several of these (Hi Barry), as have Terry Knouse and a few others. As for me, I would love to scrape up the five figures needed to afford a nice common for type, but they don't come around often, and my liquidity never seems to match up with their availability. The Ewing was a new discovery, as noted in the auction description--FWIW, I believe the McAleer is still out there somewhere.

[barrysloate]

Yes Todd, I believe I've sold a total of eight different, including six at one time.

[zljones]

I guess the only way I can even think to begin to research this is message REA and ask if they can ask the consignor for info. I am sure they will not divulge any personal info on the consignor directly. Then the next step I would imagine would be be the consignor to look into the property records or give me the address so I can. Then after that probably look up the family members of the house owner. They will probably have no info on a great relative like that, but who knows if they do they may have more of those cards laying around.

[aaroncc]

Old thread on Just So Ewing: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=115882

[zljones]

Originally Posted by aaroncc

Old thread on Just So Ewing: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=115882

Thanks that answers my question there, I need not go any further with this research then. I tried to search past threads but I never pulled that one, thanks for showing me that.

[novakjr]

I got my hands on a Just So of Childs a long time ago.. It's an inch or so larger each way, and a cabinet, so I know that it's not a legit Just So, or at the very least legit by known standards. I have also been unable to find any info about reprints, or cabinet variations, or anything remotely relating to the subject.

Basically, does anyone know if there was a reprint cabinet style run of these? If so, any idea when? Are there any known forgeries of the Just So's?

Last and most importantly, is there anything cabinet-wise, known to be legitimately related to the original issue? I know there's a slim chance of this, but I just figured I'd ask.

I pretty much assume that this is a reprint of some sort, but am just getting around to trying to find some info out about it..

[bcbgcbrcb]

Could be something like the Burkett which was rebacked