Huge find of Old Judge Cabinets found at NY Public Library

[Yankeeswin]

Looks like they are in good shape too.
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/hoard-old-judge-cabinet-cards-nyc-public-library/

Here are the pictures.
http://www.pinterest.com/ArtPictureNYPL/n173-old-judge-cabinet-cards/

 

[David K.]

They had them all that time! Best regards, David

 

[Beachbum]

Very cool, I dream I could uncover some kind of treasure like that someday.

 

[seawolf17]

That's awesome!

 

[KCLJ520]

Sort of a lost treasure, the stuff is out there, its just a matter of finding it! COOL! Thanks for posting!

 

[oldmarine0311]

for a very small town boy like me, its hard to fathom how a library can be so big as to have people not know whats in it that they make this kind of amazing discovery.

 

[t.rooster]

Amazing, simply amazing....

 

[Yankeeswin]

Yes, I'm sure there is some CRAZY stuff over there. The NYPL has some amazing stuff in their basement stacks. I've been meaning to get an appointment to see the Burdick Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. He had quite a collection, back when T206 Wagner's were $50 and Old Judge commons were 50 cents.

 

[Yankeeswin]

Some background information: Typically cabinets were premiums. If you got a certain number of coupons, you could send them in to the manufacturer with a small fee to get a "cabinet" or large picture. The thing is here that since most people would request the stars, the more common players are exceedingly rare, maybe even to the point of being unique. In the 1880's photography was relatively rare so cabinets were quite prized. For someone to accumulate over 40 of them is pretty amazing. Likely they were bequeathed to the library on death and forgotten about, buried deep in the stacks of the NY Public Library.

 

[Jaybo374]

Wow!!!!

 

[metsman1986]

Pretty amazing stuff, no doubt...........Gotta love the smell of vintage in the morning.........