Need a card recommendation from you old time baseball collectors...

dgbaseball

One of my favorite (or I guess I should say most-interested-in, since favorite kind of implies I have some first hand experience) players of all time is Old Hoss Radbourn. As an aside, if you don't know who he is, I'd suggest looking up his stats or reading a bio for an interesting read. If anything, you'll certainly appreciate what a different game baseball was in the late 1800s when you see his great 1884 season when he started, and completed, 73 games. Of course, he pitched his whole career underhand...

Anyways, I'd love to pick up one of his cards. Obviously, they are limited... The Old Judge SMR for a PSA 5 is $1250, which, while I'd love to own one day, is a bit much at this point assuming I could even find one. Although if someone reading this does have one, would love to see a scan...

Currently, I'm looking to spend maybe half that. Maybe a lower end Old Judge can be found for $3-500? Does anyone have other recommendations or know of other turn of the century cards featuring Radbourn that I could look in to? The other sets listed in the SMR (Goodwin and two Allen & Ginters issues) don't list a Radbourn.

Even interested in a nice looking card from later issues where he was featured (something like the 60 and 61 Fleers which unfortunately didn't have a card for him).

Thanks,
Dave

eadams24

1887 Buchner N284 11A Hoss Radbourn:#{Boston#{Sic, Radbourne
1887 Buchner N284 11B Hoss Radbourn:#{Boston *#{(Sic& Radbourne;#{hands
1887-90 Old Judge N172 426 Old Hoss Radbourne:#{Boston (Portrait)
1887-90 Old Judge N172 427 Old Hoss Radbourne:#{Boston (Non-#{portrait)
1889 N526 No. 7 Cigars 12 Charles Radbourne
1939-52 Albertype Hall of Fame PC754-2 24 Ole Hoss Radbourne

mcholke

Dave

Not an expert on Radbourn but the only graded cards listed on the pop report are:

1887 N172 OLD JUDGE    OLD HOSS RADBOURN  PORTRAIT
1950 CALLAHAN H.O.F.    CHARLES RADBOURNE  
1963 GAD FUN CARDS    OLD HOSS RADBOURNE
1976 SHAKEY'S PIZZA HALL OF FAME OLD HOSS RADBOURNE  BASEBALL'S IMMORTALS
1983 H.O.F.MET.PLQ.CARDS   HOSS RADBOURNE  METALLIC PLAQUE CARDS
1990 BASEBALL WIT    HORSE RADBOURNE

It appears there is a variance in the spelling of his last name Radbourn and Radbourne

Griffins

The Buchner's seem to go for less than the Old Judges, but they aren't the best likeness of him and can be difficult to locate. His Callahan has a decent line drawing of Old Hoss, and can be obtained for slightly more than a cost of a quarter pounder, but it's a tribute card. Best bet would be to hold off for an OJ, and post in the buy/sell/trade section of the Net 54 board
Net 54 Buy/Sell/Trade Index
I know Julie Vogner from that board had a thing for Radbourne, she might be able to help you out.

Tabe

Beckett shows Radbourn as having the following cards:

1887 Buchner N284 11A
1887 Buchner N284 11B
1887-90 Old Judge N172 426
1887-90 Old Judge N172 427
1889 N526 No. 7 Cigars 12
1939-52 Albertype Hall of Fame PC754-2 24
1950-56 Callahan HOF W576 61
1963 Gad Fun Cards * 8
1973-79 TCMA All-Time Greats 64
1975 Fleer Pioneers 5
1975 TCMA All-Time Greats 26
1976 Shakey's Pizza 25
1980-02 Perez-Steele Hall of Fame Postcards 24
1980-87 SSPC HOF 24
1984 Galasso Hall of Famers Ron Lewis 25
1990 Baseball Wit 92
1990 HOF Sticker Book 2
1994 Origins of Baseball 42

You've got the whole gamut there - dirt-cheap like the SSPC HOF set all the way up to high-end with the Old Judge stuff.

Tabe

rlankhaar

From the Library of Congress, which has a great image archive.

dgbaseball

Thanks for the replies. Definitely a few other cards for me to check out... and definitely inspiration to actually give in and go for an Old Judge. Maybe.

MajorDanby

dgs...check this site out...

http://members.aol.com/METSBWD/hofers.html