1879-80   New York Clipper Player Portraits

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Year(s) Published: 1879-80 Hobby Designation:   -- Set Name: NY Clipper Player Portraits Card Size (inches): 4-1/2 x 5-3/4 Number of Cards in Set: 68 Est. Value (common; VG): $65 Player Checklist (in order published) Player Checklist (alphabetical) Card Gallery (alphabetical) Clipper on eBay Google Search

Set Summary Woodcuts published weekly in the New York Clipper newspaper Founded in 1853, Clipper was a leading sporting & theatrical paper Two series totaling 68 player portraits with bio write-ups Ran in 1879 (Series 1; 40 players) and 1880 (Series 2; 28 players) Initial 9 woodcuts were numbered and made up Prize Winning Team Note: this 68-player subset was part of a series of more than 800 players profiled by the New York Clipper from 1869 to 1903. The full 800-player run (including both player portraits and biographical narratives) is printed in a two-volume compendium "The Complete New York Clipper Baseball Biographies: More than 800 Sketches of Players, Managers, Owners, Umpires, Reporteers and Others, 1859-1903" compiled by Jean-Pierre Caillault. See Old Cardboard eNewsletter #65 (September 2009) for a more detailed review of the book.

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