1889 A17 Allen & Ginter Album Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | A17 Allen & Ginter Album (for N29 cards) |
Year | 1889 |
Size | 6″ x 8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Album |
Number in Set |
50 (album cut cards) |
1889 A17 Allen & Ginter Album Overview
As a premium surrounding their 1889 N29 Allen & Ginter cards, the company distributed a special album (designated as the A17 Album in the American Card Catalog) with pictures of the 50 cards in the set.
The cards in the album were exact replicas of the actual cards with a couple of minor differences. First, the cards in the album did not include the standard Allen & Ginter logo at the bottom of the regular cards. In addition, the backs did not include the standard checklist as the N29 cards did.
In all, the album includes 14 pages (counting the cover). Pages were not stapled together like a traditional book today. Instead, they were bound together with a string.
These albums are scarce and difficult to find. Collectors will also find them in various forms. Sometimes, the albums are complete. Other times, individual pages from the album will be offered for sale from albums that have been separated. In addition, cards are also cut out individually from the pages (each page contained several cards). While these do not hold the same value as the regular cards, there is certainly a market for them.
A variety of sports are featured on the cards in the album. The baseball players are the most popular/valuable, led by Buck Ewing, the only Hall of Famer. The pugilists are next in terms of popularity for most collectors. Other sports include wrestling, tennis, track and field, skating, and billiards. A tennis card featuring Hall of Famer Henry Slocum is among the earliest tennis cards featuring an actual player.
1889 A17 Allen & Ginter Album Checklist
The checklist of the 50 cards from the N29 Allen & Ginter set, which are included on the pages of the album are listed below.
- James Albert
- W.J.M. Barry
- Theo Bauer
- Edwin Bibby
- Captain Paul Boyton
- E.C. Carter
- C.W.V. Clarke
- W.E. Crist
- H.G. Crocker
- William Cummings
- Captain Daly
- Patsey Duffy
- James Dwight
- William East
- Billy Edwards
- Buck Ewing (Baseball)
- Pat Fitzgerald
- Joseph Fogarty (Baseball)
- M.W. Ford
- W.G. George
- Charles Getzien (Baseball)
- Willie Harradon
- Jack Havlin
- Gus Hill
- F.F. Ives
- Patsey Kerrigan
- George La Blanche
- E.D. Lange
- Hugh McCormack
- Jack McGee
- George Miller (Baseball)
- John Morrill (Baseball)
- Frank Murphy
- Johnny Murphy
- L.E. Myers
- William O’Connor
- W.B. Page
- Axel Paulsen
- Thomas Pettitt
- C.A.J. Queckberner
- T. Ray
- Duncan Ross
- William Rowe
- James Ryan (Baseball)
- R.D. Sears
- H.W. Slocum
- Percy Stone
- Ralph Temple
- Captain Matthew Webb
- Fred Wood
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