1909 E97 C. A. BRIGGS CO. BLACK & WHITE CY YOUNG (HOF) PICTURE IRV YOUNG-BOSTON VARIATION PSA 1.5 FAIR (HIGHEST IN POP).
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Winning Bid:
$3,158.03
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Presented here is a fresh to the hobby and exceedingly rare variation of one of the earliest and scarcest candy card issues of the 20th century. Produced in 1909 by C.A. Briggs Co., lozenge makers of Boston, MA, this bw version (a colorized version also exists) of National Baseball Hall of Fame pitching great, Cy Young, hails from the E97 set as designated in the ACC. While finding an E97 card in color and depicting a HOFer (there are only three within the 30 card set) is extremely difficult, the scant few bw, blank-backed examples that are known to exist takes this task to an entirely different level. A minute total of 11 colorized cards of Young (Boston) have thus far been graded by PSA while this rarity is only the third bw version ever graded by PSA, and this example is the singular highest graded, the others being a 1 Poor and an Authentic. While it was long believed that these bw cards were proofs produced prior to the color versions being issued, that theory does not hold up as a few player/team name revisions were made during the printing process and these would negate the possibility of the bw cards being early proofs. Further adding to the intrigue of this incredible find is the fact that although the bottom of the card identifies the individual as Cy Young, the image actually depicts another pitcher of the era, Irv Young. Given that a second colorized variation of the Young card exists notating "Cleveland" as his ball club, the C.A. Briggs company clearly intended this card to be issued for Cy Young as he played with Cleveland from 1909-11 while Irv Young never played for Cleveland during his MLB career. While Cy Young hardly needs any further introduction to the hobby, many of his all-time MLB pitching records will surely never be broken due to the philosophical changes in the way that pitching staffs are handled in the modern game. Among Cy's most impressive accomplishments were 511 career wins, 7,356 career innings pitched, 815 games started, 749 complete games and 25 1/3 consecutive hitless innings pitched. Young was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. An example of this card has not sold at auction in a number of years so you don't want to pass up this opportunity. The paper stock utilized for these bw cards is well documented as being substantially thinner than the color versions, thus making it very unlikely that any true high grade bw examples will ever surface. The centering and overall eye appeal of this exceeds the assigned grade. Here is your chance to get a highest in the PSA census example of a truly special card.
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