1888 Studio cabinet of Deacon White (the McGreachery pose).
Lot 4. 1888 Studio cabinet of Deacon White (the McGreachery pose). From the Deacon White estate which was auctioned in 2006. The Cabinet is from the Fearnaught Studio in Indianapolis though White never played there. What appears to be an ordinary cabinet of a great 19th Century player is actually much more than that. In the 1980’s an N172 Old Judge card was discovered of a player named McGreachery, described as the Manager of Indianapolis. The card became a hobby mystery for many years. Indianapolis never had a player or manager named McGreachery, nor could any record be found with a player or manager with that name. It was years later that the player was identified to be Deacon White, who had one of the more recognizable faces in baseball history. The “McGreachery” card is considered one of the great rarities in the N172 set and this cabinet is obviously the source of the photo and probably “one-of-a-kind”. The fact the cabinet was produced by an Indianapolis photographer with the apparent “one-of-a-kind” N172 card with an Indianapolis team makes an obvious connection. The cabinet has extraordinary photo quality although there is a strip of paper loss at the top of the rear where it was mounted in the White family album.
Winning Bid $4,840.
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