1887 Detroit Wolverines Tomlinson Cabinet from the James “Deacon” White Estate.
Lot 17. 1887 Detroit Wolverines Tomlinson Cabinet from the James “Deacon” White Estate. The offered cabinet was sold a few years ago in a Hunt Auction as part of the “Deacon “White estate. The cabinet is a composite of 14 members of the 1887 Detroit Championship team, one of the best of the 19th century. The team had 3 Hall of Famers, Dan Brouthers, Sam Thompson and Ned Hanlon and many feel White should have been a fourth. Other notables from the club pictured are Charlie Bennett, Lady Baldwin, John Rowe, Harding Richardson, their best pitcher Charles Getzein (who won 29 games) and of course, Deacon White, whose estate the cabinet comes from. The White Estate provides a letter of Provenance. The Cabinet has some problems, mostly notable staining at the top, a broken lower right corner and some two-sided tape on the back that apparently held in an album. Still a very acceptable cabinet of a very important team. Winning Bid $1,331.
