CHRISTY MATHEWSON NY Giants 1912 Baseball Great Cabinet Card Photo Autograph for Sale

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CHRISTY MATHEWSON NY Giants 1912 Baseball Great Cabinet Card Photo Autograph For Sale

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CHRISTY MATHEWSON NY Giants 1912 Baseball Great Cabinet Card Photo Autograph:
$12.99

Handmade historical reprint cabinet card of baseball great Christopher “Christy” Mathewson in 1912. The photograph is a Fujifilm Archival Quality Matte Print from the original photograph. Each card has a short bio on the reverse which makes it useful as a history teaching tool in addition to interesting, enjoyable and informative art for display.AND includes an imprinting of the genuine autograph!First Class Shipping in US. See Global Shipping Program for International.
From the brief Back Bio -
Christopher “Christy” Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed “Big Six”, “The Christian Gentleman”, “Matty”, or “The Gentleman’s Hurler” was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He was among the most dominant pitchers of his (or any) era and ranks in the all-time top-10 in major pitching categories including wins, shutouts, and ERA. In fact, he is the only pitcher in MLB history to rank in the top ten both in career wins and in career ERA. In 1936, Mathewson was posthumously elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its “first five” inaugural members…
The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture from the 1860’s through the early part of the 20th Century.
It consisted of a thin albumen photographic paper print mounted on a card typically measuring 4¼ by 6½ inches (108 by 165 mm). They are often confused with Carte de Visité (CDV), a similar but smaller format introduced around 1854 in France. CDV’s were very popular during the American Civil War. They tended to be much smaller in a standard 2-1/2\" x 4\" format.
“Cabinet Card” portraits were often presented and exchanged by individuals of position, and social standing. They came to often replace the “calling card” as a currency of social exchange and introduction.They were often kept and displayed in glass “cabinets” to demonstrate acquaintance or connection in some way with the notables pictured in the portraits.

In compliance with ’s new policy on autographs we want to be clear with customers that we offer our reprints with autographs as reproductions, and although we base our reproductions on genuine original signatures, we do not offer any Certificate of Authenticity as these are imprinted or facsimile copies and not originals.

\"Reprint\" or “Reproductions” offer an excellent way to enjoy historical public figures or celebrities, and to not spend a fortune on, in many cases, rare collectible originals.