This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/15/2017
Tim Murnane, a former player-turned-baseball writer, wrote in 1894, "Long is the most brilliant ball player on the field at the present time." In 1903, HOF pitcher Kid Nichols said of Long, "Herman Long is the greatest shortstop of them all. You can speak of your [Hughie] Jennings, and write of your [Jack] Glasscocks all you want, but this man Long at his best had them beat by a city block. Jennings was a brilliant ball player, and without doubt one of the leading players of the age, but this talk of his being better than Herman Long is all rot. Offered is a stunning 1895 Mayo Cut Plug of Long that belies its assessed grade with a much better appearance on the obverse, the downgrade in overall assessment is an area of paper loss on the reverse.