Gorgeous cabinet photo of Hall of Famer Roger Connor, the image corresponding with pose #88-1 in the N172 Old Judge Cigarettes issue.  While all N173 cabinets are rare, this is a particularly difficult pose of a key Hall of Famer, the only example to have been graded by PSA.  With 138 home runs across his 18-year career, Connor was the game's first great slugger, baseball's lifetime home run leader until the arrival of Babe Ruth. Underappreciated during his playing years, Connor's career became subject to closer scrutiny in the 1970s as Hank Aaron approached Ruth's career record.  Shortly after Ruth's record was toppled, Connor received his long-overdue recognition by being inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee.

Despite its striking image and clean mount, the grade of FR 1.5 assessed by PSA addresses a thin strip of what appears to be chipping to the photographic emulsion on the image itself, along its extreme right edge near the top.  The paper loss leads to what appears to be a long, thin scratch across the top right of the photo. Minor surface abrasions are visible vertically at the left and right of the image as well, mentioned here for accuracy but in no way detracting from the quality and detail of the image.   These flaws, though properly addressed in the technical grade, have virtually no impact on the aesthetic appeal of the cabinet itself.  A wonderful, rare photo of the game's earliest home run king.