T3 Turkey Red Gallery
 

There's a thread on the postwar board that has been going on since January where cards from the 1952 Topps set are being posted one a day in numerical order. I thought it would be fun to do the same thing with the beautiful T3 Turkey Red set starting today with Mordecai Brown, tomorrow will be Bill Bergen, etc.

Here is my Mordecai Brown. Let's see some other Browns that people have.

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FYI, I'm actively working on the set and my want list is in my sig. Thanks!

Here's a Brown that I had

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Here is my Brown. I need just three cards to complete the set, so will contribute as much as i can to this fun thread. Beautiful cards all around!

Hi

Just curious I have heard about but never seen any Turkey red proof cards.

Does anyone on the forum have any? If so could you share some photos of them

Jeff, you can see a few at Craig’s T3 site here. Definitely worth checking out. http://www.t3turkeyred.com/Proofs.html

Thanks Chad

You were right that is a great LINK to check out and those proof cards are amazing

Paul, which 3 do you still need?

Love this idea, Jay!! This set is my current major project. One of the all-time great issues!

I had the Boss Schmidt Detroit proof for Many years, I traded it about 5 years ago to another collector for a Tomlinson Cabinet of Hanlon Detroit. We were both happy. He was collecting the proofs.

T3 Brown
 

Hello All,

Here’s a view of a T3 Brown that you won’t often see.

Craig, I was hoping you would post some of your set and especially the no offer backs. Great to see.

I need Criger, Kling, and Doolin. The set is a pretty consistent Ex/vg-ex. Luckily I bought most of the key cards years ago (many ungraded but in that consistent condition.) bought the Cobb from Dan McKee at willow Grove in the 90’s. I have seen the cards i need but often lower grades or if in top condition they have been just too expensive (chased by registry guys).

If anyone has them in those grades, looking to buy! :-)

Here is a little more of a closeup so that folks will know how this cool thread will unroll.

Brian

Thanks for the thread.

Some great looking cards yesterday. Here's the card for today, Bill Bergen.

Here's 1 I had
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& 1 I have (I like the old one better)
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Quite possibly the worst hitter (position player) in MLB history

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Bergen
 

#2

Every time someone points out what a terrible hitter Bergen was, I have to counter that he was probably the best defensive catcher of the deadball era.

Turkey Red Bergen
 

2. Bergen

These no-ad versions are so cool, Craig. How many different ones do you have in the set?

Turkey Reds
 

Thanks Paul. How many? If the thread stays alive we’ll have 48 more days to find out.

All the best,
Craig

Craig, I thought you used to have them all and were trying to again so I'm interested as well to see how close you are. I think I have 1 no offer back.

Here's Tommy Leach for today.

Most of my "No offer" backs are the T9 boxers as they seem easier to find.
REA just auctioned off a nice Ty Cobb "no offer" a month or 2 ago

Here's a Tommy Leach I once had

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Turkey Reds
 

3. Leach

I know that the no offer backs are very tough to find, but I was wondering about the difference between the checklist backs that are 1-75 and 1-76. When I was collecting the set, I didn't pay much attention to the backs, but I counted my set, and I only have 15 that are the 1-76 checklist so I guess those are less common than the 1-75 checklist but not as rare as the no offer backs. Does anyone know if that is correct?

Tommy Leach hit 49 career inside-the-park home runs, second only to Sam Crawford all time. He also has the first modern World Series hit to his credit, a 2-out triple off of Cy Young in the top of the first inning in Game 1 of the 1903 series.

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Leach
 

Love the colors on this one.

Leach

Roger Bresnahan for today

Bresnahan

How do people get these to display larger? I am uploading pictures from my photo files on my phone. They always load as small images on the board.

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I was wondering why so many of the pictures being shown were so small. I am uploading pictures that have transferred from my phone to my PC where I have usually cropped them and then resaved before uploading. I'm not sure why they show up as large as they do, but they just do.

Jay,

Have you tried just going directly from your phone to the site?

Brez
 

#4

HOF catcher Bresnahan made his major league debut at 18 yrs old in 1897, as a pitcher for the soon to be defunct Washington Senators of the National League. He pitched a six hit shutout.

And thanks again for the card, Craig. :)

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No, I haven't. Since I usually end up cropping the pictures before posting them, they end up on my PC which is where I post them from.

This is a great and enjoyable thread and with so many on the list of T3's it will go on for a while and be very interactive.

I might have to go out and find me some T3's so I can join in.

In the meantime I will just enjoy the ride

Turkey Reds
 

4. Bresnahan

That will be a great collection once you complete it.. confident you will do it. Joe

Sam Crawford

Sam
 

The one that started it all for me..

Arguably the premier power hitter of the deadball era. Bill James estimated that Sam Crawford would have hit 494 career home runs if he had begun playing in 1919, the lively ball era, instead of 1899. Ty Cobb said that Sam Crawford would have hit 40 homers a year if he played in Ruth's era.

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My Bresnahan

Chase
 

Need it!

Chase signed with the Buffalo franchise of the newly formed Federal League in 1914. Charlie Comiskey was incensed that the upstart league would steal one of his players, and arrived at Chase's first game in Buffalo, lawyers in tow, with papers to serve to Chase barring him from participating in the game. Chase arrived at the game dressed as a woman, in "full feminine costume", in an attempt to elude Comiskey, and walked to an empty toolshed down the right field line! Chase changed into his uniform and made his way to the infield from the toolshed as the game began. Buffalo came to the plate in the top half of the first inning, even though they were the home team, in order to get Chase at least one appearance! Chase struck out, and was then removed from the game as Comsikey had obtained an injunction barring Chase from playing anywhere in the state of New York.

If you're interested in more, I highly recommend reading "Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook".

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Chase

My Hal Chase

Howie Camnitz

Cam

Camnitz was the 1st Turkey Red I ever owned.
When PSA started to grade these, I sent in this Camnitz, it was the only Camnitz on their pop report & they had about 30 total cards graded.

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Thanks for sharing a little about your T3 journey. We'll get to my first T3 in a little over two weeks from now. It was bought in 2011 on Ebay, coincidentally from a current net54 member. I owned that one Turkey Red for over 9 years before I bought my second T3 early in 2021.

Chad I purchased the Camnitz around 1990 for maybe $80-90

Damn, Chad…you bought your 2nd earlier this year and you’re at 87 now!?!

Yep. #2 through #26 all came at once. In fact, over 60 of those came in ungraded lots. That's about the only way to make it happen that quickly, unless you have unlimited cash I suppose. I've also sold or traded another 18 or so duplicates, and I have five or six more to sell that I haven't gotten around to posting on the BST yet. It's been quite the ride, but extremely enjoyable. It has been quiet lately, but I'll be posting my newest addition today in the October pickup thread. It's a big pickup for me as I've seen just one for sale during the last six months (Memory Lane), and like every T3 in that auction it was too expensive for me.

Fred Clarke

Clarke

Fred Clarke, a great hitter and outstanding fielder, still holds the record for most hits in a major league debut, with a 5 for 5 performance for Louisville on June 30, 1894.

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Fred Clarke…I will add here a great piece I got in the Original Halper auction gifted to Fred by the team in honor of the first World Series that he played in and managed the Pirates for.

Ty Cobb

Cobb

Jay and Paul, nice cards! Sadly, I have nothing to share today, but I'm actively looking for a Cobb and would love to hear about any that might be available!

EDIT on 12/24/21 to add my recently acquired Cobb!

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Great Cobbs guys.

I am going to be putting that card on my want list.
Not going to get one for a while. Have others higher up and the want list
But these cards have a great look to them

Cobby

Chad, good luck finding one you like in your price range. They seem to show up in auctions somewhat frequently. If I see one, I'll try to remember to let you know.

Yes, they do, two come to mind recently. Decent copies are going for near and over 5 figures now. :eek: Thanks!

Mr Cobb

Looks Great Framed Joe

Thanks took the frame pic down, showed up to small. Posted the Cobb.

Turkey Reds
 

5. Crawford
6. Chase
7. Camnitz
8. Clarke
9. Cobb

….and well deserved. Arguably the most aesthetically pleasing card in the hobby. It’s been undervalued for some time now, IMO.

Some nice Cobbs yesterday, and Craig got caught up with his no offer backs including a Cobb. Amazing to see so many of the no offers when I hardly saw any while working on the set.

Art Devlin for today.

I knew Cobbs had gone up lately, but I didn't realize how much. There's a PSA 2.5 for sale by tonyetrade.com for $21,725. I bought quite a few T3s from him for my set, and the prices he has them for now all seem a lot higher than what I was paying last year.

Craig has all of them!! :)

Devlin

That's because I bought all of the sub-$300 cards he had ;) Not really, but I did buy around 10 from Tony. That Cobb price is a stretch for sure, but I don't blame him for listing it there given the current market. Might as well give the Dean's Cards business model a shot. If he does sell it for that, my future prospects for finishing the set will be bleak.

EDIT: Nice Devlins everyone! This card was one of the tougher commons for me to track down.

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