Rotated it for you Greg

Authentic Marquard.

rube
 

i believe you have my 6

Interesting. Answer number 4 has some false information. It was actually Harry Coveleski, not Stan, who beat the Giants 3 times in a week in 1908. Odd that Fred Snodgrass, even at his age at the time, would get this wrong. He was a member of the 1908 Giants and was in contact with Stan Coveleski, both appearing in the great book "The Glory of Their Times".

Signed Marquard
 

B-L had a heretofore unidentified Marquard, so I have updated the list. Anyone else have any signed T206 Marquards not identified herre? Thanks!

That one was in your original post. I have seen it before.

Joe

I added it to the image this morning.

Gotcha. Pretty sure I have seen it before some where before, but who knows, maybe I am mistaken.

Either way. Your collection is godly. Well done sir.

Joe

Thanks man! :D

Someone shared a scan of another signed Marquard with me last night - hands at side. Compilation updated accordingly. Now 35 known signed Marquards! Phew!

Somehow I don't think this will affect prices ;)

Can I have one?

Signed Marquard T-206
 

I have 6 that I have had for around 40 years. Now Heritage has them and they will be auctioning them this November and December. I love them, but it was time to sell.

That is a long time to own those beauties. Good luck with them in the auction.

I've consigned mine (along with a Wheat and a T205 Walsh -- and the better part of my collection) with LOTG. Should be going live soon!

good luck with the sales....

CJ
 

I'm curious to see the 1914 CJ Auto of his. Heard it was very nice.

CJ Marq Auto
 

Here's my beauty...

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CJ
 

That is very impressive. Such an amazing rare card. Thanks so much for showing me.

4 new ones in one month!
 

It looks like Matt O'Halloran's promised Marquards have started to show up in Heritage auctions. This month, we've got three new submissions from Heritage, and one new one from Hunt Auctions. That brings the total known signed T206 cards up to a whopping 39 examples! My favorite of the new lot is the Tolstoi signed version. Super cool and hard to believe...

Hard to believe he spelled his last name wrong?? Hahaha

Looks like I missed Mr. O'Halloran's lot of 3 T206s that sold in Heritage this past summer. All six of his, referenced above, are now in the market. And we are up to 42 known examples!

Rube T206
 

I have one but can't figure out how to post it up on here

If you want to you can send the scan or pic to leon@net54baseball.com and I will try to help. Thanks for offering to show another specimen.

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Here is one more to add to your collection

great pieces everyone!
 

i have 2 auto cards(snody and bridwell)....

I would like to add a marquard....:)

does anyone have an example they would be willing to trade other t206 for??


email or pm me....


I was watching the last one at heritage , I thought went pretty cheap:confused:

Awesome!

As a boy, around 1975, I sent him a postcard and an index card to autograph. He not only autographed both, but he sent me another postcard and index card both autographed.

Thanks! Composite and totals updated.

Does anyone here have a writing sample from Rube's wife? Still wondering about a few of these.

Found a new one sitting in a private collection, which I expect will find its way to an auction house. We're up to 45 total known examples. Phew!

Hunts now has a pair of signed Marquards that are new to the hobby. Updated composites now have 47 different examples. Crazy.

I saw those. I was thinking, I sure have seen a fair amount of signed Marquards. :confused:

Maybe it is just me, but I like the way Marquard signed his autograph, neat, tidy and totally legible. Compare that to present day unreadable ink blot signatures usually left by many notable players. I think the last player to truly respect and embrace polite requests for autographs was Cal Ripken, Jr.

T206 Marquard Signed Reprint
 

Well, not exactly. A few books and periodicals show black and white photos of Marquard's T206 portrait pose, which some enterprising collectors clipped and had Rube sign for them. Here's the only one I've seen, which I just picked up on ebay...

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A Pair of New Marquards
 

Two additional Marquards have made their way into the hobby-sphere. That brings the total identified up to 49. C'Mon ...someone out there must have Number 50!!!

Has to be the most T206's autoed by one player. Someone is going to find a hoard somewhere in an attic:D

Let's call it 49.5 (not my card)

Easily. It helped that he was a HOFer, who lived until 1980 - 93 years old - and lived somewhat close-ish to Cooperstown, in Maryland, where he would visit and of course sign autographs for fans.

Honorable mention would go to Larry Doyle, Fred Snograss, Lefty Leifield, George McBride, and Paddy Livingston.

I should hope not -- I just traded for it! :D

In that case -- sorry to steal your thunder ... Nice pick up!

50!
 

Here's 50! With orange ink, no less!

Movin' on up
 

A Net54 member reached out to me this weekend and showed me that he had acquired 15 signed T206 Marquards! An amazing feat! I was thinking maybe it would bump our total population up over 60 -- but, I was surprised that just two new ones (both hands at sides) were included. The other 13 had already been cataloged here.

So, we are now up to 52 different examples known. Still crazy.

Huggins & Scott is auctioning two more signed T206 cards in our August auction including Crawford and Marquard.

Well, that makes it 53! Thanks for sharing. Composite updated.

Wow, they just keep on coming! Has the huge number of these had any influence on the market for them?

I think so - particularly for the lower condition/quality versions. They were headed north of $2,000 for awhile there, with a couple of reported sales exceeding that amount. Now they still regularly fetch between $1,000 and $1,500.

Also, like I said, we had one guy hoarding them for awhile, and he managed to get 15 of them. If he ever divests himself, that will certainly have an impact.

The internet allows us to keep track of them all in one place in a way that would've been impossible years ago. The perception that a signed T206 Rube Marquard card was scarce, only up to a few years ago, is hardly defensible today.

I think the importance of pointing these out is about showing how relatively difficult any other player is to find on a signed T206 card, which, given Marquard lived until 1980, shows how most of these were almost certainly acquired in the 1970s. Doyle, Snodgrass, and Livingston are available, but even Doyle is still at about 1/3 of the total known Marquards. It helps that Marquard was a Hall of Famer, which drove substantial interest in his autograph. In this respect, a comparison of Marquard to Crawford -- the latter of whom I would guess has less than 10 signed T206 known -- is probably the best comp, in terms of autograph availability. Crawford died 12 years earlier than Marquard in 1968. Ironically, with the Memory Lane auction earlier this Spring, the Huggins and Scott auction this summer, and one I purchased from a private collection in January, three new Crawfords (all batting pose) were identified in just the last 6 months. It does seem like the exorbitant prices for these little gems is finally bringing them out of the woodwork!

Well then it should be interesting to see where the two upcoming cards in Heritage go. Probably to the moon (if indeed authentic). :eek:

Crawford-to-Marquard Ratio
 

I am aware of a total of 9 signed T206 Crawfords. That's about a 5-to-1 ratio Marquard to Crawford. Both players are HOFers, who were featured in The Glory of Their Times. Crawford died in 1968 and Marquard in 1980. It's hardly scientific, but based on these numbers I would estimate that about 80% of autographed T206 cards were signed after 1968. Of course, there are a ton of additional variables, including player popularity, availability, and responsiveness. But I do think it makes sense. Of the remaining 20%, most of those were probably signed in the 1960s. "Home Run" Baker (d.1963), Fred Clarke (d.1960), Nap Lajoie (d.1959), Ed Walsh (1959) have probably signed less than 5 each (I am aware of 1 or 2 each). I've never seen or even heard of a Bobby Wallace (d.1960). But, there are several Zack Wheat (d.1972) and Elmer Flicks (d.1971) available. Jeff Morey himself acquired at least three signed T206 Wheats, and The 2007 Great Pittsburgh Find of Signed T206 Cards had three Flicks. I would say I've seen probably 10 Wheats and 5 Flicks.

Anyway.... Who's got another signed T206 Marquard?!

Up to 54...
 

Nice pickup, Michael!

Marquard Can't Drive.... 55!!
 

Huggins & Scott has the 55th different signed Marquard I've ever seen in their November auction.

SIG Auctions just sold number 56 this month! Sold for $1,500. Great example at a very reasonable price. Wow.

http://auction.sigauctions.com/lot-79584.aspx