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Old 01-14-2009, 05:32 PM
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Default T206 Collecting Query for Old Timers

Posted By: Frank Wakefield

That's every one of the Cubs.



I didn't scan my Giants because I lacked Mathewson's portrait card. Never have owned one of those.





There are more Giants cards than of any other team in the white border set, just like they've stated above. Lots of Cubs. Not many Red Sox or Phillies. It is obvious that the cards reflect what seemed to be going on in baseball about 1906 through 1908.



In another thread Rich Rubin mentioned that he had pdfs of T206 articles. Among them is Egan's list of them from the early 1970s. He has them listed, American League by team, alphabetically; then National League by team, alphabetically; then minors by team, then each of the 3 southern leagues, by team. And THAT is how contemporary collectors sorted them, how the old guys did it, too. I encourage everyone to sort them that way. It really helps to discern the development and progression of the cards. And then you can bunch all of those Cubs upon the scanner, like I did.

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