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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

You imagined......

"I can just imagine a grand party being held in a Georgia mansion with VIP's in attendance. I can also imagine these
cards being used as admission tickets and some of them being left behind.I can then imagine a young boy, who lived
in the house, coming downstairs the next morning and finding some of these cards lying around on tables or the floor."

And, perhaps this "young boy" could have been Richard Russell, who was 14 years old in 1911 and an avid BB fan and
T-card collector.
However, Russell was in Military School about 100 miles away from Atlanta. I can imagine, though, that this imaginary
young boy may have been a friend of Russell's. And, what I've read about Russell, he was a serious T-card collector,
who would have traded a bunch of his Old Mills (T210's) for this Ty Cobb card.

Just imagine this trade....Russell's Old Mill Joe Jackson and Casey Stengel for the Ty Cobb back card.


Anyhow, I like your thinking.


TED Z