Another T206 back "mark" thread (EPDG)

[mybuddyinc]

Very interesting thoughts !!!

The one thing that absolutely boggles my mind (and has for, for a long time) is that an uncut sheet of T206s has never been found.

Plenty (relatively speaking) of hand cuts, scarp, and other non-package cards made it out of the factory. How couldn't a sheet, or part of a sheet (other than Wagner 5 card) ?? The sheer numbers make the lack of a surviving sheet astronomical, in my mind ...

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

Very interesting thoughts !!!

The one thing that absolutely boggles my mind (and has for, for a long time) is that an uncut sheet of T206s has never been found.

Plenty (relatively speaking) of hand cuts, scarp, and other non-package cards made it out of the factory. How couldn't a sheet, or part of a sheet (other than Wagner 5 card) ?? The sheer numbers make the lack of a surviving sheet astronomical, in my mind ...

Reputedly, there is one at Ft. Knox.

[Pat R]

Scott, from what I've seen on the back print flaws there's a possibility
that there could be one or two other EPDG subjects with the same
mark as Covaleski I know you said you checked all of your other
EPDG's but keep checking all the new ones you see or purchase
and you might find another one.

[Pat R]

There have been reports of full T206 sheets that were known to have
existed for a long period of time.

Supposedly there were a few that were destroyed in a fire that
was reported in this article.

http://t206resource.com/Article-T206...stique-34.html

And I think there's a good possibility that the large group of SC350-460
factory 30 "no prints" that were sold on ebay over a period of time by
the same seller were cut from a sheet shortly before they being sold off.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by Pat R

There have been reports of full T206 sheets that were known to have
existed for a long period of time.

Supposedly there were a few that were destroyed in a fire that
was reported in this article.

http://t206resource.com/Article-T206...stique-34.html

And I think there's a good possibility that the large group of SC350-460
factory 30 "no prints" that were sold on ebay over a period of time by
the same seller were cut from a sheet shortly before they being sold off.

I would have to disagree that the SC350-460 F30 No Prints were cut shortly before they were sold. Although this is only my opinion, this is why. First, the cards have pencil lines that were used as cutting guides. Second, the cutting on all the cards were no where near centered and straight. Third, the seller had no idea that the cards were missing the overprint and have more than average value. Fourth and lastly, I believe most would have known that a sheet would have much more value than poorly cut penciled single cards. I just think a little more effort would have been made to make the cards look similar to the Honus Wagner PSA 8 type of cut and centering. Still, only my opinion.

I do believe a sheet or partial will still be found at some point. The educational value will be just as much as the collector value.

I still have to check all of my EPDG's for the print mark. I have over 100 so I hope to find something possibly. The search will take some time since my cards are in alphabetical order and not by card back. I will post what I find, if any or none.

Happy collecting everyone!!!

[Thromdog]

I dug through my 250 EPDGs and didn’t find any with the ink blotch....

[Ronnie73]

So I finally got a chance to look at the backs of my cards. It took some time since my cards are in alphabetical order and not by card back. It was probably worth it because I did find something very interesting with a card I've owned for two and a half years now. As far as the EPDG's, I didn't find that mark on any of mine including my Covaleski. My EPDG Lattimore had a print defect/mark on the top right corner of the border.

[Pat R]

Here's another Covaleski EPDG with the same mark. All of the examples with
the mark are also missing part of the the E and S in series.

Covaleski.jpg

Covaleski Back.jpg