Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisJay....Joann....Gil
Where do I begin.....Gil, 90% or more of the T206's that have names on both the
bottom and top of a given card have the same name. To my simple thinking that
phenomena lends itself to a continuous vertical strip (or coil....as we used to
get postage stamps years ago) of the same player.
JOANN....Two responses for you.....1st, I am now working on my 3rd T206 set, so
I have had, or seen, many 1000's of T206 cards and there are "diamond cuts".
Not as many, or as pronounced, as are found in E-cards, but nevertheless, they
do occur on T206's. I currently have about 40 - T206's with "Dia Cuts".
2nd....The Halper horiz. strip has no Tobacco back adv. It appears to be a "proof"
of some sort. If you study the lack of colors on several of the cards (especially
on the CYoung and the Bowerman cards, this strip was never an actual production
piece. But, some sort of "printer's experiment".
The fact that Wagner is on this strip, has elevated it to enormous hype. I have my
reservations about it; and, it certainly is not in my mind representative of a real
production run of T206's. Therefore, excuse my skepticism, but I discount it as a
meaningful argument against the "Coil Theory".
Look guys, I have put this out on the table to stimulate discussion....I am not
totally convinced of this. But, it is thought-provoking and I think that is fine.
T-Rex TED