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T206CollectorI discussed this card a little bit on my website and I will elaborate more here. I truly enjoy collecting pre-WWI signed cards, particularly signed T206 cards, and found this one very tempting. I strongly considered expanding my signed card collection into the 1930s with this one, but a few things held me back:
1. There is apparently a fairly decent sized hole in this card where the Goudey trademark was placed on the lower right. This is only clearly visible upon clicking the image for a larger view. I would have jumped at this one for $500-$600 in that condition, but I felt like I would be outbid by someone who didn't see the hole and relied instead on the seller's "very good" description.
2. If I start collecting signed Goudeys as well as signed pre-WWI cards, my budget would have to grow eponentially since there are so many more of them out there than signed T206 cards. The last surviving T206er was Marquard, who died in 1980 and I feel like that creates a comfortable cutoff in terms of difficulty in obtaining a signature on a card. Are there still any 1933 Goudey players alive? When did the last one pass away?
3. This isn't the nicest 33 Goudey I've seen signed -- I know of a beautiful Grove; and in that same collection also resides a 33 Hornsby, so it isn't all that rare or at least not unique.
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