T218 has been my pet set for a long time, and as I close in on completing the master set, I'm going back through some of my old research notes and files. Alongside my set I collect anything weird or unusual, and try to document what I don't own for the research angle, all the clues I can get that might one day help piece together better information on its distribution, sheets, etc.
Sometime c. 2004-2006 the attached card appeared for sale on eBay. It was identified as being on a very thick cardboard stock. The sellers name I didn't note, but he used to list a lot of c. 1910 boxing around then, with a yellow backdrop to low-quality pictures like this. Note that Goodman's background appears teal here, is usually blue before any fading/alteration.
A couple years ago, I found a batch of T29 Hassan African Animals cards on super thick, cruddy cardboard (
https://forum.vintagenonsports.com/p...pid=1309367428). Similar to how the Goodman was described. In hand, these cards appear to be old items made up this way, not a skinned card pasted to crude cardboard. T68 and T227 suggest the ATC used paper posters to advertise, they may have also used thick cardboard display stands or such to advertise in stores or something. Lends some credence to their possibly being a T218 like this.
Obviously I'm in the market to buy this, but mostly interested in seeing if anyone knows about it, has seen another, or knows who has it. I'd love to get a better quality image and confirm if it is or is not what it was described as ~15 years ago. Shot in the dark, but I've had shots in the dark here pay off before...
EDIT: It sold for like $12 or something; which at the time, when I was ~13 and a $ was hard to come by, was just over my risk bid.