Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisI have to disagree with you, and others, regarding whether Russell knew the difference regarding the two Joe Doyle cards.
And, here is the scenario......
Russell would have seen the Joe Doyle N.Y. Nat'L (error) card first....as it was printed first. The Joe Doyle N.Y. was available
later than the error card. Having acquired the error card first, Russell put it into his T206 collection. Subsequently, he got the
normal Joe Doyle N.Y.card.
As a 13 year old, he might have discerned the difference; or, perhaps did not. But, since he already had a Joe Doyle card, he
relegated this (normal) one to his duplicate pile.
I, indeed, as a 10 year old did exactly this in 1949. I was collecting 1949 Bowman cards. I had several Phil Rizzuto cards (as
he was my neighbor in Hillside, NJ). In the Summer of '49 (I remember this as it was yesterday), I opened up a 5-cent pack
and found another Rizzuto card. But, this one had the wrong color on it than my other ones. So, I traded it....very dumb.
TED Z