T227 Miners Extra backs

[puckpaul]

I bought the Halper set at sothebys which was about 60% complete. Thought it would be an easy finish. Luckily it had all the baseball players, with two marquards (different backs), the johnson and most importantly a really nice Cobb..at least vgex but i would say Ex...no creases, nice image, some wear to the corners. I figured with those keys the rest would be easy, and i like finishing sets and not just the baseballl (like N28 and 29, and the T3s). But acquiring the Brown and Rodgers has been way harder than i had known. Both have really cool stories to them, too. Such a great set. Passed at over $3000 on one in an auction two years ago...more have to pop up but being non-major sports they just dont show up much aside from being rare.

[Marslife]

Hey Orioles!

so far I have found 22/24 with Miners Extra Backs. Two cards have not been found with ME backs (that I know of) to date; the Bruce Brown and the C.P. Rodgers.

the other 22 are out there you just have to wait for them to pop up...


Hey Paul!

nice pickup, how about sharing a picture of that Cobby???

Cliff

[puckpaul]

Sure, here goes on the Cobb....

Paul

[T205 GB]

I’ve read almost complete thread and I didn’t see a single mention about Chief Bender with the Miners back. Is it scarce?

[Marslife]

Hi Andrew,

no the Bender with ME back is not scarce. the two cards that have not been found with the ME backs are Bruce Brown and the C.P. Rodgers.

SGC shows 24 graded Benders with Miners Extra backs.

[RCMcKenzie]

The T227 set is one that I have collected over the last ten years. I have mostly grabbed deals off of eBay. Cliff is one of the gurus of this set, Hi, Cliff, I would like to focus in more to see which cards are harder to find other than the 2 or 3 chase cards. Here's what I have, skewed by me only buying bargains...

Atell 0
Baker 0
Bender HLC
Brown 0
Cobb 0
Coulon ME HLC X2
de Oro 0
Dixie IV ME HLC X2 Blank back skinned?
Goodwin ME HLC
Hilton ME
Hoppe 0
Johnson HLC
Kay ME
Klaus 0
Kramer ME HLC x2
Marquard 0
McDermott ME
McGrath HLC x3
Mulford ME HLC
Rodgers 0
Sheppard ME HLC x2
UHlan me HLC x 2
Wolgast ME
Zhyszko ME x 2 Hlc

From my limited data, HLC is a little easier, but I don't know how it breaks down card for card by player. PSA pops are helpful. i.e. a t227 baker has been graded 47 times and a Bender 50 times. For comparison a T205 Baker has been graded 234 times and a Bender 267 times.
For the less famous cards like the runners, only 12 Kramer's have been graded, but I have 3 raw, so I think people don't send those in for grading, more than Kramer is more rare than Cobb. Kramer may have been thrown away more than Cobb though.