T206 Collins (hoping this is not way OT)

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Posted By: Jason Carota

I just came across this card on the Bay tonight:



Topps labeled the card as "Jimmy Collins Phila. Amer." Isn't the player pictured actually Eddie Collins? There are two Jimmy Collins I know of. One is pictured here:



The other did play for Philadelphia at the end of his career, yet he spent most of his time in Boston (including the 1903 WS against Pittsburgh.) As-far-as I know, his playing days ended after Philadelphia in 1908, therefore, there would not be a T206 featuring him.

Am I correct guessing that Topps mislabeled their card?

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Posted By: Jay

Yes Topps mislabeled the card. If you find a T206 Eddie Collins it will look exactly like that Topps card.

O/T to your original post but I consider it a travesty that Topps cut up bats and uniforms from players like Eddie Collins, John Evers, John McGraw and others to make those bat/jersey cards.

Jay Kaplan

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Posted By: Jason Carota

That's what I thought. All the times I have searched for the real Eddie Collins T206, his portrait T206 always showed up slabbed by PSA and SGC as Eddie. When this Collins popped up, I got confused. Thanks, Jay.

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Posted By: Mark L

The card is mislabeled but not mis-pictured. Surely Topps is claiming that this sliver of wood is part of an Eddie Collins bat: It is next to impossible to identify a bat from Jimmy Collins's era as having been used in a game not to metnion having been used by by anyone in particular. Of course it is disgusting to contemplate someone actually cutting up an old game used bat or jersey. I keep hoping that the people at Topps, UD, et al who issue these cards are just lying about it.

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Posted By: Rick

Definately Eddie.

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Posted By: Jason Carota

The Jimmy Collins pictured in my original post playing for Minneapolis is the Jimmy Collins who managed the Red Sox in the first World Series. In that post, I came to the conclusion that he did not have a T206 card. I did know that after the 1908 season in Philadelphia, he left the major leagues and eventually played for Providence (hence his T205.) Little did I know that he spent 1909 as a player-manager for the Millers.