ESPN Article on the Burdick Collection

[cmcclelland]

What's the story with that T206 Cobb with the orange background and the red stripe at the top? Are there other known that look like that?

[caramelcard]

Originally Posted by cmcclelland

What's the story with that T206 Cobb with the orange background and the red stripe at the top? Are there other known that look like that?

I have one similar, but not as extreme. Mine is orange with a red stripe. That appears to be almost yellow. Nice card.

[JollyElm]

Um...doesn't the 'T' in T206 denote 'twentieth century' and not 'tobacco' as the 'expert' claimed?? Wow.

I'm paraphrasing, but she also trotted out the apocryphal story about Honus Wagner not wanting to encourage underage smoking as the reason he had his image removed from the series. There are no verifiable records pointing to an exact reason why he was removed (or had himself removed) from the set. Shouldn't she know that??

[ValKehl]

One of my hobby pet peeves is when someone, such as the Met Museum curator mentioned in this article, states that the T206 Wagner card is the rarest card of all.
Val

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

One of my hobby pet peeves is when someone, such as the Met Museum curator mentioned in this article, states that the T206 Wagner card is the rarest card of all.
Val

Val.

It is not the rarest card of all, but probably the scarcest (meaning demand outweighs supply). I will stop collecting baseball cards if I stumble upon a T206 Wagner. The Baltimore Ruth is something McKee and his Dad cooked up. I barely heard of that card until recently.

[Cardboard Junkie]

1914 Baltimore News Ruth is the most desirable baseball card to me. Dave.

[Zone91]

Cardboard Junkie

Same for me the 1914 Baltimore news Ruth is the # 1 card in the hobby by a home run....to me as well.

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