How Many Signed T206 Cards Exist?

Bpm0014 · #1 08-14-2013, 10:49 AM

T206 collector... You have, what I think, is the most impressive collection on this board (along with Ed's "Howe McCormick" stamped collection and the other member (?) that collects the extreme T206 freaks). Anyone with money can go out and buy expensive cards such as a Drum, or Lenox, or Old Mill Brown, or even a Plank or Wagner. But to narrow it down to something so unique, as you guys do, is truly somethng special. I absolutely never get tired of seeing yours and Ed's and the other member who collects the T206 freaks (?), cards. Thanks for always showing them!

T206Collector · #2 08-14-2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Bpm0014

T206 collector... You have, what I think, is the most impressive collection on this board (along with Ed's "Howe McCormick" stamped collection and the other member (?) that collects the extreme T206 freaks). Anyone with money can go out and buy expensive cards such as a Drum, or Lenox, or Old Mill Brown, or even a Plank or Wagner. But to narrow it down to something so unique, as you guys do, is truly somethng special. I absolutely never get tired of seeing yours and Ed's and the other member who collects the T206 freaks (?), cards. Thanks for always showing them!

Thanks so much for the nice comments. I definitely feel a kinship with Ed and his "Howe McCormick" collection, and I am proud to say that I have contributed Howe-stamped T206 cards that I have found to it. My understanding is that many Net54'ers have Howe-stamped cards in their collection that they would willingly trade to Ed if he had a substitute card. In some cases we're talking about a rare Hindu back, so there is some difficulty; but, frankly, I do not really understand why most who have one of those cards doesn't just ship them to Ed for a nominal return. Consider it collecting karma. In most collections, the stamp reduces the card's intrinsic value anyway.

obcbeatle · #3 08-14-2013, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bpm0014

T206 collector... You have, what I think, is the most impressive collection on this board (along with Ed's "Howe McCormick" stamped collection and the other member (?) that collects the extreme T206 freaks). Anyone with money can go out and buy expensive cards such as a Drum, or Lenox, or Old Mill Brown, or even a Plank or Wagner. But to narrow it down to something so unique, as you guys do, is truly somethng special. I absolutely never get tired of seeing yours and Ed's and the other member who collects the T206 freaks (?), cards. Thanks for always showing them!

Agree 100%. It is great that those who own such diverse collections make photo's available and share info because it opens up some new areas of interest (I think) to many collectors (to think out of the box so to speak). For example ... until recently I didn't know that Larry Doyle signed any of his tobacco (or candy?) cards. Plus Net54 introduced me to the hobby of original photographs. Prior to that I was in the mainstream of collecting 50's/60's Topps/Bowmans and occasionally T-206's/T-205's. Net54 has opened my eyes to many new areas of collecting. There are so may other different types of baseball memorabilia out there that have piqued my interest recently after reading these forums. So now I feel like maybe I can diversify my collection into something more interesting over the long term. And the Deadball Era has always been one of my favorites!

Bpm0014 · #4 08-14-2013, 11:58 AM

I've sent 3 to Ed myself I believe. In all instances telling Ed to send me something similar whenever he had a chacne to. Was indeed a good feeling helping him out. Karma. haha

Bpm0014 · #5 08-14-2013, 12:00 PM

Jerry, I beleive (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that Larry Doyle and Rube Marquard were the 2 most prolific signers of T206 cards....

T206Collector · #6 08-14-2013, 12:24 PM

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Jerry, I beleive (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that Larry Doyle and Rube Marquard were the 2 most prolific signers of T206 cards....

I think that's right. Second easiest tier would probably be Snodgrass, Livingston, McBride, and Leifield.

obcbeatle · #7 08-14-2013, 08:39 PM

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I think that's right. Second easiest tier would probably be Snodgrass, Livingston, McBride, and Leifield.

That's very cool. Larry Doyle was my great-great Uncle. So a very distant relative :-) My Mom and Dad went to Cooperstown in 1999 to research Doyle. They were in the midst of doing other family genealogy and they sent me a packet of Doyle's info and photo's from the HOF Museum. That is when I became interested in Larry. But I just never seem to have the time to research his career and memorabilia further. I do have a few of his T cards. Anyway ... now I know that he and some of his teammates were signers of their T-206 cards!

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