Imagine how high Cobb prices would be if this trend had continued

[Peter_Spaeth]

So Cobb was scarce but Wagner wasn't???

[Ricky]

These old newspaper clippings are awesome! Thanks for posting.

[Brian Weisner]

This is one of my favorites

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So Cobb was scarce but Wagner wasn't???

Peter, all the ads are in the timeframe of the initial printing so Wagner
wouldn't have been among the available subjects yet.

Here is some interesting information on a couple of the sporting life ads.

http://t206resource.com/Sporting%20Life%20Ads.html

Brian, your image isn't showing up on my computer for some reason.

[RedsFan1941]

always fun to see what real research turns up

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Peter, all the ads are in the timeframe of the initial printing so Wagner
wouldn't have been among the available subjects yet.

Here is some interesting information on a couple of the sporting life ads.

http://t206resource.com/Sporting%20Life%20Ads.html

Brian, your image isn't showing up on my computer for some reason.

Oh I see so the reference to him was just a general one as among the two greatest players.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So Cobb was scarce but Wagner wasn't???

The clip that jerrys posted mentions both Cobb and Wagner being desired but only mentions a few Cobb cards being found. I would guess in the first clip the person didn't know that Wagner was in the set. I believe the first publicized Wagner wasn't until 1930. I have never seen anything before that, so most people probably didn't know the card even existed.

[Pat R]

I might have posted this before but I don't remember.

June 14 1911 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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[rats60]

Originally Posted by Pat R

I might have posted this before but I don't remember.

June 14 1911 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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I have always wondered if the rarest cards, Wagner and Doyle in particular, ever came in packs.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by rats60

I have always wondered if the rarest cards, Wagner and Doyle in particular, ever came in packs.

You could be right about this.

This summer I picked up a time life book on the 1900-1910 decade that was printed in 1969 and in it there is a paragraph on t206 and tobacco cards
that refers to the Wagner as being bootlegged. Combined with the 1911 newspaper clip I posted earlier in this thread it's possible that Wagner and Plank were
never inserted in packs.

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[steve B]

The collection I saw auctioned in CT years ago included a Wagner. The entire group, all T206 and T205 if I recall it right had been kept in a cigarette carton.

I didn't see anything about that batch that would make me thing the Wagner hadn't simply come from a pack and been put with the other cards.

[Browns1981]

How were the cards packaged in Polar Bear bags? Were they just loose?

[DeanH3]

These are great reads. Thanks for posting. Gets the T206 juices flowing for sure.