T206 Plank status in the hobby

[RCMcKenzie]

The Plank is a much more revered card by card collectors. I have this unpresentable e121 Ruth that neither card collectors, nor regular baseball fans are wowed by. If I had a T206 Plank in this condition, card collectors would be impressed, but the average person on the street would not know what it was.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

The Plank is a much more revered card by card collectors. I have this unpresentable e121 Ruth that neither card collectors, nor regular baseball fans are wowed by. If I had a T206 Plank in this condition, card collectors would be impressed, but the average person on the street would not know what it was.

I'm wowed by your Ruth! Thanks for sharing!

Mike

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks, Mike. I guess it's all relative. I like this lower grade Ruth, and was glad to get it.

[packs]

Surprised to see the Doyle listed as a top card. Expensive, yes. But nowhere near the layman recognition a Wagner or 52 Mantle has. Lots of cards are expensive. What makes the Doyle worthy of top 5 hobby status? Nobody but a T206 freak has any reason to know who he is.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by packs

Surprised to see the Doyle listed as a top card. Expensive, yes. But nowhere near the layman recognition a Wagner or 52 Mantle has. Lots of cards are expensive. What makes the Doyle worthy of top 5 hobby status? Nobody but a T206 freak has any reason to know who he is.

time for recalibration...doyle does not deserve to be a top 5 card of the hobby...t206 maybe!

[FrozenInferno]

This site has been a treasure trove of interesting information.

I'm primarily a hockey guy who happens to think the T206 cards are the most interesting ever made. The age, the rarities, the different backs and their unique quirks and nuances. I just love everything about these cards. I only own one but I wish I could afford to collect more of them.

From the outside looking in I'd have to say I'd put the Plank card at #2 out of all the T206's, or maybe #3 if I'm counting the Cobb/Cobb. Blue is my favorite color so the eye appeal of the Plank card just really pops for me. I know the Doyle Nat'l is the rarest of them all but I'm actually less interested in that one being it's an error. Same for the Magie. I might even like the Plank more than the Wagner.

Seeing some Planks with rare series and/or factories in this thread for the first time has made me appreciate the Plank card even more. Thanks for sharing these everyone.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by FrozenInferno

This site has been a treasure trove of interesting information.

I'm primarily a hockey guy who happens to think the T206 cards are the most interesting ever made. The age, the rarities, the different backs and their unique quirks and nuances. I just love everything about these cards. I only own one but I wish I could afford to collect more of them.

From the outside looking in I'd have to say I'd put the Plank card at #2 out of all the T206's, or maybe #3 if I'm counting the Cobb/Cobb. Blue is my favorite color so the eye appeal of the Plank card just really pops for me. I know the Doyle Nat'l is the rarest of them all but I'm actually less interested in that one being it's an error. Same for the Magie. I might even like the Plank more than the Wagner.

Seeing some Planks with rare series and/or factories in this thread for the first time has made me appreciate the Plank card even more. Thanks for sharing these everyone.

I agree. I have never understood why most sets are complete without errors and variations, but t206 is not. Magie is kind of cool as one of the first corrected error cards, but the difference is only the change of a letter. Plank is a HOFer and unique picture, so he fits the need for several important subsets, Hofers, Portraits. With Wagner now starting at 2+ million dollars, Plank becomes even more important as the key attainable t206 rarity.

[Rhotchkiss]

I am biased about the Doyle, because I have one. I do think it is a top card, but only bc its impossible to complete a t206 set without one, and t206 is the king of all sets (again, I am a biased t206 “freak”).

To the lay person, a t206 Doyle is not a top 10. In fact, I doubt many of the cards us vintage freaks call top 10 would not even crack the list, including Plank, BN Ruth, Just So Young, etc. But that is why we have chat boards, and that is why I love this one for us old card lovers

The T206 Plank is a major card. However, I am not sure that Wagner starting at over $2mm directly affects Plank’s value. I think the wagner calls attention to t206 and helps the entire set (including the Doyle, which is necessary to get 524), but I think it’s thr t206 Wagner is a whole separate thing to itself.

[investinrookies]

Originally Posted by rats60

With Wagner now starting at 2+ million dollars, Plank becomes even more important as the key attainable t206 rarity.

This is exactly what Ive been thinking as well, every time a wagner closes at a new high. Plank on a relative basis looks cheap in comparison.

[Schlesinj]

SGC 1 Plank sold last night by Probstein on eBay for $33,600.