FS: 1907 Dietsche TY COBB (Rookie) - Batting - Price Reduced

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

FS: 1907 Dietsche TY COBB - Batting

$8,750.00 - Payment via PP F&F

Ungraded Rookie of the 12-Time Batting Champ - upper corner is the only distractor (upper corner appears colored/creased/paper loss at that point) of an otherwise real nice card. Based on the one upper corner alone, I suspect this card would grade PSA 1 or Authentic. The corner may have been reattached, but I can't tell). No other creases on the card, just slightly rounded corners, and minor chipping on edges. Overall eye-appeal is about 3.5

Hey Rick
Great looking card first of all. I am curious how we know it's from 1907 and not 1908 as the corner that is recolored is where the date is supposed to be?

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[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey Rick
Great looking card first of all. I am curious how we know it's from 1907 and not 1908 as the corner that is recolored is where the date is supposed to be?

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i do not think there is a way to differentiate this copy as from 1907.

[ullmandds]

i thought the 1908 had name printed on it?

[rickalaska]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i do not think there is a way to differentiate this copy as from 1907.

Hi Pete,

Yes there is a way to differentiate between a 1907 and 1908 - read the last line of the text on the backside - talks of Cobb - "He is almost sure of leading the American League in batting for the season of 1907."

[rickalaska]

Here is a side by side comparison of the 1907 and 1908 Ty Cobb Dietsche postcards. The 1907 is the one with the 1907 in the text (and where the corner is bad on my card) and the 1908 has a different paragraph and also shows 1908 along the left edge after the words "Detroit, Mich.".

[insidethewrapper]

1908 cards have the name printed on the front, 1907 don't. Cobb is in "white" , since he was also in the first series in 1907. If a player was not in the first series in 1907 , their 1908 card has the name on the front of the postcard in "Black ".

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

1908 cards have the name printed on the front, 1907 don't. Cobb is in "white" , since he was also in the first series in 1907. If a player was not in the first series in 1907 , their 1908 card has the name on the front of the postcard in "Black ".

I do not mean to hijack Rick's thread, but 1908 cards sometimes come without the names printed on the front. Here is an example of a Cobb. (not mine)

[mrreality68]

Great looking card and interesting follow up about the year of it and how to tell

[rickalaska]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey Rick
Great looking card first of all. I am curious how we know it's from 1907 and not 1908 as the corner that is recolored is where the date is supposed to be?

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Read the paragraph on the back - the last line talks of how he is leading the league in batting for the 1907 season.

There is some paper loss on the back of that corner - not sure what is going on with it. If a guy was going to replace a lost corner, you would think they would have clipped a corner from card from the same set - that side writing is the same in all the Detroit cards.