Burdick, Buck Barker and Corson letters

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Posted By: mark macrae

Great post Leon. The way I interpret the file card is that it looks like a combination want-list / have-list. Many collectors from the pre-computer age carried around similar notecards. In the earlier checklists (prior to the 1970's) , Hustler was listed among the T-206 backs. Since no modern collector can support the existance of a Hustler backed T-206, it's probably a safe assumption that this was either an innocent typo from many years ago, or that a 'paste-over' was discovered at some point (perhaps in the 30's), similar to the T-206 Wagner batting pose which was discovered by Frank Nagy & Dick Reuss in the mid 1970's. Initial close examination (i.e professional opinion of the time) determined that it was authentic, until Nagy or Reuss decided to toss it in a tub of water and voila, 2 seperate pieces soaked apart.... How many people would have the 'guts' to try THAT today if an authentic looking T-206 Hall of Famer with a Hustler back turned up.....