McCormic back stamp

[Howe’s Hunter]

I wouldn't have a collection nearly this large without the help of a lot of board members. Even indirectly. Quite often I get an e-mail telling me they've seen on on eBay, or at a local show or something. Trae put me in touch with Mike, who had 29 in his possession. The guys at Mastro put me in touch with Jim S., who got 51 of them in a near compete t206 set they auctioned, and I now have gotten a total of 40 of those, either directly from Jim or people who won auctions from Jim, then sold them to me. I've kept a list of the origin of each of the cards I've been able to get. Someday, I'll just have to post it, as a thanks to everyone who has helped, even though I'm afraid I'll leave out someone who was instrumental in getting one to me. But I do appreciate all the help I get from everyone on the board in this strange quest of mine. Thanks.

[deadballera]

Ed,

Who are the players for the other 17 cards that you know of ?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Old Mill: Coles/Augusta, Reagan/New Orleans

Peidmont: Ames/glove, Birmingham, Covaleski, Elberfeld/N.Y. Amer/portriat, Joss/Glove, Lajoie/pitching, Magee/portriat, Mathewson/white cap, Owen/Chicago, Parent/Chicago, Seymore/batting, Warhop, Willis/batting

Hindu: Perdue/Nashville–PSA4 (from the Goodwin auction a couple months ago)


Of those I know, there are six more Hindu backed cards, and the other five are Piedmonts.

[T206Collector]

....of my favorite T206 side quests. Really cool stuff!

[JeremyW]

It's hard to believe you've got essentially 1/3rd of the set with that back stamp. Kudos to Ed & Mr McCormick for assembling some truly great collections. Sorry if this has already been discussed, but did McCormick collect only T206s?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

....of my favorite T206 side quests. Really cool stuff!

Me too! My favorite vicarious collection.

[Howe’s Hunter]

I know because I've been approached by two owners of E96s (a total of six cards) that have asked if I would be interested in those also. Didn't know what I was getting in to with the T206s, so not about to start on another.

Out of the 173, you have to realize there are quite a few duplicates. So far, I've found four Red Ames portraits, three Grahams/St. Louis, four Elberfeld/New York portraits and I have one Lundgren/Chicago and know the owner of another. Plus a lot of others that I just can't think of and am too tired to go through the book and note them all.

But I'm just amazed at how many he must have had in the first place to have 200 that we know of still around one hundred and two years later.

[FrankWakefield]

When did you get your first "McCormick" card?

When did you decide to chase after them?

And how long ago was it that I sent you the Spade card? It seems like years to me. I really underestimated your tenacity, even getting over 100 is amazing. I doubt this could have been accomplished pre-internet.

Congratulations. And keep at it!!!

FW