 |
|
||||||
 |
|
|||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#1
10-25-2011, 08:13 PM
|
|||
|
|||
T3 Turkey Red find !! Pics added
Hello all,
I was contacted recently by a gentleman in South Carolina who was looking for information on a large group of Turkey Reds in his possession. The vast majority of inquiries like this turn out to be someone with a stack of reprints. He did mention, however, that there were a few boxers in the group, so my ears perked up as I don't recall seeing a T9 reprint set. Long story short, the cards were originally collected by his grandfather as a youth, passed to his father in the early 50's and then passed on to him upon his father's passing in 1996. They sat untouched since then. The group consists of 86 T3 Turkey Reds (23 HOFers w/Cobb, Young, Speaker, 2 Lajoie, etc), 6 T9 Boxers and a lone Old Mill cabinet. The majority are first series cards and in fine shape. Interestingly, the grandfather's signature appears on one or two of the card backs. Waiting for the Fedex guy over the last day or two has been a struggle and I am so glad to have the collection here with me now. As an aside, I promised the gentleman that I'd scan all the cards and create a photo book for him and his sons in honor and rememberance of their collection. Pretty sure I'll keep a copy for myself as well. Very exciting to be able to re-introduce these cards to the hobby after 100 years. Happy Collecting, Craig Last edited by T3s; 10-26-2011 at 06:45 PM. Reason: Pictures Added 
|
|
#2
10-25-2011, 08:19 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
pretty neat Craig! post pics when you can! Are you keeping them or reselling on the b/s/t?
|
|
#5
10-26-2011, 12:00 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Can't wait to see the pics.
|
|
#8
10-26-2011, 12:20 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Awesome. One of my favorite sets. Congrats on the find.
|
|
#10
10-26-2011, 01:04 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Nice! I'd be interested to know whether any of the T9s are no address or Turkey Red advertising backs [the latter shouldn't exist but figured I'd ask].
__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true. https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/ Or not...
|
|
#11
10-26-2011, 02:56 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
congrats Craig! great exciting stuff.
|
|
#12
10-26-2011, 03:29 PM
|
|||
|
|||
 now that's neat!!
|
|
#13
10-26-2011, 06:50 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
T9 Boxers
Hi Adam,
In terms of the few T9 boxers in the lot, none with the no-ad backs and no Turkey Red ad-backs. As you noted, the boxers shouldn't be found with the Ad-back type. Here's one for you to keep an eye out for - T9 boxers with the 1-75 (no Jack Johnson) checklist back. See you Saturday, Craig
|
|
#14
10-26-2011, 06:56 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Absolutely stunning! Great find!
__________________
http://www.bandkgreen.net/baseballcards.htm
|
|
#16
10-26-2011, 07:39 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Holy crap! Nice find.
__________________
Successful deals with: scmavl, buymycards, nicedoctor, kutcher55, aaamchenry, brianvanhorn, jburl, tonyo, benge610, highlanderfan, westwin, cardsmemro, 27Championships, et al. My needs lists: W514 strip cards W515-2 strip cards
|
|
#17
10-26-2011, 07:55 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Turkey Reds
Hi Big Red,
One card has pinholes (Devlin). A bit of creasing here and there - a couple relatively rough cards. A dozen or so with writing on the back - definite MKs. The majority are nice clean VGEX and EX. Maybe (fingers-crossed) a few even better. The Old Mill cabinet (Armstrong, Wilson), is creased up, but is very clean otherwise, front and back with decent corners. Nice rare card. My plan is to have most of them graded by PSA, then sort through them to upgrade my set and fill in some holes in my master set (all front and back variations). Many will be destined for the BST. As an aside, they smell awesome. My wife even decided to take a whif and she also took the pictures. Thanks, Craig
|
|
#19
10-26-2011, 08:17 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
t3
wow!
absolutely breathtaking. congrats! best, barry
|
|
#25
10-26-2011, 09:46 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
What a FANTASTIC find & score! Great picture!
__________________
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.
|
|
#27
10-27-2011, 01:20 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
My Collection (in progress) at: http://www.collectorfocus.com/collection/BosoxBlair
|
|
#28
10-27-2011, 06:32 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true. https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/ Or not...
|
|
#29
10-28-2011, 05:26 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Wow Craig, that's the nicest find I've seen during my short time learning about the hobby. And from the original collector too. Just super nice.
|
|
#30
11-01-2011, 02:48 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Hey Craig how did you get so lucky to be contacted by the gentleman who offered these for sale??
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| New Addition to the T3 Turkey Red Master Set | T3s | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 10 | 08-21-2011 02:02 PM |
| Turkey Red Clam Shell Cigarette Box - SOLD | canjond | Tobacco (T) cards, except T206 B/S/T | 4 | 07-07-2009 10:41 PM |
| Turkey Red for sale | Archive | Tobacco (T) cards, except T206 B/S/T | 1 | 07-09-2007 04:22 PM |
| Frequency of T3 Turkey Red Backs | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 10 | 03-01-2007 10:45 AM |
| Turkey Red survey? | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 4 | 02-23-2007 08:04 PM |
Linear Mode
