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quinnsryche
08-19-2010, 10:17 AM
Bored, bored, bored! How about this one, what, in your opinion, are the best and worst looking T206's (1 each please) and why if you want.
My votes:
Best - Walter Johnson portrait, it looks like Rembrandt painted it.
Worst - Spike Shannon, he doesn't even look human with the huge head and the thin, stripey arms.

HRBAKER
08-19-2010, 10:18 AM
Before I opened the thread those were the exact two I had in mind.

T206Collector
08-19-2010, 10:22 AM
Best Looking: Matty dark cap:

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nf2xJ-P1HZJ8xKigniw8cw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/RouvhE_nEgI/AAAAAAAAAmc/5zE6s2_pCv4/s800/MathewsonThrowingDarkCapSGC60.JPG" /></a>

Worst Looking: Dick Egan -- I always think he looks half-human/half-horse:

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uidvwPu4sAGZCq_0xcRJF4VhjkTh5fOEXToGv4T2Vmo?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/TGdW2IheKTI/AAAAAAAAIGU/J3PDjQqJO5s/s800/Egan.JPG" /></a>

Edited to add -- the Shannon has amazing background colors that overwhelm the bizarre proportionality of the player.

Egan's just an ugly card, with ugly drab colors and an ugly horsey player.

alanu
08-19-2010, 10:22 AM
Best-Herzog-sitting
Worst-Dunn, still can't figure out if he's diving or not

23509
23510 23511

iggyman
08-19-2010, 10:29 AM
I've mentioned this before.....but before you kill the messenger (in this case "the artist"), please carefully note that Spike really did look like that.

Lovely Day...

FUBAR
08-19-2010, 10:34 AM
I think you should post a picture of each for those of us who do not know every card.

rp12367
08-19-2010, 10:49 AM
Best - Cobb Bat off Shoulder
Worst - Hulswitt -- Looks like a cartoon batting in pajamas

brianp-beme
08-19-2010, 10:53 AM
Egan was also not an attractive player--when I have the chance I can post the only D381 I own, which happens to be Egan. I lucked into his D381 a few years back, but egad(!) what a face. I think the T206 makes him look relatively acceptable amongst polite society.

I have always been partial to the Leifield pitching pose--I am sucker for sherbert skies, and it has a great pitching pose to boot. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I will post this card too.

Brian

vintagetoppsguy
08-19-2010, 11:04 AM
Best - Tim Jordan Batting - love the colors
Worst - Spike Shannon - just an ugly card

Anthony S.
08-19-2010, 11:17 AM
Spike has always been one of my favorite cards from the set for just that reason. It's so odd. Looks like it was drawn by a 6 year old on bring your kid to work day.

The Bender and Walsh portraits have always been favorites of mine.

Stephens has an itty-bitty pomegranate head...

T206Collector
08-19-2010, 11:43 AM
Definitely a beautiful card, with orange and strawberry sherbert sky...


<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JcqnDzakGBkEoPcMGEMXmjiJm_Z5QsNdec5_I7WHZRE?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/RsjQKzNZerI/AAAAAAAABE0/0ikVqSv5cD8/s400/Leifield%20Pitching%20Auto%20SGC%2040.jpg" /></a>

oldjudge
08-19-2010, 11:48 AM
I don't know the set as well as most of you, but I think the Cobb bat off shoulder pose is the best looking T206 I have ever seen.

judsonhamlin
08-19-2010, 12:04 PM
The Lobert and Dougherty portraits (I'm at work, so no scans unless someone wants to help) are among the best and, up there with Shannon and Egan is McLean - drawn by a 8 year old, it seems

T206Collector
08-19-2010, 12:25 PM
The Lobert and Dougherty portraits (I'm at work, so no scans unless someone wants to help) are among the best and, up there with Shannon and Egan is McLean - drawn by a 8 year old, it seems

Disagree on McLean -- this is one of my favorites because of the very dark blue uni and catcher's equipment. But it is childlike in its rendering to be sure....

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/o5F62mDEldImSF1C99IBYoVhjkTh5fOEXToGv4T2Vmo?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/TGiNAqadYFI/AAAAAAAAIKI/QKv93IQYSPc/s800/McLean.JPG" /></a>

ethicsprof
08-19-2010, 12:35 PM
johnson portrait is angelic.

mowrey looks like that talk scary Lurch fellow.


best,
barry

nodgrass
08-19-2010, 12:56 PM
Tough to pick the best. There are many good ones. Fielder Jones-hands on hips, comes to mind. Camnitz-arms folded. Reulbach-glove showing. Of course, most of the portraits are really good.

Worst: easy- Spike Shannon
2nd Rube Kissinger

E93
08-19-2010, 01:27 PM
I am biased because this is one of the first two T206s I got back in '79 or '80, but I have always thought this was one of the best looking cards in the set.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1023/t206lajoiewbatpsa35.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/t206lajoiewbatpsa35.jpg/)

judsonhamlin
08-19-2010, 01:54 PM
[QUOTE=T206Collector;830425]Disagree on McLean -- this is one of my favorites because of the very dark blue uni and catcher's equipment. But it is childlike in its rendering to be sure....

Kind of my point- it should be a lot cooler than it is, which is disappointing.

usernamealreadytaken
08-19-2010, 01:56 PM
Best: Lajoie Portrait
Worst: Chappelle

ChiefBenderForever
08-19-2010, 02:01 PM
Did Spike have really bad TMJ or was he from northern Georgia ?

Blunder19
08-19-2010, 02:25 PM
I think my worst has to go to a SLer.. Greminger.. he reminds me of the uncle from the Munsters...

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/grem3.jpg

rhettyeakley
08-19-2010, 03:11 PM
Whoever mentioned Mike Mowrey is onto something, he is a bizarre looking (nice way of saying really ugly) guy when you see him in photographs as well.

Best--I like Powers, Walter Johnson, and many of the other catcher's gear poses

Worst-I can't believe nobody has mentioned Bill "glove on the wrong hand" Burns. I literally HATE that card more every time I see it.

-Rhett

Anthony S.
08-19-2010, 03:23 PM
I think we can put Purtell in the same anatomic curiosity category as Shannon. If this picture is accurate, he was build like a chimpanzee.

fkm_bky
08-19-2010, 03:25 PM
Best - Pattee w/ Tim Jordan second (not my pattee...I don't have mine scanned)

Worst - have to agree with Shannon

Bill

fkm_bky
08-19-2010, 03:26 PM
I think we can put Purtell in the same anatomic curiosity category as Shannon. If this picture is accurate, he was build like a chimpanzee.

Dorf on Deadball Era

T206Collector
08-19-2010, 04:11 PM
Here they are:

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XfO31chzDg-MV6uFc5erRA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/RouvPk_nD1I/AAAAAAAAAhI/vfbdSkkRt8s/s800/Lobert%20SGC%2040.jpg" /></a>

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qouGSXqz5fHcbUbbnvN9DA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/SL3zMlN1Y6I/AAAAAAAAE7U/OQn9KLHP4lw/s800/Dougherty%20Portrait%20SGC%2080.jpg" /></a>

Theoldprofessor
08-19-2010, 04:21 PM
Best: Red Dooin

Worst: Fred Burchell -- looks like tne of the girls in the Junior League playing dress up.

cfc1909
08-19-2010, 04:42 PM
probably my ugliest 2-206s
23523

23524

cfc1909
08-19-2010, 04:44 PM
my favorite 206
23525

FUBAR
08-19-2010, 05:32 PM
Im glad i never seen the Egan card as a kid, i would have had nightmares.... straight out of a monster movie!

HRBAKER
08-19-2010, 05:38 PM
Im glad i never seen the Egan card as a kid, i would have had nightmares.... straight out of a monster movie!


I was thinking more Mr. Ed.

joeadcock
08-19-2010, 05:51 PM
Best Looking T206: CY BARGER

pgellis
08-19-2010, 06:13 PM
Recently, have really loved the:

Hal Chase, Pink Portrait.


Take a look at that one!

majordanby
08-19-2010, 06:20 PM
ive always liked the portraits

http://majormajor.webs.com/photos/-T206-collection/merkle.jpg

http://majormajor.webs.com/photos/T206%20collection/620_1251298-029.jpg

eb548
08-19-2010, 06:36 PM
Cant narrow it down to just one so my votes are....

Best- Cobb Bat off Shoulder/Hal Chase Pink Portrait

Worst- Egan/Emil Batch

brianp-beme
08-19-2010, 06:50 PM
Like I mentioned previously, I think the artist did a real good job at making Mr. Egan look as presentable as possible.


Brian

celoknob
08-19-2010, 07:10 PM
Best: Keeler Batting
Worst: Egan

Woundedduck
08-19-2010, 07:42 PM
Cool thread. Just marking so I can find it again and read all the responses.

OldSchoolBaseball
08-19-2010, 07:50 PM
The WORST looking cards are the ones I have...

The BEST looking cards are the one I don't have.

Think about that one!

Jason Carota
08-19-2010, 08:29 PM
The background on Bell's card is amazing. It looks like a thunderstorm building at sunset.

http://www.oldcardboard.com/t/t206/030.jpg
(Image courtesy of oldcardboard.com.)


I have to go with Egan for the worst.

David R
08-19-2010, 10:06 PM
Recently, have really loved the:

Hal Chase, Pink Portrait.


Take a look at that one!


This is probably my favorite too.

Howe’s Hunter
08-19-2010, 10:21 PM
He just has this nonchalant look on his face, and you see more body than on almost any other card. "Yeah, this is my office. I play base ball."

packs
08-19-2010, 10:37 PM
I always liked the Donlin seated (not my card)

http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1909t206donlinsit.jpg


But I never liked the O'Leary Hands On (also not my card)

http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1909t206oleary.jpg

martyogelvie
08-20-2010, 05:12 AM
I think my worst has to go to a SLer.. Greminger.. he reminds me of the uncle from the Munsters...

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/grem3.jpg

That was Grandpa, not uncle. ;)

cfc1909
08-20-2010, 05:39 AM
23551

shaunsteig
08-20-2010, 07:04 AM
may be the most amusing thread I've come across in my few months on this forum.

Best: agree with many of the already mentioned examples (Chase pink, Cobb bat off shoulder, Dougherty portrait, Jorban batting, Pattee horizontal). What seems to catch my eye are the multi-colored backgrounds on action shots or portraits with unusual solid background colors. One example not yet mentioned is McIntyre brookly & chicago -- nice array of colors / clouds (image not mine). Also noticed that many of the Brooklynites have great backgrounds, and that the red in the Boston jerseys really stands out.

Worst: Egan all the way. did a double-take when I first saw it -- wondered if someone at the printing company lost their job for letting that get printed.

srs1a
08-20-2010, 07:48 AM
Tough to argue with all the choices for best looking, although I'll add another couple to the list -- Burch, batting and Ames hands at chest.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/srs1a/mycards//burch_batting_tn_1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/srs1a/mycards//ames_hands1.jpg


Also tough to argue with the worst looking ones, although I'll cast my vote for Shannon.

mdschulze
08-20-2010, 05:48 PM
I think we can put Purtell in the same anatomic curiosity category as Shannon. If this picture is accurate, he was build like a chimpanzee.

I swear I have a cousin built just like that... I think his knuckles drag the ground when he walks! Nice scan!

E93
08-20-2010, 08:47 PM
To follow up with Jay's mention of this one, it would probably be right at the top of my list as well.

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2702/t206cobbbatoffcut.jpg (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/t206cobbbatoffcut.jpg/)

iggyman
08-20-2010, 08:57 PM
Like others before and after me, I'm a T206 portrait kind of guy (guess it all started when I discovered Playboy....). Here are three of my favorites.

Lovely Day...

Tim Kindler
08-20-2010, 09:08 PM
Please excuxe the fact that I don't have any scans.(Maybe some fellow member can help me out:) but I always have thought of these two:

Best- Hart (Southern Leaguer)
Worst- Krueger (His stare and look always has creeped me out thinking it was Freddie before he starting wearing the glove with knives):eek:

teetwoohsix
08-20-2010, 10:01 PM
I agree, Egan is pretty fugly, but Rhett is right also on the Bill Burns...........

asoriano
08-20-2010, 11:57 PM
Best: Bill Dahlen Portrait

Worst: Dick Egan Portrait (reminds me of Steve-O)

nodgrass
08-21-2010, 09:20 AM
That's funny. He really does look like Steve-O. Never noticed that.

CMIZ5290
08-21-2010, 07:23 PM
I think the rube waddell throwing is incredible. What an array of colors!

tjb1952tjb
10-17-2010, 01:35 AM
I've always favored the Rube Waddell - throwing. The colors are terrific, and the left handed action depiction is great. On the other hand, I've always thought the Jim Stephens T206 looks inhuman.......(both cards are mine).

Luke
10-17-2010, 07:42 PM
Apologies for my lack of a scanner

My Favorites:
Cobb bat off
Matty Black Cap
Johnson Port
M. Brown Port
Lobert

And I have to go with Egan. Anytime I am looking at a lot on ebay, his card always jumps out at me, and not in a good way.

BleedinBlue
10-18-2010, 09:34 AM
Best - Pattee w/ Tim Jordan second (not my pattee...I don't have mine scanned)

Worst - have to agree with Shannon

Bill

How cool is that. I was heading to grab my scan of Harry Pattee and then I see it's already here? Bill grabbed it from PSA and put it in the thread.

Thanks Bill. This is my vote for BEST looking card as well.

Brian

tolstoi
10-18-2010, 11:05 AM
I have to say the worst looking card is the Shannon, crawford batting is pretty disappointing too.

tbob
10-18-2010, 12:49 PM
My 3 favorites. My "worst" is Shannon.

Luke
10-18-2010, 02:31 PM
to buy a Spike Shannon card now. Is that weird?

Bicem
10-18-2010, 02:58 PM
I like this one...

http://www.oldcardboard.com/t/t206/108.jpg

Mikehealer
10-18-2010, 05:36 PM
Hard to choose a the best, but these are three of my favorite portraits.

3-2-count
10-18-2010, 05:53 PM
It's a toss up......

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/9-18tinkerportfront.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/9-18lajoieportfront.jpg

Mikehealer
10-18-2010, 06:04 PM
Tony those are nice, but I like your Walsh better.

CMIZ5290
10-18-2010, 06:11 PM
Best- rube marquard hands at side. What colors!

3-2-count
10-18-2010, 06:41 PM
Mike, how could I forget Mr. Walsh?? Yes, equally as sweet. ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/walshportfront-3.jpg

Mikehealer
10-18-2010, 06:54 PM
Nice Tony.

E93
10-18-2010, 06:58 PM
It's a toss up......

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/9-18tinkerportfront.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/9-18lajoieportfront.jpg

Tony,
These two and the Walsh are all beauties. Too bad the Tinker and Lajoie are to grossly over-graded. :D
JimB

3-2-count
10-18-2010, 09:51 PM
Thanks Mike & Jim. Much appreciated.

cobblove
10-19-2010, 08:28 AM
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k107/peterosepsa/t206cobbgreen.jpg