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Chuck9788
03-15-2019, 03:48 PM
Curious. Does anyone know what specific tobacco advertisements are on the backs of the existing Honus Wagner T-206 cards?
GasHouseGang
03-15-2019, 03:59 PM
Confirmed to exist on T206Resource.com:

Piedmont 150, Factory 25, 2nd District, Virginia
Sweet Caporal 150, Factory 25, 2nd District, Virginia
Sweet Caporal 150, Factory 30, 2nd District, New York

There's also a blank back proof strip, but that's actually no advertising.
Throttlesteer
03-15-2019, 04:09 PM
And hundreds of Ty Cobb backs discovered in attic finds currently available on Ebay.
Sean
03-15-2019, 04:18 PM
And hundreds of Ty Cobb backs discovered in attic finds currently available on Ebay.

And if you search ebay long enough, you might find a Cobb back on a Wagner. :eek:
Rhotchkiss
03-15-2019, 05:29 PM
Anyone have a completed Wagner back run? Piedmont is particularly tough, no?

Same 3 backs for E Plank plus the SC 350, 30 - couldn’t have been companion cards
Fred
03-15-2019, 06:16 PM
And if you search ebay long enough, you might find a Cobb back on a Wagner. :eek:

What do you mean by a Cobb back on the Wagner.... it'd most certainly be a Wagner back on the Wagner...!:p:eek:
Jobu
03-15-2019, 06:18 PM
Photos of 44 of the Wagners:

http://www.t206resource.com/Wagner-Gallery.html
Peter_Spaeth
03-15-2019, 08:00 PM
I thought the only Piedmont was the 8 but I see there is another one. I thought that had been an argument that the 8 was sheet cut. Maybe I have this wrong.
Jobu
03-15-2019, 08:25 PM
I don't know how many Pd there are, but #18 is a scrap, there is an overprint layer on the front. This is also known as Johnny Vs favorite card. :D
Peter_Spaeth
03-15-2019, 08:36 PM
I don't know how many Pd there are, but #18 is a scrap, there is an overprint layer on the front. This is also known as Johnny Vs favorite card. :D

Putting the 8 to one side, there are no known Piedmonts that came out of cigarette packs, right?
Jobu
03-15-2019, 08:41 PM
I only know of the two, and as you know the 8 (probably) definitely didn't come out of a pack, but I am pretty far from being a Wagner expert.

Putting the 8 to one side, there are no known Piedmonts that came out of cigarette packs, right?
rdwyer
03-15-2019, 08:53 PM
Don't forget the ultra rare Hustler back. Ha Ha.