T206 - For you, which one is THE Card? [Archive]

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08-14-2008, 11:22 AM

Posted By: Jason LI suppose collectors of T206 may answer this differently than those who observe it from afar, but who knows, let's ask and see. In the T206 set, out of all the cards, which one do you consider to be THE Card? meaning, your favorite. The one that defines the set to you. If it's the Wagner, that's fine, but I am not talking about just value. I'm talking about what is the most important to YOU. (It may be value, and that's fine). For me, the T206 is this card: Lajoie with bat <a href="http://www.thetriple-l.com/themythicalrelic.htm" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetriple-l.com/themythicalrelic.htm</a>

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08-14-2008, 11:30 AM

Posted By: JohnFor me it's always been this card, to me there is no better pose in T206. <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/ebay/websize/herzog_1.jpg"> I will say though that this card as of late has really been growing on me as great pose...but in the end i love them all picking one is so hard! <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/ebay/websize/wheat_1.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:35 AM

Posted By: Steve Murray<img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/jacklitsch1/T206%20Graded/DoyleSweater.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:38 AM

Posted By: Steve MurrayI just love the sweater cards.. <img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/jacklitsch1/T206%20Graded/MurraySweaterPied.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:42 AM

Posted By: DarrenTy Cobb red portrait, Ed Walsh portrait, & Rube Waddell throwing

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08-14-2008, 11:42 AM

Posted By: Jodi BirkholmThis was the first T206 I ever purchased, for $1 in a Buffalo card store in the 1980's. This isn't the same one, but needed an example to show. The card in question was destroyed many years ago, but its memory lingers on. Long live Rube! <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218735673.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 11:44 AM

Posted By: T206Collector....in 1941? Maybe a different Rube? <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kisinru01.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kisinru01.shtml</a> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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08-14-2008, 11:45 AM

Posted By: MattJason - this question is right up my alley as I only keep 1 card per issue. <img src="http://www.scpauctions.com/images/july-2009-large/t206-johnson-auth.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:50 AM

Posted By: BillSo many to choose from: <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218735696.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218736156.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218736214.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 11:51 AM

Posted By: JohnWow Matt, never get tired of that one such a cool item!

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08-14-2008, 11:52 AM

Posted By: Jodi BirkholmPaul, Good call. It's a very rare day when I forget a player's death date (let alone as awful an example as this one!). Error corrected!

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08-14-2008, 11:54 AM

Posted By: MattJohn - thanks for the kind words - I'm proud to have it in my collection. I like the patriotic coloring on your Herzog!

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08-14-2008, 11:55 AM

Posted By: JohnBill that Wid AB is sweet! Steve does the above make you a Sweaterphoile?? Should we report this?? <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/smileys/143.gif"> Just for Jodi... <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/collection/t206settrial/websize/kisinger_1.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:56 AM

Posted By: barry arnoldThe angelic Walter Johnson portrait. best, barry

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08-14-2008, 12:05 PM

Posted By: T206Collector...was because if Kisinger had been alive into the 1970's, I would have had him on my autographed T206 radar. My quintessential T206 is probably this one, though it is really hard to pick favorites... <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pmifsud3d/SGCGradedCards/photo#5083349582933856754"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/pmifsud3d/Rouvg0_nEfI/AAAAAAAAAmU/HjwlTitXcRQ/s800/MathewsonPortraitSGC80.JPG" /></a> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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08-14-2008, 12:12 PM

Posted By: Scott Mt. JoyMy first vintage card and a T206, purchased by my parents for me when I was 12, love the card ) <a href="http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/?action=view&current=t206ClarkeA.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/t206ClarkeA.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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08-14-2008, 12:13 PM

Posted By: JohnPaul that's still one of the best Matty's I've ever seen...dont ever sell that card..unless it's for an auto port of Matty..

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08-14-2008, 12:13 PM

Posted By: MVSNYCit's so tuff for me to pick "THE" T206 card, i've loved this set for nearly 20 years...here's one my favorites...it was my first PSA 9 pose i ever owned (since sold)...i now have this card raw, in mid-grade, and love it just the same... <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218737435.JPG"> FYI, here's what i've been up to recently...working on an attractive mid-grade raw set... <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218737942.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218738026.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 12:14 PM

Posted By: Jodi BirkholmJohn, That one is loads nicer than the one I owned--beautiful back, too. Mine was simply a lowly Sweet Cap which would grade a "0" after its surprise encounter with a kitten all those years ago! Although I like the Kisinger because it was my first T206, it's also actually a great image. Paul, There's actually a reason why I always have "1971" stuck in my head. It was a misprint in an old reference book I owned as a kid. For many years I just assumed the book was correct. I did learn of the actual 1941 date several years back, but Kisinger comes up so infrequently in conversation that my mind apparently reverted back to the erroneous DOD!

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08-14-2008, 12:21 PM

Posted By: T206CollectorJohn, I have no intention to ever part with that Matty. I locked myself in by naming my second son Mathewson (we call him Matty for short). Moreover, when I was in high school in the late 1980's I had a friend who had purchased a Matty portrait out of an old SCD advertisement. He wouldn't ever let me see it since I had a knack for finding minute flaws in seemingly perfect cards. So when I began my own collection of T206 cards in the late 1990s, this was one of the first ones I went for -- originally in a PSA 6 holder and for about $800. I overpaid a little at the time, but the card was so clean and crisp. Jodi, I don't know if you're a Monty Python fan, but it is impossible for me to pass over an image of the T206 Kisinger and not think of the obscure Python song, with the chorus, "Henry Kissin-gah, I'm missin-yah...." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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08-14-2008, 12:23 PM

Posted By: PaulI don't have a scan with me at work, but for me it would be the Mordecai Brown, pitching, Chicago down shirt.

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08-14-2008, 12:25 PM

Posted By: JohnJust think Paul he would have never lost it if he had a pet fish or course he would need a fish license... There's a new marketing ploy for graded cards...protect your cards from kittens!

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08-14-2008, 12:33 PM

Posted By: Steve Murray<img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/jacklitsch1/T206%20Graded/BrownChgo.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 12:43 PM

Posted By: Anthony S.To me, this is easily the most curious card in the set, as it's the only one that looks as if the chief illustrator allowed his 8 year-old son to draw it. If Spike raised his arms straight up in the air, his elbow would barely be at his ear. I also dig the gigantic face topped by what looks to be a size 6 cap. <img src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q82/boboinnes/Shannon.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 12:52 PM

Posted By: Jodi BirkholmHe certainly seems to have the Elton John "alligator arms".

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08-14-2008, 12:57 PM

Posted By: Jason Land the lack of detailed facial features make that Shannon a truly unusual card. Thanks for sharing...I had not seen that one before. Edited to add: I might add that upon further inspection, this card may be a very strong addition to the "Industrial Buildings at Sunset" subset that I am checklisting!

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08-14-2008, 01:08 PM

Posted By: JohnI always liked the Shaw card (tough common) but I always wondered did the artist get it right or wrong, if right poor Shaw goes down as the goofy toofy's winner for the T206 set that's a rough set of choppers. <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/collection/t206settrial/websize/shaw_1.jpg"> I always liked the Shannon card some folks hate it and I agree the subject is rough but the background is one of the best in the set. <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/collection/t206settrial/websize/shannon.jpg"> <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/collection/t206settrial/websize/scan0001.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 01:18 PM

Posted By: T206Collector"the goofy toofy's winner for the T206" Gotta be Dick Egan..... just gotta be.... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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08-14-2008, 01:21 PM

Posted By: JohnEgan's up there sort of Matt Dillon Something about Mary set for sure..LOL <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/collection/t206settrial/websize/11933097_f.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 02:12 PM

Posted By: JerryOne of my Favorites <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers/t206hofers/websize/9lajoie.jpg" width="379" height="640">

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08-14-2008, 02:23 PM

Posted By: Bill KaselMy favorite...not my card, but I didn't have a scan of the few I own handy. <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218745381.JPG"> Bill

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08-14-2008, 02:29 PM

Posted By: MikeCHANCE YELLOW PORT.

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08-14-2008, 03:07 PM

Posted By: David SkoglundFor me, there are actually two. When I was eight years old we went to Arizona to visit some of my dad's cousins. One of their teenage sons was a baseball card collector and he gave me two T206s. These aren't my actual cards. I found these on the web. Mine are in MUCH worse shape. This is the first one. <img src="http://www.martyspsagradedcards.com/46899.jpg"> This is the other one. <img src="http://bobsbaseballmuseum.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/t206_davis_1.218172158_std.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 03:22 PM

Posted By: Ted ZanidakisSince Hal Chase (blue portrait) is my 1st T206....it is my favorite. The Walter Johnson portrait....is also my favorite. <img src="http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/tz1234zaz/chase14brands.jpg"> <img src="http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd339/tz1234zaz/awjohnson.jpg"> TED Z

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08-14-2008, 03:25 PM

Posted By: steve<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218749105.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 03:26 PM

Posted By: Craig W<img src="http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll71/craigw67217/CobbBatOff.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 03:59 PM

Posted By: Marty Ogelviechase and his lovely cup.

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08-14-2008, 04:51 PM

Posted By: Bob ManningNo doubt. Germany Scheafer, my first T206, about 20 years ago because I thought it would be fun to own one. Now I own hundreds, but this beater's still special. And if you haven't heard the name, check him out in Lawrence Ritter's "The Glory of their Times." <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218754036.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 05:12 PM

Posted By: told me so<img src="http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9193/honusfrontuj4.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 05:34 PM

Posted By: Bruce Babcock<img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/uffda51/20thcenturytobaccocards/T206%20Matty%20cap.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 06:15 PM

Posted By: Phil GarryHere are my only two T206's......... <img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/bcbgcbrcb/SpeakerTris-1.jpg"> <img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/bcbgcbrcb/WheatZach-1.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 06:22 PM

Posted By: samuelzach wheat, eddie plank, lajoie with bat, cobb green portrait, joss pitching, shaughnessy portrait, chase pink portrait, waddell throwing.

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08-14-2008, 07:39 PM

Posted By: Donny MuthTris Speaker. Always have had a desire to own one... maybe next year I'll finally shell out the $ for one. ---Donny <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218764346.JPG">

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08-14-2008, 07:53 PM

Posted By: Richard Cline - RCJust because it was my first T-206 and members here told me at the time to never let it go because it is the one that started this wild ride. RC <img src="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w30/rc4157/T-206%20-%20Others/T206Bates.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 08:06 PM

Posted By: JoeTy's my man. <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218765919.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218765936.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218765949.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218765971.JPG"> Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

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08-14-2008, 08:11 PM

Posted By: paulstrattonJohnny Mac <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/T206/mcgrawportrait.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 09:05 PM

Posted By: JohnJoe those Cobb's are crazy nice with huge fat borders any story behind those and how did that Bat off get just a 4???

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08-14-2008, 09:14 PM

Posted By: Tony AndreaNothing beats a nice Tinker portrait IMO. <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95/andreatny/aTinker.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 09:29 PM

Posted By: samuelwow. beautiful bat-off cobb.

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08-14-2008, 09:43 PM

Posted By: Jason CarotaSpeaker's, without a doubt: <img src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q319/jay1065/Vintage%20Red%20Sox/1909-11%20T206%20Team%20Set/speaker.jpg">

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08-14-2008, 11:07 PM

Posted By: JimB<img src="http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3509/t206lajoiewbathg5.jpg"> <img src="http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3276/t206cobbcobbnewfrontpsatr0.jpg"> <img src="http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/797/t206cobbbatoffma0.jpg">

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08-15-2008, 07:12 AM

Posted By: T206CollectorI absolutely love the Tinker portrait as well. I once owned an SGC 70, but it had a speckle -- really hard to see -- bit of paint missing from the tip of his nose. I really couldn't get over that and wound up selling it. Similarly sold my PSA 6 Pink Chase because it had a corner wrinkle and SGC wouldn't cross it over as a result. But I miss that one a bit sometimes... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!

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08-15-2008, 08:09 AM

Posted By: Ed McCollumDon't have the card anymore, not even a scan, but I always like the almost pastel look of the illustration. "Yeah, I'm a ball player. This is my office. Let's play 9-innings" Sort of reminds me of the "Baseball vs. Football" by George Carlin. Miss the card, and Carlin.

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08-15-2008, 08:13 AM

Posted By: peter ullmanThere are so many great poses in the t206 set...and I love so many...but the Wags defines the set...and the hobby...to me...and always will! <a href="http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/?action=view&current=scan0001-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/scan0001-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/?action=view&current=t206wagnerBGS2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/t206wagnerBGS2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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08-15-2008, 08:25 AM

Posted By: George Altemose<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218810274.JPG">

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08-15-2008, 08:26 AM

Posted By: AnonymousJohn, I don't know why the grade is low on that card. I bought the Bat on , Bat off and the Green from 1 person through SCD in the 1980's. I have the receipt but can't locate it right now. I bought the red background at a Plymouth Michigan show, also in the 1980's. They were all purchased raw. Joe Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

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08-15-2008, 09:08 AM

Posted By: Martin NealThose fat borders are great, especially that Cobb! Here are a few of my favorites. <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/123MARTINS/johnson60portrait.jpg"> <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/123MARTINS/johnson40handsatchest.jpg"> <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/123MARTINS/lajoie60throwing.jpg"> <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/123MARTINS/lajoiebat60.jpg">

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08-15-2008, 10:56 AM

Posted By: Jim ParkerI agree with John - the Herzog - its my one and only t206 just bought last month in cooperstown from our own T-Rex Ted. Love the pics.

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08-15-2008, 12:03 PM

Posted By: Dean HLove the colors of the Bat Off... <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218823128.JPG"> and Cobb's intense stare. <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218823171.JPG">

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08-15-2008, 12:54 PM

Posted By: MarkAgree with many on this one... The "Bat Off" Cobb is unrivaled in terms of combining beauty and importance. Those colors are just stunning. A close second for me is Waddell throwing.

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08-15-2008, 01:59 PM

Posted By: Rob LAny of these: <img src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/loefflerrd/Pitchers.jpg"> Rob L <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/loefflerrd/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewebs.com/loefflerrd/</a>

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08-15-2008, 02:35 PM

Posted By: doug BaconThis certainly the best common. <img src="http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc343/bacon0000/t206.jpg">

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08-15-2008, 07:58 PM

Posted By: Paul SI could have gone with anything posted in this thread. Great looking cards, all. I'll put these up since the scans are handy. <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/T206_Young_port-2_f-1.jpg"> <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/T206_cobb_boff_f-1.jpg"> <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/T206_McGraw_port-1.jpg"> Just want to say, it's refreshing to see all these threads with cards in them. Never gets old no matter how many times I look at them. *edited to wrap text *edited for more wrapping

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08-16-2008, 12:23 AM

Posted By: Jerry<img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers/t206hofers/websize/sgcmcgraw.jpg" width="368" height="640"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers/t206hofers/websize/waddell.jpg" width="392" height="640">

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08-16-2008, 08:00 AM

Posted By: CraigWell since a few have mentioned it but none have posted it one of my favorites <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1218895071.JPG">

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08-16-2008, 08:24 AM

Posted By: Jeff S.Looks like he has some light proof marks on the top and sides. What's the numeric grade, that's a beaut!

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08-16-2008, 07:46 PM

Posted By: Rob D.<img src="http://www.gfg.com/cardimg/104/26539.jpg">

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08-16-2008, 08:01 PM

Posted By: Rhett YeakleyI can't believe nobody has brought up my personal favorite in the t206 set (which was also my first pre-war card ever) the mustacheoed John Titus! The guy was certainly a throw-back as the mustache was so out by the time the t206's were being distributed. -Rhett PS: Rob, I love that horizontal!