T3 Reverses
 

I wonder if anybody has followed the frequency of the beautiful Turkey Red ad back for certain players as opposed to the more common checklist back. In my experience I have seen the ad consistently with Keeler and Walsh but not, for example, Cobb. Anybody see a similar pattern with other players?

I thought I saw somewhere there was a Cobb with an ad back, mine doesn't have it, but I thought I read somewhere there was one.

The ad backs I currently have are Merkle, Keeler, Niles, Bransfield and Raymond.

If you haven't already, take a look at http://www.t3turkeyred.com/index.html. Lots of information and I'm pretty sure the site owner is/was a board member.

dj

Hi John

Add Doolan to the list.......


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TED Z
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In my travels Eddie Collins is seen with an ad back quite consistent as well.

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John - only the second series of cards (#'s 76 - 126) come with the ad backs.

And there's the answer, thanks Kevin, as always!! Hope all is well with you!

T3 backs
 

Hi all,

Kevin hit the nail on the head. No ad-backs in the first series.

Ted added a twist with the Dool"an" ad-back. For quite some time, only the Dool"in" variation was known with the ad-back (Dool"an" had a checklist back). I found one several years ago (and have since found others) and it seems Ted found one too. I was also lucky enough to find a Tenney-NY with an ad-back a few years ago. This variation was also thought to only carry the checklist back (Tenney-NY & Bos had the ad-back). Notes on these are on my T3 website.

One last twist. If you'll check the pop reports, you'll also notice several 2nd series cards where the ad-back is a true rarity - believe me, I've searched for years and most of them on the list are in my collection. They are Bell, Bender, Burns, Browne, Lennox, Sullivan and a few others. A Rhoades ad-back has yet to be found.

Happy Collecting,
Craig

Here's an article that Buck Barker wrote for Card Collectors' Bulletin 50 years ago about ad backs vs. checklist backs in T3s. Too bad we don't have a time machine to show him this thread!

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