Posted By:
JeremyTed Z got my mind spinning a bit regarding the below post from another thread and it makes me wonder what it might take to create change with Hobby Giants, etc. Everyone on the board has area's of expertise and opinions regarding the years produced for a lot of issues. I would like to explore this more as recently I acquired a T210 card that has a date stamp on the back that reads May 15th 1907. (What tha.... !??!) I thought 1910 was the year produced, but this makes me realize that these were probably produced over a 3 year period, much like the T206 set 1909-11. Maybe this is common knowledge, but if the T210 Red Border set is 1907-1910, why doesn't our hobby start recognizing these changes ? Ted Z's post below says it all and I have to agree... There needs to be change to more accurately reflect the years produced for these vintage issues. (See Ted's rant below....)
Hey DARREN, JON and LEON...... June 11 2008, 1:23 PM
FORGET IT ! !
There are many sets we have realized are incorrectly dated and NO effort is being made to correct them.....
N28 is an 1888 issue
N162 is an 1889 issue
E90-1 and E91 are 1908-1910 issues
A Goudey Lajoie (#106) is called a 1933 Goudey, when we all know it was issued with the 1934 Hi# series cards.
And, after 30 years of "pounding", I was able to convince many that the "1948-49" Leaf BB set is actually a 1949
issue....PERIOD. However, the Grading Co. will continue to perpetuate this myth by labelling their flips "1948-49".
So, I'm telling you guys that you are fighting a losing battle.
Anyway, consider this....a 518, or 520, or 522, or even a 524-card T206 sets tough enough....leave well enough
alone......a 590-card set (by including the T213-1) is impossible.
Regards,
T-Rex TED
~ Jeremy ~