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Posted By: J Hull

What a fascinating read. One thing seems pretty clear -- that we today with the Internet and eBay and card shows and conventions and numerous major well-publicized auctions every year have far, far more information and experience (virtual and real) seeing T206s than the “founding fathers” ever could have. They really were piecing together answers with very limited tools.

I find it interesting that Mr. Barker lumps Ty Cobb, Lenox (misspelled Lennox), Uzit (misspelled Usit), and Carolina Brights together as approximately equal in rarity. Interesting also that, as was said earlier, there’s no mention of Drum, or of Broad Leaf or Red Hindu.

I thought the population of Ty Cobb backs was very small, say a dozen or so, and that a handful had been found at one time in an old book long after Barker wrote this article. How is it that Barker knew as much, or more, about a back with a scarcity at that level as he did Uzit or Lenox or Drum or Broad Leaf?