Searching for a "Pirate" Cobb....show us these extremely rare "T215" cards ?

[tedzan]

These Pirate cards were printed concurrently with the Red Cross (T215-1) cards, circa 1910-1912.
Both sets appear to have in common identical fronts; however, no Cobb has been found with the
Pirate back. At least one Cobb (bat off shoulder) has been confirmed with a Red Cross back.


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Hey Net54er's, those of you fortunate to have a Pirate card (or two), why not show them to us ?


Thanx Jon Canfield, for my pretty looking Pirate cigarette pack. Now, I need a T215 Pirate card to
complement it.


TED Z

[ethicsprof]

Ted,
great looking pack!!!
i,too, have a pirates pack from the great and gracious Jon Canfield but have
been searching months for a reasonably priced card to go with it.
i'm thinking we may have to go with a non-baseball pirate and just show the back!!
best,
barry

[ullmandds]

I have bunches of the oriental character pirate cards...but no baseball. I almost bought one from Davis Festburg at the 95 nat'l...but I mistook his 1500 pricetag for $150. When I realized it was 1500...I walked away!!!!

[sb1]

wish I knew how to make them bigger.

http://members.auctionhawk.com/sb1/2936144-scan0002.jpg


http://members.auctionhawk.com/sb1/2936145-scan0003.jpg

[Orioles1954]

I've been meaning to post a thread about this. What is the origins of the Pirate set being ascribed as T215....which is a Louisiana issue? No copy of the ACC has ever shown T215 as including the Pirate subset. Shouldn't these cards be ascribed as T-UNC? It is irrelevent to me that these were printed at the same time period, for a completely different market.

[tedzan]

Fine, show us your oriental character pirate cards......as, I don't think we are going to see any great number of BB cards.


TED Z

[atx840]

It's an entertaining write up for sure. I bet we won't see another 96 Pirate find....one million bucks. I'd love to see scans of each card, especially the Hofman.

[Abravefan11]

The T215-1 Red Cross and T215 Pirate sets each had two printings. There is no evidence these sets were printed simultaneously and a fair amount that shows they were not. They were printed around the same time frame.

Was there a Cobb printed in the Pirate set? At this time there is no evidence I have seen to say that one was. With a set so scarce though, a previously unknown card surfacing wouldn't surprise me at all.

[tedzan]

Check-out a new thread that I am posting on this subject that compares the RED CROSS and "PIRATE" sets.

The checklist of the RED CROSS set is still a work in progress.

The checklist of the "PIRATE" set appears to be complete.


TED Z

[Blitzu]

Well f@ck me. First time I've seen this thread. Do you know how many of these unopened packs I've found and left behind of these? Too many to count. I pass them up while searching antique stores, and I have seen a handful of them. Never knew they had baseball cards. This sucks.