T206: Show us your "Marks"

[usernamealreadytaken]

I used to automatically write-off any card which had any writing/marking on it. However, I was drawn to this card for just that. Please share any T206's you have with any interesting or unique writing/marking. Thanks.

[srs1a]

A rabbit, a cop and a wiener dog!

[DixieBaseball]

Not a T206, but a neat cursive writing on back... Ty wishes he was on a Red Sun!

[2dueces]

I own a half dozen of his cards. Just to lazy to try to find them all. Hope this link works from my iPhone.

[Jason Carota]

Detailed descriptions can be found here:

http://www.chasingthemonster.com/stamps.html

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by srs1a

A rabbit, a cop and a wiener dog!

Is your cop card for sale?


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[brianp-beme]

Here is a fun one. Charles Borreani evidently didn't cotton being told what to do, and was also just ornery enough not to sign the damn card at all.

Brian

[Jobu]

My best MK

[MR RAREBACK]

Seeing a lot of Hindus with marks , I also have several with marks

[Clutch-Hitter]

A Fingerprint

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[Tyler]

Jason,
I noticed that purple star on your T206. Is this star on my T205 Wagner possibly from the same, one time owner? Any one else have more to share?

Note: Sorry for the poor pic.

[vwtdi]

[Tim Fritz]

Jason,

I also have a T206 (Bender with trees) that has the Nelson Tisdel stamp on the back. Mine also has his sig on the back border and had been glued, but still had the backing on it. Got that off and was at first disappointed to find the stamp, but then googled the name.

Some info I found was someone with the same name came to the US with his family in the early 1900s (1906/7? - I've lost the geneaology web site link) and grew up in Missouri. Graduated from the University of Missouri in 1920 and married in 1925. Got most of that from a few google searches. There's a site that has his 1920 yearbook with class picture.

It's now my favorite T206 card. I picture a kid just coming to the US, learning about baseball and collecting T206 cards. I've seen others on ebay for sale over the years. I thought it was kinda fun to put a story together to go with the stamp. Might not be the same kid, but I'd rather not ruin my mind's picture of the story.

Tim

[DixieBaseball]

Stamp :

[t206hound]

I went through my old scans from 2005-2008 as I remembered I had some. I found that I at one point owned 44 different F.F.Baker stamped T206s. Kind of wish I had them back. Amongst other commons, there was Bresnahan Portrait, Chesbro, Cicotte, Griffith Portrait, and Thornton.

I also found the following, two of what appears to be from Harold Meixell (one of which he initialed twice):

[t206wagner]

A couple of postmarked cards.

[dougscats]

Here's a page full of such stuff.
I didn't realize you'd specified t206's; sorry.

I do like such cards and find interesting--they give you, your imagination, a tangible connection with the past--but I don't over-value/collect them, per se [I'd trade any of these reasonably; pm me if interested]. I've accumulated most of these simply because they were affordable.

I have several more starred 206's, and quite a few more that have been written on, some neatly, some scribbled, but I like these best. My favorites are the "32" and the pair of B.B. Gannons [I take it that's a G].

Doug

[Jason Carota]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Jason,
I noticed that purple star on your T206. Is this star on my T205 Wagner possibly from the same, one time owner?

Definitely looks like the stamps could have come from the same owner:

Originally Posted by Tim Fritz

I also have a T206 (Bender with trees) that has the Nelson Tisdel stamp on the back....

Great research and story, Tim. I did some similar research on a T206 Speaker with an Everett Campbell stamp on the reverse. Now I'm trying to track down the person I sold it to, as it was my favorite card (I believe I sold it to a N54 member.)

[Bridwell]

I've seen at least 10 of those purple stars on T206's over the years. I'd say it was somebody's identication mark.

[HRBAKER]

I have several Exhibits that exhibit this on the back:



Or as Matt (Ghostmarcelle) described this in his ebay write up, "a rare Pirate back."

[celoknob]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

I've seen at least 10 of those purple stars on T206's over the years. I'd say it was somebody's identication mark.

I think there are probably many more than 10. I have 2 in a total collection of only about 60.

[sandmountainslim]

Originally Posted by Jason Carota

Definitely looks like the stamps could have come from the same owner:



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I may have a purple star from that original owner also. Looks the same?

[Ladder7]

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[tedzan]

Here are some of my examples....an 1888 Goodwin and a 1909 T206






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[TheBig6]

[Howe’s Hunter]

216 then, now at 291. It has slowed down quite a bit, which is probably good. But if anyone has any Howe-stamped cards they haven't told me about already, I'd really like to hear from you. Thanks.

[atx840]

By far my favorite T206 project, well done Ed!

[Jobu]

I love it Ed - approximately how many have you added since that image was made?

[Howe’s Hunter]

There are a total of 30 more that I know exist, and I know the owners of 6 of those. The rest have been "lost" over time as they have traded hands, been part of other deals, etc. The most recent are the four Hindu-backed Southern Leaguers who were part of the Hindu run of Southern Leaguers in the last REA auction. Knew the three different owners of those four at one time, but have now moved them to the "lost" column in my data base.

Howe's known collection would stand at 321. Until some more turn up.

[Brian Van Horn]

Just reviving a three year dormant thread: