Virtual Set: T213-3 Overprints, a collective effort

[Sean]

Hey Pete, it's funny that Donlin doesn't have a team listed in the caption. Is he the only one without one?

I know that he had been retired for six or seven years. On his 1914 Type-2 card they wrote ".300 hitter for 7 years" instead of listing a team. Maybe in 1919 they decided that leaving it blank was better. Perhaps the fact that they included him at all so long after he retired is a testament to what a popular player he was back then.

[brass_rat]

Hey Sean,

A number of retired players were included without team captions, including Chance, Crawford, Lajoie, and Wiltse.

[Rhotchkiss]

Hughie One-hand

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Hey Sean,

A number of retired players were included without team captions, including Chance, Crawford, Lajoie, and Wiltse.

I did NOT know that! Its a quirky tough little set!!

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Sean

Hey Pete, it's funny that Donlin doesn't have a team listed in the caption. Is he the only one without one?

I know that he had been retired for six or seven years. On his 1914 Type-2 card they wrote ".300 hitter for 7 years" instead of listing a team. Maybe in 1919 they decided that leaving it blank was better. Perhaps the fact that they included him at all so long after he retired is a testament to what a popular player he was back then.

Its worth meeeelions!!

[gabrinus]

This sounds like a thread for Trobba.....Steve here is a list of cards I no longer own and don't have scans for....

Bender--no trees
Chase portrait
Eddie Collins
Jean Dubuc
Evers
Magee
Speaker

[Epps]

I can also confirm Gandil with overprint, but I can't find the image (Not my card)

[brass_rat]

Thanks, guys! In the interest of building a "virtual set" in the thread, I'll reserve checking off the cards when people post from their collection...I have scans of some (of cards that I don't own), but I figured it'd be fun if I don't jump ahead.

I'll be thoroughly impressed if we make it to 50% complete on this one.

[trobba]

Fun thread, and it is quite ambitious to get half of the set on this thread. From my own research, I haven't seen (or heard of) that many. I can share my list when the experiment is over and see how we did....here is my first pass at posting some pics, more will follow later.

I know my "picture to post" strategy is quite average in terms of quality but I think you can see enough.

[calvindog]