A 'Nodgrass' you can't pronounce

[Runscott]

Same problem as the print issue Snodgrass?

Partial letter T206 on ebay

[phikappapsi]

Looks more like a very thin layer of paper loss

[iggyman]

You know, the letters "M", "I", and "D" are just not that interesting. As a prewar card junky, those letters don't do much for me. Perhaps, we can debate the merits of paper loss, but in my opinion the seller is really missing the boat. That T206 Schmidt is actually a rare partial comma!!!

Whoa! Much more fascinating. Is a comma actually considered a letter? If it is not a letter, why is it on a typewriter/keyboard? Is a T206 partial comma a period or is a dot? If neither, does it then become a strange alien like mark? Is it legal to assume a partial comma as a period/dot? Which part of a T206 comma gets printed first, the upper half or lower half? What is an Oxford comma? Can a comma be inverted? Is a partial comma even possible on a 19th century press? Were some T206 press operators aliens? How many T206 cards exist with partial inverted commas? As you can see, a partial comma opens-up an incredible can of worms and the questions are endless.....

Lovely Day...

[Jaybird]

I started a similar thread about a year ago (actually almost exactly a year ago) on a card I had. Sullivan. In it, I also found reference to another thread the year prior. It's like looking into a mirror with a mirror behind you.

Anyway, many of these things are out there if you look closely enough...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=135461

[Tsaiko]

Might as well bring this up again. A period before and after the name. Haven't seen another one like this. Anyone have one?

[danmckee]

You would need to find several more exactly like it to compare it to the broken plate Nodgrass with partial right side of the S

[phikappapsi]

You can pretty clearly see the circular pattern going through the letters, almost as if there was a bleaching agent left on something circular that touched the card

[Runscott]

Calling Steve B ...

I don't get the 'broken plate' theory - isn't that pretty much impossible for the 'missing N' Snodgrass? Isn't it more likely that the 'oil' somehow was rubbed off where the 'S' should have been?

(see - I read all your stuff, I just am not good at processing it)

[steve B]

Either something like that or the letters never got onto the plate.

I have a Schmidt that's similar to the one shown, and it's not paper loss. I don't think it's bleaching either.


Steve B

Looks like another t206 variation

[steve B]

Technically two, as mine has the missing bits a bit to the right of the other.

Not that it matters, It's a interesting variety that probably reflects a different place on the plate, but I wouldn't consider it as a major one.
(Neither are Nodgrass, dopner etc.)

Of course if everyone chooses to call it a variation and place a nice premium on it I won't mind a bit

Another possibility is actually a damaged plate. It would have to be a pretty deep chip to not print anywhere. I wouldn't mind seeing the Ebay one up close. If the missing area starts at the same spot and the r has the same deformed look I might start thinking it was a chipped stone that got worse over time. It would be a print defect rather than variation, but a more interesting one.

Steve B