Ty Cobb 1907 rare rookie postcards - Their origin stories told

[Bicem]

Amazing research Jim!

[Baseball Rarities]

Great info Jim. Really appreciate the post.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Great info Jim. Really appreciate the post.

+1

Good info too on the postmarked dates of other early Cobb PCs Kevin. Thanks

[ullmandds]

Fantastic presentation jim!!! I was not familiar with the Lafond images those are so cool!!

[calvindog]

Jim, fantastic work there.

Kevin, thanks for that info.

[benchod]

Great sleuthing, Jim. Thanks for the informative post

Kevin, thanks for the postmark information; you know where a lot of the bodies are buried in this hobby!

Here is my meager contribution

[Leon]

Great research, Jim. And thanks to all of the contributors in this thread. It is appreciated by all. And some day 50 yrs down the road maybe someone will Google this subject and find it here .

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[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by benchod

Here is my meager contribution

Such a great postcard. Love the way that he has his bat in one hand and glove in the other. He is definitely ready to play ball.

[Kris19]

Shameless leveraging of Jim's awesome research and post, I just listed an H.M. Taylor "Tyrus Cobb at Bat" postcard, PSA 3.5, for sale in the B/S/T section. Thanks, Jim!

[T206Jim]

Thanks guys, the Floral Horseshoe completed my H.M. Taylor set and this post was my way of celebrating. For me, half of fun of this hobby is acquiring knowledge and the other half is sharing it! Oh and Kris, when can I expect that commission check?

[the-illini]

Great information!

Here is a related item I picked up on Ebay recently - an interior shot of the "Dietsche Rememberance Shop" on Woodward Avenue in Detroit...

[T206Jim]

Orlando, it is funny how we sometimes just chance into a revelation. I was researching the LaFond version when I just happened to notice the Cobb Fielding in the corner, realized the significance of the dates, and thought this might just prove that long standing theory. Spread the news to the Cobb and Dietsche collectors out there.

[Baseball Rarities]

Here is a team display sheet. Unfortunately, not mine.

[Baseball Rarities]

Here are just a few notes that I have regarding the different Cobb "rookie cards." For reference, the World Series that year started on October 8 in Chicago and ended on October 12 in Detroit.

Detroit Seamless Postcard - of the six known examples, five are postmarked - three on October 4, 1907, one October 5 and one on October 7.

Wolverine Postcard - the earliest postmark from this set that I can find is October 9, 1907. Few of the postcards from this set found cancelled.

AC Dietsche - the earliest postmark from this set that I can find is October 9, 1907. Only a small percentage of postcards from this set are found cancelled.

HM Taylor Postcard - the earliest postmark from this set that I can find is October 7, 1907. Most of the postcards that I see from this set are canceled..

W600 - first offered to the public in the October 19, 1907 issue of the Sporting Life.

[insidethewrapper]

Now if someone has the 1909 Sheet ( if it exists) we will be able to determine if the Detroit Team Photo should or should not be part of the three year set or if it is in fact a stand alone postcard.