T206 Cobbs - Which do you like best?

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Posted By: JimB

We had a Cobb card comparison earlier this week. Here is another. Which T206 Cobb pose do you like best? Try to disregard value or relative scarcity. I am curious as to which one people find most aesthetically pleasing. Personally I have always liked the bat-off the best. I love the colors and the intensity it captures on Cobb's face.

My ranking would be:
1. Bat off
2. Red Portrait
3. Green Portrait.
4. Bat on.








edited to add commentary on the bat-off pose.

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Posted By: pstratt

1. Green Portrait
2. Bat On
3. Red Portrait
4. Bat Off

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Posted By: T E

The red in the background catches your eye, brings out the fire in Cobb. The others are much prettier, with their pastel skies or that calming green background, but that red background is the Cobb of legend, at least imho.

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Posted By: T E

I'll take any of em, looks wise!

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

First off Jim, that green port looks a bit weak to be sitting next to the other ones you have there! That's a nice collection of Cobbs!

1. Bat off
2. Red Portrait
3. Bat on
4. Green Portrait

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Posted By: barry arnold

Happy New Year, Jim!

green
red
off
on

all the best,

barry

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Posted By: Tony Andrea

1. Green port
2. Bat on
3. Red port
4. Bat off

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Posted By: Dylan

bat on
red port.
green port.
bat off

The look on Cobb's face on the bat on pose is great. Captures the attitude of Cobb getting ready to unload on a pitch. The red portrait is a classic, and while the background of the bat off pose is quite colorful Cobb's image doesnt present as well as the bat on or portraits do.

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Posted By: Jason Carota

The order in which you have them displayed is exactly how I would rank them.

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Posted By: Jeff Prizner

from just a visual appeal POV...

Red Port.
Green Port.
Bat On
Bat Off

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Posted By: cn

Green,not even close in my opinion,Red,Bat off then Bat on. CN

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Posted By: MVSNYC

bat on
bat off
red
green

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Posted By: leon

The original order is my favorite too...

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Posted By: andy becker

i really like the classic red portrait.....but my absolute favorite is the orange variation of the red portrait.

ranking the 4:
red
on
off
green

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Posted By: Brad

green
red
on
off

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

I think he has a bit of a sneer of the bat on pose, so I will make that my number one choice. My second choice is the green portrait, then red portrait and bat off.

Jeff

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Posted By: DD

Red(even better with a Polar Bear back)
Bat Off
Green
Bat On

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Posted By: Drew

Hi Jim

Green
Red
Off
On



Drew

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Posted By: Paul

I have never been able to settle on any of them. My favorite seems to change day by day. I just like them all.

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Posted By: Jeff Drum

1. Off
2. On
3. Red
4. Green

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Posted By: T206Collector

My wife has always preferred the Bat Off variation, citing the colors. But I prefer the colors on the Bat Off variation.

1. Green
2. Bat On
3. Red
4. Bat Off

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Posted By: Joe Jones

Red
Off
Green
On

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Posted By: Joann

I used to like Bat Off because of the colors, and owned one for 6 or 7 years. But after looking at it all that time, it seemed like it was out of proportion - like his head was really too big for his body or something. I don't mind Bat On, but in the T206 set there are so many cards with the green-grass-yellow-sky theme that it seems a little ho-hum. Of his four cards, that one to me looks the most blah.

I like green better than red because it's centered a bit better - not so much of the chest and torso showing. Also, it looks like the gaze is more clear and steady. I really like the red, but there is something about the way it's drawn that almost looks unclear or off-register. And the gaze is out to the side.

Hard to explain the diff in portraits and why I like green better. But it is a neat little study in the T206 set - the two portraits obviously came from the same photo, and yet received different treatments and had different outcomes.

Green
Red
Bat Off
Bat On

Someday I might switch the order of Red and Bat Off - those colors still are gorgeous, aren't they?

Joann

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Posted By: nbrazil

based purely on aesthetics:

1. red: the red background really catches your eye. This was my first T206 card and was the main reason why i got into the set.
2. bat off: cobb looks fierce in this card. he looks like he's staring down the pitcher as he prepares to get into his stance. the background also is very appealing
3. green: the green background is quite soothing....not as sharp or contrasting as the red, but it has it's uniqueness to it.
4. bat on: not really a bad looking card, but it doesnt look a whole like cobb.

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Posted By: Brett

The t206 Cobb bat off shoulder has always been my favourite card from the set. I think when i first starting using yahoo auctions and ebay a while ago, it was the first t206 Cobb i'd ever seen. The picture of Cobb really looks like him in great detail, plus the background colours are also neat ( just like the e93 Leach )

I'd rank them :

1. Bat off - Best !!
2. Green port. - Not because of the money, just because the green really looks nice with the portrait.
3 & 4. Red port and Bat on are tied for me. I don't mind them, but i'd rather have #'s 1 and 2

The only Cobb card I own is the Bat on shoulder. I'll probably never sell it just because its my first Cobb

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Posted By: Denny

I simply love the comparison threads!


Green - Cause the Irish in me would never see it any other way!
Red - His intensity couldn't be colorized any better.
Bat ON - Although I don't think that it resembles him well...
Bat OFF - Very Nice Art work, but Cobby just wasn't a nice guy!

See you roundin' 3rd,
Denny Walsh

Ps Please remember our men & women serving our country around the world in your thoughts & prayers....May God Bless them all!

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Posted By: Jason L

1) Bat Off - The "Field of Dreams" Cobby
2) Red portrait - "Bloody Angry" Cobby
3) Green portrait - "Calm & Mellow" Cobby
4) Bat On - The "Jeff Prizner" Cobby (sorry, this is who I think of now when I see this card!)

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Posted By: Robert {Bigb13}

Oh this one is at the top of my list! LOL LOL Rob                   http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-T206-Ty-Cobb-Green-PSA-1-0519_W0QQitemZ190066424837QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31718 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: AP

red, bat off, bat on, green

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Posted By: MINE'S MINT

bat off has always been my favorite.. never thought much of the bat on variation.. and my preference between the portraits tends to change from one example to the next..

psa/dna authenticated signature -> Richard M.

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Posted By: Frank Evanov

Red...love the background
Bat Off...love his expression
Bat On....great colors
Green

Frank

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Posted By: JimB

Not having counted, it looks like a pretty even spread among all four. Thanks.
JimB

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Posted By: peter ullman

green, bat on, bat off, red. i've never loved the bat off card...it's very colorful...but I prefer the more obscure bat on.

pete in mn