T-206 CIGARETTE BASEBALL CARDS Booklet By Richard S. Egan Jan '66

[bh3443]

Many decades ago, I heard rumors that a Collins batting pose existed. If I recall the story, it was some type of proof card from this set.

Has anyone ever heard about this? I'm wondering if it actually exists or was a rumor or what!

Any input will be appreciated!

Thanks,
Bill

This book is great! Thanks for sharing!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bh3443

Many decades ago, I heard rumors that a Collins batting pose existed. If I recall the story, it was some type of proof card from this set.

Has anyone ever heard about this? I'm wondering if it actually exists or was a rumor or what!

Any input will be appreciated!

Thanks,
Bill

This book is great! Thanks for sharing!

It's probably somewhere on Tim's site - I thought the Collins Batting was in UberDem's collection. There is a proof page there that contains scans grabbed from various sites (un-watermarked), as well as their own scans (watermarked to protect from unscrupulous people grabbing them), but I couldn't find Olberman's.

[teetwoohsix]

Jerry (and Leon)-

Thanks for posting this- I really enjoy this stuff !! I'm always amazed at the detail.......I was also wondering about the T206 booklet that was refered to in the Gum issues Leon had posted- this makes sense now. Thanks again for posting this thread !!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by bh3443

Many decades ago, I heard rumors that a Collins batting pose existed. If I recall the story, it was some type of proof card from this set.

Has anyone ever heard about this? I'm wondering if it actually exists or was a rumor or what!

Hi Bill,

Yes, the Collins proof exists. We have an image of it on the site that was shared by the current owner as well as the back story behind the card.

The Olbermann Proofs

Tim

[bh3443]

Thank you, gentlemen!
The story I heard way back is word for word what is printed!

[tedzan]

I found this statement by Egan in his closing paragraph very interesting......

"This is not in itself uncommon, in fact a set issued with caramels during the same period claims a 100 to the set, but today 117
are known and a few more are found periodically."

I'm sure he is alluding to the E90-1 set of 120 subjects. Therefore, it is interesting that in 1966, three cards in this set were not
yet known.

My 1st guess is Tris Speaker as one of the unknowns. A 2nd could be Mike Mitchell. The 3rd could be any one of the following....
Duffy, Graham, Stahl, Sweeney, or Walsh.


TED Z

[toppcat]

Great post-I had never heard of this before. The evolution of the pre-war checklists was almost glacial, this was 50+ years later and still there were gaps in E90-1.

[ethicsprof]

great choice of words!
glacial---yes, absolutely

best,
barry

[Jerry G]

I have taken the staples out and rescanned the booklet. If you are interested, send me your email address and I will be happy to send the scanned booklet to you.

jgalleano@msn.com