Collecting Around The Fringes: T206

[Howe’s Hunter]

The stamp is of Howe McCormick, 500 W. Main St., Gainesville, Fla. I've got 169 in my collection now (waiting for delivery of #170 in the next couple of days) and know of 29 others. Posted here is about the clearest of the stamps on any of the cards ...



Started four years ago this month. Never imagained that a 14 to 17 year old could have collected that many and have that many survive 100 years later....

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

The stamp is of Howe McCormick, 500 W. Main St., Gainesville, Fla. I've got 169 in my collection now (waiting for delivery of #170 in the next couple of days) and know of 29 others. Posted here is about the clearest of the stamps on any of the cards ... Started four years ago this month. Never imagained that a 14 to 17 year old could have collected that many and have that many survive 100 years later....

I am sure you often consider just how big young Howe's collection was at its apex. What do you think? Can you extrapolate from the 199 you know of that you're only scratching the surface -- say 10%? Or do you think you're much further along than that?

[mrvster]

Ed,

That collection is really neat

Johnny

[Howe’s Hunter]

Paul, I try not to think about how many he must have started with.

At right at 200 I know exist now, I'm guessing (and this is a SWAG, nothing done truly mathematically) that he must have had over a thousand. You figure over the course of 100 years, some must have been recycled during paper drives during World Wars I and II, some that survived that are bound to have been tossed by mothers who were cleaning the house while son was at college or after he was married, etc. Surely some where just tossed because whoever had them got tired of them and didn't know what else to do with them.

I do wonder at times if he still have the bulk of the collection by the time he was married and started his family? He and his wife had one child, a daughter, who never married (or at least no records of that) and who died just 10 years after he did. So did she get the collection at his death, and then it was dispersed at the time of her death, or had he gotten rid of most or all of them by the time he was a young family man?

So many questions and no one left who knows the answer. Part of the fun is never knowing if I'll have the complete collection. At least one new one seems to show up every month. Guess that could go on for a long time.

Thanks, Johnny.

[t206hound]

I have a fondness for T206s with double names or full name on top. I'm fairly picky about the "quality" of the miscut. Thanks to Tim, Johnny, Jason, Jerry and others who have helped me pick up some nice cards along the way.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Chase/Zimmermann........................................ ............................ Cobb Bat On


Moriarty.......................................... ......................................... Stephens

[Leon]

What the heck (now shown 1,347,288 times)....I don't collect T206 in particular but do like oddities and backs....and I am sure there were over/under bets on how long it would take me to show these, so didn't want to disappoint .

[mrvster]

LEON

YOU JUST GAVE ME MY FIX!!!
YES!!

MY MATTY AND MULTI!!

Please(please, please) leave me the mullaney in your will if you go before me?????????????????........I love the Matty also, it's a tie, but i know John loves the Matty also, so i'll bow down and humbly accept the Multi-strike:

I will never get sick of seeing those two cards, actually , the matty is going on my desktop!! b.l. 460 is insane ! and also the rest , drum , hindy tuf combo!.......


I really love this thread as you can tell, i even scored the Knight, THANKS MIKE!!!!!

Erick,

your collection is looking sweet.....i will always help with that

Peace

v

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

Here's one for you. The front is Tom Jones, St. Louis Browns

Hi Jaybird,

Thanks for the image. I have one image of another of these stamps and this one makes two now. I always like getting multiple examples of the same stamp.

Here is the one I have already.

Thanks,

AndyH

[Scott T]

I have a low grade T206 collection and also collect index card autographs of T206 players. I have about 20 all together. Here are two of my favorites:



John Ganzel



Rudy Hulswitt

[mrvster]

Andy,

i'll keep a look out for you

Scott,

Those are NEAT! really unique

Peace

Johnny