Ive always loved the "Fan for a Fan" but never pursued because i didnt know how to display... how do you display it Aaron?

Incredible collection, Jason. Thanks for sharing.

Picked up another Cobb a couple weeks back. Love the quality on this 2.

Wm Paterson Cobb
 

From my Wife's "Antique roadshow Collection" Sold at REA Auction
 

too large

From my Wife's "Antique roadshow Collection" Sold at REA Auction
 

too large

My cobbs
 

Still have these but the e121

Currently what I have, need a bat on to complete the T206 set.


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These are my only Cobbs at the moment

I just picked this up from a board member.

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Cobb / Collins autos

my 3 Cobbs
 

Got these from a neighbor who was the original owner (he was elderly, I was a teen ... now I'm the elderly one)

My best Cobbies...

Here are mine at present. Need an upgrade on the Green to match my set! Very pleased with this group!!

he's taking on more space in my life.

My two favorite Cobbs mounted inside the lid of a Top Hat box.

Cobb
 

Cool display! Wonder what the backs are / look like...

It takes every shred of my will power not to check! There is a remaining green corner above these two that I just have to imagine was a Cobb as well, so I’m happy to preserve these just the way they are.

Can’t upload my pic for some reason. Love seeing this stuff. Really need to find a M116 and a bat off t206 next.

Very few people can say that they have a mint or gem mint Ty Cobb card from his playing era. Congrats -- beautiful Cobb cards!!

thanks - yeah. "mint" vintage was never really something I was ever even attracted to the thought of. The vast majority of my collecting is mid grade. But the Black Swamp find made it reasonably affordable to enter an unheard of marketplace. and the Polo grounds cards always had a terrific appeal to me because I really enjoy B&W cards from all eras.

Match made in heaven for me.

What's the story with that American Beauty T206 that went for $33,000? Why is it so narrow? Were they cut like this?

Updated pic of all the Cobbs I’ve accumulated since May.

Have a T227 incoming too...

I have 'cashed in' lately, so have very few to show:

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I'm a bit late, but thought I'd add a couple more.

It's ok Josh, no worries on 5 yrs old threads. They are still awesome to look at.

Ironically this thread was started a few months after I sold my first collection. Rebuilding has been slow and fun. And this was reacquired.

https://luckeycards.com/tyt205.jpg

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some great looking cobbs
 

i don't believe this one has made an appearance yet.
can't quite put my finger on it, but it seems so familiar to me! :D

This is my one and only purchased from a board member

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Very motivated to buy or trade for a front-back combo not shown here (I have an extra E102 PSA 3)

He gone
 

Hi Taylor. Sorry for the delayed response. I recently sold the Cobb Fan in REA but before that I was displaying it in the holder they sent it in when I bought it a year or so before. My goal was to frame it for proper display but I sold it before I made it that far... so I replaced it with a few oversized Cobb photos that I now plan to frame. I'll take a moment here to laugh at myself... ha ha!

Wow
 

Ryan, wow! Nice Cobb run!

Ryan
 

Holy Shit Ryan!!...that's all I can say..Jerry

Been wanting to add this photo all year to my Speaker shelf. Received it as a Christmas gift. Looks good next to my other items. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ced1dc521f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...013039f9c6.jpg

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Orange

Leon - I know, I'm a bit behind. I was searching for something else (completely unrelated to anything Cobb) and somehow that thread popped up :) Oh, and beautiful T205!


Ryan - great set of Cobbs!

Here are two of my non T206 favs - really pretty E94 and an even better 1914 CJ graded by someone in a very bad mood

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1910 Brown Brothers Original Negative
 

1910 Brown Brothers original glass plate negative of Ty Cobb.

Very cool

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1 of 2 known.... the amount of hours I spent searching/thinking about this card before I bought it was maddening..

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Victory Cobb
 

Amazing Jamie...Jerry

+100,000!

Jamie, I always love seeing that card. Besides being insanely rare, I truly appreciate it's dead-on registration; creating incredible clarity in his face/eyes.

Thanks guys. Appreciate the kinds words! Happy new year.

So Jamie,
 

your ty cobb back isn't even in your top seven scarcest red cobb cards, is it?

t206 broadleaf 460- 1 of 2 known
t206 drum- 1 of 2 known
t213-3 factory 8 op- 1 of 2 known
t215- 1 of 2 known
t206 sovereign 460- 1 of about 10 (?) known
t206 lenox- 1 of about 12 known
t206 carolina brights- 1 of about 14 known

that is truly some rarified air!

My top Cobbs
 

My top Cobbs

Jamie

Your VICTORY Cobb is sensational......and, " maddening " is in the past, this card stays with you :)

My favorite Cobb for several reasons is the elusive SOVEREIGN 460.


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An absolutely amazing card Jamie.

Cobb, not Cobb
 

My best Cobb and my not Cobb. I posted this in the "Let's see some postcards" thread but I thought it would be funny to show it here again (although the joke was one me). I bought this years ago because the seller was sure Cobb was fifth from the left (to be fair, so was I) and I paid for it as if it was him (this was well before ease of online research). Recently I found a clipping of the same photo in the Detroit Free Press from May 8, 1910 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4581...it-free-press/. The McGraw Tigers were a local independent team but "Cobb" is actually "Anderson, catcher".

Hey Mark!... i think you mean BL460.. a red cobb with a BL350 back has not been confirmed... but yes there are 2 BL460s.... the factory 8 OP i believe to be a 1 of 1.. i have not seen a second.. the other graded examples are the bat-off pose..... There are 4 drums im aware of.. and i think there might be less then 10 Sov 460s.. So while the cobb back is not the rarest.. it is still certainly one of the most desired!.... :) hope all is well my friend. Happy new Year

So many cool Cobbs on this thread

Probably largely redundant, but here is my quartet. I acquired three of the four (all but Greenie) on this board, so I want to thank those who made them available.

Only have the one, and almost embarrassed to post it next to these beauties...

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A few rare Cobbs
 

Love the Cobbs, here are a few of mine,

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29429

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=29430

So, dabbuu
 

is there any chance that jamie (blunder) knows about that red cobb? :)

Many Victories for a big loss!
 

A little story about that card:
Some 20 years ago I bought a common player Victory on eBay for a couple hundred. When the seller & I communicated afterward he said he had “a bunch” of Victories. Turned out to be 17 of them including Johnson (pitching), with back damage, and the Cobb you now have. I bought all 17 for $5k, they were ungraded and the seller lived in New Orleans! I overnighted a cashier’s check. When the seller shipped them to me the USPS lost them for 2 weeks! When I finally got them I took them to the next Chicago Sun Times show to have them graded and Pete Calderon was at the SGC booth & he was blown away by the group. I had sold Pete an e107 Cy Young not long before that (thru eBay as well) but it was our 1st time meeting face to face. I remember picking up the cards a day or 2 later and I couldn’t believe the Cobb only got a 2, besides the paper rub on upper right border it’s a very strong card! Not long after that Pete went on to work at Mastronet and I flipped the group of Victories to Terry Knouse (my ex wife wanted new windows for our house! Doh!). Not long after that I got divorced and the house with the new windows was sold. Too funny yet so sad!

Great great card! Much nicer than the other SGC 2 that sold in REA some years later.

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!!!! USPS almost losing the nicest Cobb victory back known would have been heart breaking! Man am I happy it turned up :). Great story.

Ebay
 

Aaron, that is a great story...I really miss that Ebay...was Markman the dealer??...Jerry

I don't recall
 

Hi Jerry, I don't remember who the dealer was or if he was an actual dealer. What I do remember was the card he originally listed (Ames) and the group I got from him had the Cobb, Johnson (pitching w. back damage), Zack Wheat, & a few other minor HOFers and the fact that he lived in New Orleans and Victories were from Louisiana.

Jamie - I think we can trace the full provenance of the card now from Aaron's acquisition all the way to you.

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I think there's more Cobbs per capita here than anywhere on the planet. Adding my humble contribution.
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Great cards in this thread and this Victory is one of, if not the, nicest of all.

Here is another Cobby. Love the low grade from the "opinionators."

http://luckeycards.com/t206cobb.jpg

how does that get a 1.5?

Exactly what you see on the screen is the way it is in hand. There is some very minor surface wrinkling/crackling on the front, on both sides of his head. Personally I think it could be a full grade higher.....but I own it and all that. :cool:

Not my fave Cobby here but one of my latest ones and from our BST. Big top border with full name at bottom.

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This red Cobb with a PIEDMONT #42 back is a real beauty....however, it is not a real T206. But, it sure is a darn good reprint.


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And, here are some of the real Cobb's in my collection......my favorite Cobb card is this AMERICAN BEAUTY........

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...CobbSGC40x.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...obbbat50xb.jpg




http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...OLDMILLx50.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...OLDMILLx25.jpg




http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...0TyCobb50x.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...tSOV350x25.jpg




https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...tcap42ovpt.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ovpt42xx25.jpg



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T206 REFERENCE....convenient access to T206 checklists
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A few more Cobb's......


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https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...reign150bx.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...ign350x25b.jpg




https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...0redCobb50.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...redCobb50x.jpg




https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...vereign150.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ereign150b.jpg


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Here's a yellow Cobb with the super rare Challenge Butter back.
2nd attachment is a Type 1 photo of the House that Cobb built.

Happy Sunday!

Wow
 

I started this thread like 6 years ago and forgot about it. Crazy to see people are still commented on it! Any more Ty Cobbs to show off?

Finally......

My 3 best Cobbs
 

Two original photos of cards and 1 card

Damn.....

Wow, congratulations Scott!

no idea if I've posted this here...this thread is long!!!!

Congrats Scott! So which is the next stumbling block?

In honor of this thread's resurrection I will post new pictures of my Green Cobb Wedensday night.

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I have re-homed all of my Cobbs - all since the virus hit and almost all on BST...haven't seen any of them being shown by their new owners so I'll do the honors for the last time:

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Great thread. I am very partial to this one:

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I don't know why; I have 'better' Cobbs. I just happen to like it a lot.

I got this one recently:

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Only Cobb I recall getting since the original post I made.