Buck Barker's Uzit and Broad Leaf 350
 

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I have a lot of trouble figuring out what Buck's notations on the back say. I recall when I got these that Scott G. was able to make sense of it pretty well. If you're interested, let me know and I can see if he can translate it again.

Thanks for looking!

Merkle $1500

Phelps $800

Did someone say my name ?????? :):)

Way cool cards. Always think Barker writing adds a lot of history. Interestingly (at least to me :o), you maily see his "ramblings" on Zeenuts and Obaks, not to many T206s, which adds to the FUN ..... ;)

Here is my deciphering:

Merkle –

As seen [my interpretation]

07 - Tecu. [Tecumseh, So. Mich. Lg.]
06 – N.Y.N [out of order, date wise, and would figure New York National, but was playing for Newark, OH, in Ohio - Pennsylvania Lg.]
08-16 – N.Y.N. [New York National, of course]
16-17 – Bro [Brooklyn National]
17-21 – Chi. N. [Chicago National]
22 – N.Y.A. [New York American, which is incorrect, date wise. Out of baseball 21-24, but with N.Y.A. in 25-26]


Phelps –

As seen [my interpretation]

98 – Danbury co?? [Danbury, probably a notation of Connecticut State Lg.]
99-00 – SP.F. Mass. [Springfield, Eastern Lg.]
01 – Rou [Rochester, Eastern Lg.]
02-03 – Pitt [Pittsburgh National]
04 – Cin. [Cincinnati National]
05-06 – Cin. [Cincinnati National]
07-08 – Pitt [Pittsburgh National]
08-11 – St.L. N [St. Louis National]
11 – Tor [Toronto, Eastern Lg.]
12-13 – Bro [Brooklyn National]
13 – N?? [no idea, still in Brooklyn]
14 – Alb [Albany, New York State Lg.]
15 – S.C. [Sioux City, Western Lg.]
16 – Alb [Albany, New York State Lg.]

Fun stuff, Scott :rolleyes:

Thought you may enjoy this description of Buck. A person that I never had the honor of meeting as he passed a year before I got rolling in the hobby.

http://www.oldbaseball.com/refs/barker/buckbarker.html

Thank you Scotts for all the great info!

Going to drop the price of the Merkle to $1350 and the Phelps to $750.