T3 Turkey Red - New Front / Back Combo - Rhoades
 

Hello,

I’ve focused on collecting T3 Turkey Reds for over 25 years now. I’ve completed a few sets including what is now shown as a 100% Master Set on the PSA website. I’ve bought, owned and sold over 1000 T3s and looked at 1000’s more. As the years have gone by, I’ve focused on rarities which come in the form of the most difficult regular issue card (Rhoades), to variations like Dool”in” and Tenney NY & Bos, to difficult front/back combinations (no ad backs, etc).

Today I found a card that I’ve never seen before, didn’t think existed, but have continued to search for over the last two decades plus.

The T3 Rhoades with the Turkey Red advertising back.

Rhoades has always been considered the most difficult regular issue. Part of its scarcity coming from the theory that it was a short print of sorts having only been issued during the first part of the second series (with a checklist back) and not being printed in the last part of the second series (with the advertising back).

Any Rhoades T3 is a rare card. Here’s one that’s just a bit rarer.

Congrats
 

Great info on this important set. Congrats on finding it after such a long search.

Congrats on a fantastic find.

Congrats Craig!
 

Congrats Craig on that awesome find!

Patrick

Thanks Craig for posting the back, the auction house never would have!


I've thought that since his name was misspelled, nobody knew who ihe was to order him.

Craig, great pickup.
Glad to see you're still chugging away at the set.
I got rid of mine years ago.

Craig,

Great pickup and great information on the set!

I had a T3 Rhodes once but sold it over 10 years ago. I went back to double check my scans of the card and, sure enough, it was the more "common" checklist back.

Always neat to see a previously unconfirmed card/back combination like this come out of the woodwork to be discovered by the hobby.

Thanks for sharing it!

Great find, Craig!

On a side note, I am 8 cards away from finishing my “set” (not paying attention to different backs!)...they have dried up the past three years after multiple set breaks seemed to hit the market and I was able to be choosy about no creases vg-Ex+ condition cards. Anyone else notice this? Most auctions have had very few cards or just some major stars, and condition has been challenging where more readily available.

Paul

book
 

I'd love to see a high-quality full-size scan picture book of the T3s. Large issues like these (and the Butterfingers and Sporting News premiums) would make great books. The T3s are the best of them all.

Congrats on the find!

Nice find, Craig. This kind of information helps keep collecting interesting.