AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

During the printing of the 350-only Series of the T206 set, American Lithographic included a stylistically framed American Beauty 350 Tobacco advertisement
on the backs of 190 subjects in this Series.

And approx. 23 subjects in the 350-only Series were not printed with the ABF back. Why is this so ? Perhaps, these 23 guys retired (or were traded) during the
period of the 350-only Series press runs (Spring / Summer 1910).

Furthermore, the majority of these AB 350 cards are narrower than the standard T206's, such as Gabby Street shown here. On the other hand, this Davy Jones
card (ABF back) is the standard T206 width. I'm not certain that we have arrived at a logical reason for this difference.


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...etPortrait.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...jones50xab.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...vyJones25x.jpg


TED Z

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I have these two -- what's left of a well-loved Burns and a (slightly) better Tannehill:

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694424058
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694424062
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694424093
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694424098

Bugs
 

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Ted, your Davy Jones has a blue print mark in the upper left that's also found on a few Piedmonts and a SC350/25.

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AB 350 frame
 

I have one example

Great Cards All

Here’s a toughie

I’ve always wondered what stamp they were trying to scratch off, and why

Cheers All

Here's a pretty rare one (thanks CB!)...

My AB w/frame type card:

My lone example.

.............. I like my ABs well centered .................. :p:p:p:p

Attachment 588695

Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

So... thoughts on whether frame or no frame was first, or if they were simultaneously released...

I'd vote that Frame was first.

If I remember right from my research, the cards that have a 350 With Frame, none of those cards have 460 series backs.

For the subjects with a 350 No Frame, all of them (except Nichols Batting) have Cycle 460 backs as well as Piedmont 460/42 backs.

my favorite back in the t206 universe

AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

Great picture of a young Eddie Collins......

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...eCollinsSC.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...dCollins25.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...CollinsSCb.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...Collins50b.jpg



TED Z

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AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

Brothers Tannehill

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https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...edHINDUx50.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...HINDUx25bk.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Part of my Matty back run.

Here are two, Huggins and Strang. I would have guessed I had half a dozen, I must have sold a few, or misplaced them.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694571620

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1694571678

AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

Very nice Matty, Dean


Although my AB 350 Matty is quite off-center, I am pleased with it.

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...50mattysgc.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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My favorite American Beauty is the one by this band, now in a frame on my wall; Lyrics and sheet music to which is one of the many Dead songs contained in the autographed song book

one of the best albums ever created. a true masterpiece. awesome display piece you've got there

Thank you Ted. Any AB Matty is a beaut,

That Mathewson has Run the Gamut of graders. The first time it sold it was in a Beckett holder then it was crossed over to the SGC holder and the last two times it sold it was in a PSA holder.

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Another Chase

Nope, that PSA is not the same Ted's SGC, just an AB doppelganger. I know because it is mine.

Hi Ian, it's the same card in all three holders. Ted must have sold/traded it and someone had it crossed over to PSA at some point.

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My one and only with plenty of wear.

AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

" Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio ? "



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TED Z

T206 Reference
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My pair:

I've only got three. Izzy was my first.

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Ted, I believe this is the no-frame variation! :)

Here is my American Beauty (with frame) of Gaavy 'Fatty' Cravath, along with a much more typical slim American Beauty (no frame) example of Doyle, and a regular (or slightly wider than typically seen) Piedmont of Manning for comparison.

Brian

AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

Five of the Six Super Prints with AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) backs.


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...EversAB350.jpg----------https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...chasedkcap.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...versAB350b.jpg https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...hasedkcapb.jpg----https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...hasedkcapb.jpg



https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...50mattysgc.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...yab350x50x.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (frame) cards. Let's have some fun showing & talking about them
 

Fine examples of the three styles of the AMERICAN BEAUTY series cards......


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...erfeldDRUM.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...rfeldDRUMb.jpg






. https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...obbBat25xx.jpg . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...CobbBat25x.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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