Deadbeats, Scammers & A T208 Story
 

While other sites won't be policed too much, if I get wind of someone that is not paying for stuff, or is any kind of a deadbeat, they won't be on Net54baseball any longer. That goes for FB deadbeats too. One person got banned this morning due to a FB post I saw.
If anyone knows of any deadbeats, or non payers, on this forum please let me know. And Have some unequivocal proof too. Thanks in advance.

In other news-

I received an email this morning from a guy that has had a T208 common for the last 44 yrs. It has a crease in the middle of it. I told him the value so we'll see what he wants to do with it. I am not interested in it as I have a type already. More on that later, but here is my T208 type, because every thread should have a nice pre war card in it. :)

Here is the email I received...

"Good morning Leon. So I found a card in an old wood chest at my grandparents house when I was 8 yrs old and i used to go to card shows a few years later and id always ask the dealers if they had a price guide on my card as I never found a price card back then with my card in it... I put it away in a hard plastic and a few years ago my daughters asked to see some of my cards as I never let them see them before and I found my mystery card and told them back when I found it I couldn't find and information on it and no price guides had it either as the internet wasn't even out yet.. So I told them now w the internet hopefully it can finally tell me alittle about the card. Well I typed in Cullivan's Fireside and all these pages came up stating the rarity of this set and guys posting they'd pay top dollar for them.. With all history of this card I found 44Yrs ago I now thinking of possibly selling it as my oldest daughter is engaged and I will be having to help pay for her wedding. My problem is I don't know how to go about selling it and getting a good price for it. I read a bunch of forums you and other members have wrote and know that you and the other members seem to have alot of knowledge on this set and wanted to reach out to you for your thoughts on my dilemma. Any advise would be much appreciated. I attached a couple pictures of my card. Ive never had it graded but im 110% sure its genuine/original. Last year i actually met a woman that when i told her i had a.card from Syracuse Ny she broke down crying saying Turtle street? Cullivan's Fireside? And i said yes and she explained it was her great grandfathers and uncle ls business and none of the family had ever seen an actual card... She said her cousin had an old advertisement for Cullivan's Fireside framed and on his wall.. i let her take a few pics as she wanted to show her family. Thank you"



https://luckeycards.com/t208.jpg

Thomas Cullivan was at a second address in addition to 610 Turtle St. in 1905, as below. The other address was almost certainly his home. I researched him a little bit some time back and also found an ad he placed in Billboard magazine in November 1942, also below, showing he was still at 610, although seemingly a bottler for Coca-Cola by then. Turtle St. is long gone, paved over in a post WW2 urban revitalization project in Syracuse.

I don't collect T cards anymore but this set has always fascinated me.

Question
 

Just asking….. he said he’s never had the card graded but it’s in a graded holder! How does this add up??

The T208 Murphy SGC 1.5 is Leon's.

Makes sense
 

Ah makes sense thanks. Wonder which one the other guy has?

This one. I have not spoken with the owner yet but we will soon. He will probably want to sell it, as he said in the email. This back scan isn't good but I have no doubt it's a real card, by the looks of it. It is what it is, as they say. Darned crease.

If he is anxious to sell, maybe an auction limited to Net 54 members.

I'll get it started at $5.00

$500

WOW!! That escalated quickly. ;-)

Man you learn something new here everyday (almost). Have never seen one of these before. Very cool. Thanks for sharing this story. Leon let us know if you're able to get it.

To keep this thread alive, here is my T208 type card:

I've never seen a T208 before. Those eyeballs are spooky, do they jiggle back and forth?

here's mine
 

Just ignore the little holes :)

Still a nice card. I'd rather have a hole in my card than a hole in my collection!!

I think the gentleman with the card in the first post is still deciding what to do with it.
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Being from Syracuse, I now need a T208

Dang it!

If I wasn't so paranoid about needles I'd have that tattoo'd on my arm.

The T-208 is one I'll never have in my Bender collection. Oh well.

That quote should be on a Net54 T-shirt.

[QUOTE=Leon;2467237]I'd rather have a hole in my card than a hole in my collection!!/QUOTE]

I think Eric is onto something. As a collector of such stuff, I would feel right at home with that slogan on my Net54 t-shirt at the National.


Brian

Although I was initially thinking of this gem from the bocabirdman (hi, Mike) collection, that Cobb works perfectly.

Hellboy in another life?

I was, believe it or not, the underbidder on that T206 Waddell that bocabirdman won on Ebay. My underbidding on the Waddell remains my main claim to hobby fame.

Fortunately I still get to see Rube on a frequent basis.


Brian

The T208 Plank was always one of my favorites