Here are an E93 and E98 Collins that, due to longstanding misidentifications in guide books, and which subsequently has been perpetuated by the grading companies, actually picture HOF player Jimmy Collins, not Eddie Collins. They were both on the 1907 and 1908 Athletics teams, with Jimmy being the established star at the end of his distinguished career, while youngster (and future HOF) Eddie was still a part time player until the 1909 season. Thus it was not a mistake made by the card's manufacturers, but instead a guide book cataloging error.
Eddie is definitely the more regarded and popular Hall of Fame player, and I obtained these with the blissfully ignorant thought that they were Eddie, but at least the actual reality is that they still picture a Hall of Famer, just a different one than what is seen listed in the guidebooks and on slab labels.
So don't be so hard on yourself, Nichols Nicol man. By the way, I guess that makes me an Eddie Jimmy man.
Brian
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