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Frank WakefieldCraig has a good idea about the Rhodes, I think. I knew about when he left the game, a high number, and a lack of demand. I was not aware of the ad back aspect.
T3s were all requested. So there should be more Cobbs, Lajoies, Mathewsons and McGraws. These 4 were in the first bunch of cards. Walter Johnson doesn't appear until the second series.
Jack Johnson at #76 always troubled me... it is like he's added on the list. Some cards showed 1-75 on the back, some 1-76 (adding Johnson). The second series of cards show him still at 76, but his # is one line further down, putting the card slightly out of balance. Maybe there was a mail in demand for him and an initial reluctance to issue him....
Good thinking, Craig, on the ad back!
Truthfully, I think the sale of a T3 Rhodes is more significant, hobby defining moment, than the auction of a bunch of PSA 8 white border cards. How many Turkey Red Rhodes are graded, what is the pop report on him??