Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisJIM B
I've come to realize that the Ty Cobb back card was issued much earlier than I originally thought;
therefore, I'm leaning your way. This realization has developed from my knowledge of the Senator
Richard Russell BB card collection on display at the Univ. of Georgia. I purchased many T206's from
his original collection that his Great-Great Grandaughter was selling. She was selling his duplicates.
These cards aroused my curiosity, as they were all Piedmont 350's which included the rare cards
like Lundgren, Dahlen, Ewing, Ganley, Tom Jones, Karger, Lindaman, etc. So, I did some research
and discovered that his T206 set includes a Joe Doyle error card and a TyCobb/Ty Cobb back card.
Russell's T206 set comprises 497 cards (no Plank or Wagner). He collected his T-cards in 1910-1911,
and he got them directly from the Piedmont packs as he was a heavy smoker at the early age of 14.
Now for my original point. Living near the greater Atlanta area and being an avid Base Ball fan, Rus-
sell most likely acquired his Ty Cobb card sometime in 1911.
This timeline is reinforced by the fact that the Ty Cobb caption is printed with Brown ink. By 1912,
American Litho. switched to printing their BB card captions in Blue ink.
Regards,
TED Z