Ok, type collectors, wow me with your Texas Tommy E224s
As I have begun working my way through older issues of Old Cardboard, I am finding articles about sets that I know little to nothing about, and my imagination is captured all over again. In the spring 2006 issue, there is an article about the E224s, known as the Texas Tommy set. These little beauties have one hell of a checklist across their two "types". The fifty-one card "type 1" set includes Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Hal Chase, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, Ed Walsh, Zach Wheat and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, among others. The fifteen card blank back "type 2" set includes Rube Marquard, Smoky Joe Wood and Harry Hooper.
I know these things are incredibly rare, but I'm betting that some of our type collectors have a few of these between them. So, if you do, please share your cards, and if you feel comfortable in doing so, the stories on how you acquired them.
I'm most curious about the Jackson card. As far as sheer scarcity is concerned, where does this fall within the small number of cards issued during his career?
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01-11-2014, 02:43 AM
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