T206 Crawford w/ Bat -- Uniquely Jumbo?

[Rhotchkiss]

I learned how great a player Sam Crawford was after reading an article somewhere about Ty Cobb (his teammate), and I started looking at his T206 cards, specifically the w/ bat pose. Is it me, or do Crawford's w/ bat cards tend to be more jumbo (larger borders) than most other T206s (and I believe this to be true regardless of back). Any thoughts on this?

[Thromdog]

Lots of tendencies for certain cards to have larger borders because they were at the top of the sheets.

The ones I find interesting are the wide border cards. Mullen batting is one with a lot of examples.

You can't really tell just looking at it but if you put it in a stack of cards, it's very pronounced.

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[tiger8mush]

agreed on the Mullin batting, I had one in a stack of 15 cards last night and noticed it was wider than all of the others. Perhaps it is on the edge of the sheet? I'll post photo later when I get home.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

I'll post photo later when I get home.

same height as others in the stack, but wider borders ...

[RedsFan1941]

if you could travel back in time 30-40 years, you'd be astounded at how many t206s you see with huge borders.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

if you could travel back in time 30-40 years, you'd be astounded at how many t206s you see with huge borders.

Ain't that the truth.

Tom C

[ricktmd]

I bought t206's when I was a kid and it seemed like most had fat/wide white borders like the Young picture attached. However I have noticed the same trend recently with Crawford batting

[Luke]

In my experience, the 3 poses that turn up most often with wide borders are Mullin with bat, Crawford with bat, and Bender no trees.

I bought this one recently just because the borders are possibly the widest I've seen so far.

Ironically, my blank back (which is hand-cut) is wider than it is tall.