T206 Poll

[Bigdaddy]

Ok, I have to admit that I'm ~90% post-war and ~10% pre-war, and I'm not well versed in many of the more obscure pre-war sets. And probably many of the gentle readers here are mostly, if not completely, pre-war collectors.

With that said, and recognizing that this is posted in the Pre-War section, can you name all the players given their T206 card? Seems like every time I'm looking through a bunch of T206 .jpgs, I see a new pose that I didn't know existed. Maybe that is THE line on whether you are a T206 collector or not - can you name all the cards?

[CobbSpikedMe]

While I can name quite a lot of T206 players when I see their cards, there are still several I can not. Most of the SL I can't name since I don't see them as often. But I can name every HOFer for sure. I often name them as they scroll by on eBay when I'm looking through the prewar section.

[ullmandds]

I'm always kinda amazed how I can name many T206 players just by seeing an image...but not all.

[MVSNYC]

I think you need to add two more answers to your poll...

-Large majority.
-Small majority.

Even though I’ve collected T206 for 25 years, there may still be a few players (probably some minor leaguers/SLers) who’s name’s I can’t remember. But I can recall probably 95%...but not 100%.

[Bpm0014]

Funny you ask this. I often quiz myself on this very same subject and was thinking about starting the same poll! I believe that I can name most, if not all, T206 subjects if shown their card....

[gregr2]

No chance here, I can probably recognize 25% of the set.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

I think you need to add two more answers to your poll...

-Large majority.
-Small majority.

Even though I’ve collected T206 for 25 years, there may still be a few players (probably some minor leaguers/SLers) who’s name’s I can’t remember. But I can recall probably 95%...but not 100%.

Agree. I can probably get 80-90 % right, if I do a quick review first. I used to be at 100%, but I'm not as sharp anymore.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Agree. I can probably get 80-90 % right, if I do a quick review first. I used to be at 100%, but I'm not as sharp anymore.

I'd think that many people who were dealers some time ago could do that.

One of the crazier days hanging out at the local card shop was playing a card game with the owner. He said he could identify almost any card without seeing the whole thing. Since he had a file cabinet full of cards from the late 50's - mid 70's, I figured I'd give it a try. He said if I stumped him I could have a free card.
I gave up after maybe 40 cards, random years picked by me from the cabinet, all commons. Only showed him maybe 25% of most cards, and he got every one.
I still think there had to be some trick, but at the time I tried removing obvious tricks like spotting the back reflected in the showcase glass, and he still go them all.

T206 I could probably get maybe half of them on a good day, maybe a bit more.

[CollectingAmericasPastime]

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