Buck Barker's Uzit and Broad Leaf 350

[Luke]

Prices include shipping with signature confirmation and insurance.

I have a lot of trouble figuring out what Buck's notations on the back say. I recall when I got these that Scott G. was able to make sense of it pretty well. If you're interested, let me know and I can see if he can translate it again.

Thanks for looking!

Merkle $1500

Phelps $800

[mybuddyinc]

Did someone say my name ??????

Way cool cards. Always think Barker writing adds a lot of history. Interestingly (at least to me ), you maily see his "ramblings" on Zeenuts and Obaks, not to many T206s, which adds to the FUN .....

Here is my deciphering:

Merkle –

As seen [my interpretation]

07 - Tecu. [Tecumseh, So. Mich. Lg.]
06 – N.Y.N [out of order, date wise, and would figure New York National, but was playing for Newark, OH, in Ohio - Pennsylvania Lg.]
08-16 – N.Y.N. [New York National, of course]
16-17 – Bro [Brooklyn National]
17-21 – Chi. N. [Chicago National]
22 – N.Y.A. [New York American, which is incorrect, date wise. Out of baseball 21-24, but with N.Y.A. in 25-26]


Phelps –

As seen [my interpretation]

98 – Danbury co?? [Danbury, probably a notation of Connecticut State Lg.]
99-00 – SP.F. Mass. [Springfield, Eastern Lg.]
01 – Rou [Rochester, Eastern Lg.]
02-03 – Pitt [Pittsburgh National]
04 – Cin. [Cincinnati National]
05-06 – Cin. [Cincinnati National]
07-08 – Pitt [Pittsburgh National]
08-11 – St.L. N [St. Louis National]
11 – Tor [Toronto, Eastern Lg.]
12-13 – Bro [Brooklyn National]
13 – N?? [no idea, still in Brooklyn]
14 – Alb [Albany, New York State Lg.]
15 – S.C. [Sioux City, Western Lg.]
16 – Alb [Albany, New York State Lg.]

Fun stuff, Scott

[scottglevy]

Thought you may enjoy this description of Buck. A person that I never had the honor of meeting as he passed a year before I got rolling in the hobby.

http://www.oldbaseball.com/refs/barker/buckbarker.html

[Luke]

Thank you Scotts for all the great info!

Going to drop the price of the Merkle to $1350 and the Phelps to $750.