Smithsonian article on vintage sports memorabilia

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Posted By: Rob Fouch

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=barone/051216


Cool article on espn.com today. Lucky guy to get to see all that stuff. Wish he would have been specific about what tobacco cards the Smithsonian has. Though if you cycle through the pictures, there is one shot of an album with some cards. They look a little beat up. I guess even the Smithsonian has trouble getting high grade.

and how about that Greek vase. Talk about vintage.

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Posted By: Steve Dawson

They don't even know what years they're from. The article says the T206s are from the late 1800s!


Steve

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

yeah, that page hardly holds 250,000! Wonder what they are?

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Posted By: Joe Jones

I see the page after the t206's there are some east hills shopping center pittsburgh cards.

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Posted By: Rob Fouch

Are those pirates cards unusual or rare? Not familiar with that issue.

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Posted By: Joe Jones

They are not too rare. I have a whole set.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

75-100 bucks on a good day........

There was a T205 on the preceding page from the T206's.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Are you refering to the Allen & Ginter Pirate cards? I haven't seen the book. The A&G Pirates is a great set and I think it is also the only A&G set that has bios on the back instead of just a checklist for the set. Cards are too tough to find but the cards of Mary Reed, Anne Bonney and William Teach will cost you a fair sum of money.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

the East Hills Pirates (Pittsburgh) set that is in the back of the picture and referred to in the earlier part of the thread. The A&G ones weren't pictured but they are tougher than the East Hills Pittsburgh Pirates!