T206 "Back Project"

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Posted By: MVSNYC

just thought this would be a cool topic, since it seems like "rare backs" are the talk of the board recently..."on & off" for nearly 15 years now, i have been working on collecting the different brand backs, and slowly have been upgrading them to get the best condition examples i can into my collection, (i also collect high grade T206's, but i seperate the two projects in my mind) along the way selling my downgrades...

does anyone else collect the backs in such a way (best graded example of each brand)? if so, would be fun for others to share their collection here...maybe compare the overall average?

*All PSA Graded:

Drum 4
Uzit 3
Red Hindu 1 (not part of the avg.)
Piedmont 42 3 (not part of the avg.)
Lenox 3
Broad Leaf 350 3
Carolina Brights 3
Brown Hindu 1
Tolstoi 3
EPDG 5
Am. Beauty 4
Cycle 5
Old Mill 5
Sovereign 5
Polar Bear 5
Sweet Caporal 7
Piedmont 8

15 brands (minus cobb) avg: 4.27

just a fun project...and obviously "eye appeal" is very important.

anyone else care to share their back collections?

MS

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Michael,
I'm trying to complete an entire set with as many rare backs as possible, so here is a list of my best:

All graded by PSA or SGC:

Drum 4
Uzit 6
Red Hindu 7
Piedmont 42 7.5 sgc 86
Lenox 5
Broad Leaf 350 5
Carolina Brights 6
Brown Hindu 7
Tolstoi 6
EPDG 6
Am. Beauty 7
Cycle 6
Old Mill 8
Sovereign 7
Polar Bear 6
Sweet Caporal 7
Piedmont 8

17 Brands(counting Piedmont twice) Avg 6.38

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Posted By: MVSNYC

OK...now we're talkin'...

that's awesome!...looks like i have a lot more work to do.

i'm sending you an email.

thanks for sharing!
MS

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Posted By: RayB

Since my T206 set is a lower grade effort these are my best:


All PSA Graded:
Piedmont 5
SC 5
Sovereign 4
AB 3
Cycle 3
EPDG 5
Brown Hindu 1
Old Mill 5
PB 4
Tolstoi 3

10 different = 3.8 GPA

Higher than I actually expected.
RayB

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Posted By: Anonymous

No Broadleaf 460's?

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Posted By: JimB

Interesting topic. I have one of each of the brand backs though not all are graded. I do not have them in front of me, but off hand the graded ones are:

Brand, grade
Drum, 1
Uzit, 3
Hindu, 5.5 (I have several but two HOF are Johnson/port and Bresnahan/port, both in 5.5s)
CB several raw - need to check
Broadleaf, several raw, need to check

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Posted By: Dave

This is a subject that capured my attention. I collect any Topsy Hartsel card
to include the different backs.
American Beauty SGC 30
Broad Leaf SGC 40
Carolina Brights SGC 30
Cycle SGC Auth
El Principe De Gales SGC 70
Old Mill PSA 6
Piedmont SGC 40
Sweet Caporal (Fact 25) SGC 50
Sweet Caporal (Fact 30) SGC 30
Sovereign SGC 50

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Posted By: Marc S.

Piedmont 150 - PSA 9
Sovereign 150 - SGC 50
Sweet Cap 150 - PSA 5
American Beauty 350 No Frame - PSA 3
American Beauty 350 Frame - SGC 40
Broadleaf 350 - GAI 2
Cycle 350 - SGC 50
Drume 350 - SGC 40
Piedmont 350 - PSA 6
Sovereign 350 - PSA 5
Sweet Cap 350 - PSA 9
Cycle 460 - SGC 50
Piedmont 460 - PSA 5
Sweet Cap 460 - SGC 60
Carolina Brights - PSA 5
EPDG - SGC 40
Hindu Brown - GAI 2.5
Hindu Red - SGC 40
Lenox - GAI 3.0
Old Mill - SGC 80
Polar Bear - PSA 5
Tolstoi - PSA 5
Uzit - GAI 3.5

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Posted By: Lee

PSA 1 UZIT
PSA 1 Lajoie Tolstoi
SGC 10 Lenox
PSA 4 SC
PSA 4 Piedmont
PSA 1 Brown Hindu
Fair Condition EPDG
GAI 3.5 Cycle 460
SGC 30 Old Mill
Good Condition SL Old Mill
Piedmont fact 42 PSA 2 (on its way in the mail)
SGC 20 Smith Chicago and Boston Polar Bear
GAI 2.5 Sovereign 460

This is my meager start to the rare backs, but I'm going after a few of the big ones now....

Lee

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Posted By: mvsnyc

looking good guys...keep them coming...

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Posted By: rob

This is off the top of my head, but I will give it a shot:

All SGC graded:

Drum - 30
Uzit - 30
Red HIndu - 30
Tolstoi - 60
EPDG - 50
Brown Hindu - 40
Carolina Brights - 50
Broadleaf 350 - 40
American Beauty - 50
Old Mill - 60
Piedmont - 70
Sweet Caporal - 70
Sovereign - 60
Polar Bear - 50
Cycyle - 60

I need one of thse darn Lenox backs...

Rob

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Posted By: Anonymous

Can I chime in-- being a luddite about getting my cards graded, they probably work out like this:

American Beauty 350: White (Buff) ex+
American Beauty 460: Camnitz EX+
Broadleaf 350: Huggins and Mullen EX
Carolina Bright: Unglaub EX
Cycle 350: Maloney EX
Cycle 460: Bell EXMT
Drum: Sweeney VGEX
EPdG: Campbell or Donovan (port) VGEX
Brown Hindu: Doyle (throw) or Lipe VGEX
Lenox: Abbaticchio VGEX
Old Mill: Seitz EX
Tolstoi: Mowrey EX+
Uzit: Steinfeldt Fr-GD

Like Brian, I am putting together a set with as many rare backs as possible. 505 done and only 84 Piedmonts and 85 Sweet Cap's.

Judson

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Posted By: MVSNYC

Rob-

there is an SGC 30 Lenox on eBay right now...good luck!

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Posted By: Jim Dale

The idea of a backs collection intrigued me and I started looking for them, but the rare one's come up so "rarely" and were so expensive I decided against it - maybe later. I've also bought into the set that is shared by several others - 36 different backs are SGC graded. Only the 4 impossible ones are missing...would like to see one of those come up.