Poll: Am I crazy to count it?

[Shoebox]

I am a low budget collector but I am doing my best on my means to acquire a card of every player and manager (Not chasing Pioneers, Executives or Negro League players inducted into the HOF that did not play for a MLB team at this point.) where the card is issued during their playing/managing career. Acquiring pre-war HOFers is challenging on my budget but I did just recently acquire this Triple Folder from the most recent Sterling Auction.



Fred Clarke is one of the two featured players on the card but I had previously acquired a T205 card of him. My motivation for bidding was in the center panel which depicts Eddie Collins and Nap Lajoie. For now I am counting this as card as being able to cross both Collins and Lajoie off my list. I have already justified this to myself and it's my collection I can do what I want but curious what other collectors think. Am I stretching this to far in calling this a card of Clarke, Collins, and Lajoie. FWIW, PSA set registry seems to be on board with this being a Clarke and Collins card as it is listed in both players Master Sets but not a Lajoie card.

[pherbener]

That's a great looking 2 BTW!!

[The-Cardfather]

Dustin,

Does it really matter what the poll results are?

What really matters is, if in your mind it counts as three. It's your collection, so you set whatever criteria you like.

BTW - You and I have the same criteria for our HOF collections.

Happy hunting.

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by The Cardfather

Dustin,

Does it really matter what the poll results are?

What really matters is, if in your mind it counts as three. It's your collection, so you set whatever criteria you like.

BTW - You and I have the same criteria for our HOF collections.

Happy hunting.

No the results don't really matter for me but I did want to hear opinions of other collectors to see if my thinking was mainstream or just how far outside of the norm I fell.

And it was a conversation I hadn't seen before on here so I figured why not.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I personally would not count a T202 center panel particularly where there is almost no facial detail.

[mrmopar]

This is kind of a weird issue. I would consider it a Collins card because he is mentioned on the panel title on back. I could easily see there most would only consider the two players on the side panels, but why is there an unrelated middle panel anyway? I would consider Lajoie as a "cameo" appearance only.

[jason.1969]

Another low budget alternative for Collins is his 1933 Goudey (ditto Speaker)--but not so true for Lajoie!

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[ls7plus]

I collect HOF'er's and stars, and when I had my 1913 Fatima Cleveland Indians team card, I counted as both a Lajoie and Jackson card. As I'm personally not infatuated with either, I probably will eventually replace it and treat it exactly the same!

Enjoy your collecting,

Larry