T206 Boston American team set

[ubiqty]

Should I consider my set complete without the Smith card (Chicago and Boston)? Could someone let me know the history of him and Boston and this card?

Thanks in advance,
Scott.

[Abravefan11]

Frank Smith was traded from Chicago to Boston on August 9, 1910. When the 350-460 subjects began being printed in the second half of 1910 with 350 Series backs the Smith card team caption was Chicago. In late 1910 when the 350-460 and 460 Only subjects began being printed for the 460 Series the team caption of Smith was changed to include Boston.

Whether you need it to complete a team set is a matter of personal preference in my opinion.

[BCauley]

This was one of my little projects for the year, building the T206 Boston Americans team set. When I came to this same exact hurdle, I hemmed and hawed about it but ultimately I went with not including him and decided to just go with the players who are in a Boston uniform.

[ubiqty]

Thank you guys very much. I think I've decided to hem and haw a bit more and buy one in a PSA 4 if it's at a reasonable price.
Thanks,
Scott.

[Bosox Blair]

I have not included him in mine. No real great rationale - the card just doesn't fit visually into the subset, and it is an expensive common.

Cheers,
Blair

[milkit1]

I have a white sox team set and as far as I'm concerned you have to have every card for it to be a set. I got a presentable one for $50.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

I have not included him in mine. No real great rationale - the card just doesn't fit visually into the subset, and it is an expensive common.

Cheers,
Blair

I have also not included the Smith in my subset but then again, I include the T3 Lord of Boston and Chicago fame in my Bost-American Turkey subset so like Blair states above, us collectors have no real "rationale" ..although he is clearly in a Boston uni here and the same with the Niles T3 which is dual teams but a Bost uniform so I include him.