The Edward Wharton Tigar t206 Honus Wagner

[mart8081]

Further, to previous posts on net 54 re: Mr Wharton Tigar and his collection:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=wharton+tigar


I will not delve into his background here other than to say it was bequeathed to the British Museum in London. Yesterday I was able to view and hold (kind of) the Honus Wagner t206 from his extensive collection of cigaratte/tobacco cards and thought it would be good to share.

The card is located in the Plans and Drawings Section but is held in a room with private access. You need to phone through to the Study Room area to arrange an appointment to view the card (and many other wondrous works of art).

The card is kept in a small cardboard box. It is wrapped in tissue paper and been inserted in a plastic sleeve with a piece of cardboard behind it. Note from the pictures the sleeve is not sealed. You are not able to remove the card from the sleeve thus, the back is not visible. Please see photos (excuses for their size):






Fortunately, I and my girlfriend were able to photograph the card and me holding the card. The department curator seemed to pick up on my enthusiasm for the card, its historical context and the link to the wider Mr Wharton Tigar collection. One of her assistants informed me I was incredibly lucky as it is not normal practice to allow photographing in the study room Some of the researchers in the room seemed bemused by my interest in a small piece of cardboard!




The remaining two million plus cards in the Tigar Wharton collection are held off site. I requested information re: access to the Old Judges and other baseball cards in the collection. The curator provided details of the location and informed me they are accessible every second Tuesday between 10am-1pm. The next ‘open’ date is 17th September but I’m going to arrange a visit on 1st October instead.

To the Old Judge collectors – is there anything you want me to look for? This is not a set I have much kniowledge of but am happy to try and provide any information regarding his collection as possible.

Martin

[ullmandds]

very cool! unusual wear pattern on those corners, eh?

[mart8081]

Pete,

The top right and bottom right corners do have significant creasing.

Martin

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks Martin !!!

Beautiful Wagner, and awesome pics!!

Thanks for the post,

Sincerely, Clayton

[mart8081]

Clayton,

Thats okay. This is just about the first time my geographic location enable sme access to something hobby related!

More than happy to share :-)
Martin

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by mart8081

Clayton,

Thats okay. This is just about the first time my geographic location enable sme access to something hobby related!

More than happy to share :-)
Martin

Excellent

I would have been just as excited to hold that card for a minute. Thanks again for sharing the experience!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Thanks Martin !!!

Beautiful Wagner, and awesome pics!!

Thanks for the post,

Sincerely, Clayton

+1

[Vol]

Even if the Wagner wasn't the "Holy Grail," it would still be one of the coolest looking cards in the set.

Thanks Martin for taking the time to share with us

[sb1]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

very cool! unusual wear pattern on those corners, eh?

The card has an old trim across the bottom, probably to fit into one of the older album pages. Not to deceive anyone.

[ullmandds]

thanks scott...i figured so.

[soxinseven]

Great post Martin! Thank you for sharing...

[D.P.Johnson]

Baseball is America's pasttime...that card is in the wrong Country...please bring it home.......

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by mart8081

The remaining two million plus cards in the Tigar Wharton collection are held off site. I requested information re: access to the Old Judges and other baseball cards in the collection. The curator provided details of the location and informed me they are accessible every second Tuesday between 10am-1pm. The next ‘open’ date is 17th September but I’m going to arrange a visit on 1st October instead.

To the Old Judge collectors – is there anything you want me to look for? This is not a set I have much kniowledge of but am happy to try and provide any information regarding his collection as possible.

Martin

Hello Martin,

I will be in the UK on October 1st myself but woefully busy with no time to play. A fellow collector and board member, Charles Hausberg, took pictures of over 20 images we were missing in the OJ book during a February 2012 visit. There are some amazing cards in the Wharton-Tigar collection. Here is one example, the only known example of this Flynn pose.

[D.P.Johnson]

The whole experience just had to be super cool! I'm seriously jealous Martin!