Rare T206 Upside Down Back Southern League Post if u Own One

[mrvster]

Hello All!

Who ever won the T206 Carlos Smith Upside Down O.M. Southern League in the Goodwin Auction got, imho, a killer deal! went super cheap! 3K or so with the juice...I think that was a 5-6 K card + easily should have gone....considering brown om will go 2 x that value probably....

Please post if you own one of these rarities(southern league Uppy O.M. printers scrap)....these are 2 X rarer than BROWN OM and have not even been recognized.....they are similar to brown om in the fact that they are all survivors of a printers scrap sheet...

there are approx. 12-15 examples of Brown OM known to exist...

there are approx. 4 or so known uppy OM Southern Leaguers known to exist...
these were all hand cut from one sheet obviously...

Brown OM had an ink differentiation....Uppy's had a backwards print set up..

HART, THEBO, SMITH, KING....


are the examples I have seen so far.....I own the THEBO(Thank GOD

my pic will follow shortly

[E93]

While upside down backs are very cool, in my opinion they are in a different category than brown Old Mill for the simple reason that if somebody is going for a complete T206 back run of 39, they need the brown Old Mill but they do not need the upside down back. There are more back run collectors than error collectors. Just me .02, and not meant to take anything away from the coolness or rarity of upside down backs.
JimB

[mrvster]

just trying to point out the parallel with Brown OM on scarcity level......they are pretty much essentially different species in the same phylum? technically brown om is an "error" same as uppy om

[MVSNYC]

Here's one of the 4 known examples. Thanks to Chris for the deal...I've since had SGC put "upside down back" on the flip.

[mrvster]

of the beauties!

Thanks Mike! you are my bro o' a different mo

btw Jim b....your collection is INSANE!!

[MVSNYC]

Thanks JV- you have one of the 4, no? post it!

[atx840]

Great cards guys. True gems.

[MVSNYC]

Isn't Leon's scrap an upside down back brown OM?

For the record, I hate the term 'uppy'.

[mrvster]

I don't think his is upside down?

let's see if we can't confirm another sister card off the sheet....

any more u.s.d.b. 's out there?? southern leaguers??? ( u s d b's= up-side down backs)

Chris

can you post all 4 together???(hart, king, thebo, and smith)



please?

[MVSNYC]

JV- good call. i actually already use that (USDB) whenever i email Chris about them...let's make that the new term. not sure i've made it clear enough how much i hate "uppy".

Leon- isn't that a brown OM USDB in there?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

JV- good call. i actually already use that (USDB) whenever i email Chris about them...let's make that the new term. not sure i've made it clear enough how much i hate "uppy".

Leon- isn't that a brown OM USDB in there?

No, actually the back pic you have shown is upside down so if turned over correctly it is the Cy Young portrait that is upside down and the Brown Old Mill is right side up.