Hal, please show me more!

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Posted By: Ed McCollum

First off, congratulations to Hal on the acquisition of the Wagner. I was lucky enough to get to hold one at the National in St. Louis (93?) when Jim from SportsCards Plus pulled the one they had on display to let me look at. At the time, they were asking twice the value of our house in Lincoln for the card. Whew!

But in the "Well..." thread, it is mentioned that Hal might have a t206 red Cobb with Cobb back. If so, could you, or anyone who has one, scan and post? I haven't really been in the hobby that much the past six years or so, but before that, I was able to get at least one of each of the other 15 brand backs in some form or another. But I've never even seen a color copy of a Cobb back. And if you have one, where did you get it? I remember a "find" of five or six in someones grandfathers book collection that all went for sale in a Ron Oser auction (?) about ten years ago. That about doubled the known population of these cards, didn't it? I would just like to see a color version of one.

Thanks.

Ed

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Posted By: Josh K.

the cobb is pictured on hal's website - link can be found in the links section above.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

http://www.lewisbaseballcards.com/

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

If I EVER catch the kid who creased my darn card and cost me thousands... I'll ring his neck!!



Then again... he'd probably be about 105 years old by now...

and I should probably be nice to him in case he still has 100 MORE of these cards in his attic!!

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Posted By: Max Weder

My financial analysis of that centagenerian's faux pas:

Hal, rather than costing you $$$$$ by creasing it, I suspect the owner saved you that amount...

Max

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Good point, Max.

Lord only knows what an SGC 80 of that card would go for!!

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

BUT...

what if that evil old bird screws me AGAIN when he dies by leaving the key to his safe deposit box to Mr. Mint...

who finds 1,500 "Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb back" cards???

The value of mine will once again be reduced.

The guy could haunt me from his grave.