A most unique T206 card has surfaced....perhaps the 525th ?

Archive · #1 11-09-2008, 07:28 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Thanks to my wife, Charlotte, and my daughters, Debbie and Zoe, we had a gathering of family and
friends to celebrate my 70th birthday at the Washington Crossing Inn (Pennsylvania) this Saturday.

A long time friend and veteran BB card collector, and professional artist, Jack Weaver, presented me
this T206 card. Jack is a frequent reader of Net54 and thought I deserved a spot in the T206 gallery
of cards. Upon reviewing all the T206 Subjects, Jack chose this "Turkey" Donlin pose as the best fit.
What a coincidence....as, I have been at times in my 70 years referred to as...."Ted the Turkey".

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What a glorious time we had as many of the attendees "roasted"....Ted the Turkey. Including, our
dear friend Barry Sloate and his lovely wife Judy.

TED Z

Archive · #2 11-09-2008, 07:30 PM

Posted By: leon

That's a neat card...definitely a Gem Mint 10!! Happy B'day or belated B'day too....

Archive · #3 11-09-2008, 07:39 PM

Posted By: MVSNYC

Ted- Happy 70th!

all the best...
MS

Archive · #4 11-09-2008, 07:41 PM

Posted By: dennis

happy birthday!

Archive · #5 11-09-2008, 07:44 PM

Posted By: Dan Bretta

Happy 70th Ted!

Archive · #6 11-09-2008, 07:48 PM

Posted By: Craig W

Happy Birthday T-Rex! Wishing you many more

Archive · #7 11-09-2008, 07:50 PM

Posted By: Matt

Does the Ted back exist with other superprints?

Archive · #8 11-09-2008, 07:59 PM

Posted By: barry arnold

Happy 70th birthday TREX!!!!
The new appellation,TURKEY, applied to you makes sense to me, as I have grown
to appreciate and love Turkey Reds since finishing the 206s!!!

all the best,

Barry

Archive · #9 11-09-2008, 08:57 PM

Posted By: jay wolt

Ted Happy Birthday!

Archive · #10 11-09-2008, 08:57 PM

Posted By: Anonymous

Happy Birthday, Ted.

Archive · #11 11-10-2008, 01:28 AM

Posted By: Bill

Happy Birthday, Bill

Archive · #12 11-10-2008, 02:20 AM

Posted By: barrysloate

Hey Ted- it was a great day, and a really nice group of people. And I love that card!

Archive · #13 11-10-2008, 03:23 AM

Posted By: Rick McQuillan

Ted,
I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the font is too large and there is no factory number on the back. I afraid that this card isn't from the original set.

Congrats,
Rick

Archive · #14 11-10-2008, 03:50 AM

Posted By: Eric

What would be cool is to have SGC/PSA encapsulate it as a novelty item.

Archive · #15 11-10-2008, 04:10 AM

Posted By: Steve F

and loving tribute, you must have been thrilled! Happy B-day and many more to follow Turk525.

Archive · #16 11-10-2008, 04:38 AM

Posted By: Dan Paradis

Ted, happy 70th!! We just celebrated my fathers 70th 2 weeks ago.
Beautiful painting!!

Good Luck.

Dan

Archive · #17 11-10-2008, 05:13 AM

Posted By: Joe D.

Happy Birthday Ted.

I wish you 70+ more!

Archive · #18 11-10-2008, 05:26 AM

Posted By: Ed Hans

I think I see an underprint on the back... Many returns, Ted.

Archive · #19 11-10-2008, 05:39 AM

Posted By: CoreyRS.hanus

Happy Birthday Ted and many, many more!

BTW, isn't there a version of that card without the "AMER"?

Archive · #20 11-10-2008, 05:57 AM

Posted By: peter ullman

happy birthday, Ted...now Titus isn't the only moustached t206!

Archive · #21 11-10-2008, 06:30 AM

Posted By: Jim VB

Congratulations Ted!

Try to think of this as the 49th Anniversary of your 21st Birthday!

Archive · #22 11-10-2008, 06:30 AM

Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Great Great card!!

Happy 70th Birthday Ted!

Archive · #23 11-10-2008, 06:45 AM

Posted By: Tony Galovich

Happy Birthday Ted, will there be a "new" T-206 discovery on your 71st birthday as well?

Archive · #24 11-10-2008, 06:50 AM

Posted By: Jason L

wonderful news
love the card...

Archive · #25 11-10-2008, 07:50 AM

Posted By: Chris

Happy birthday Ted - the card looks great!

Here's to many more!

Archive · #26 11-10-2008, 08:44 AM

Posted By: Richard Cline - RC

Happy 70th Ted, that sounds like a great way to celebrate!

RC

Archive · #27 11-10-2008, 09:07 AM

Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Happy Birthday, Ted!

Archive · #28 11-10-2008, 09:44 AM

Posted By: Jim Rivera

Happy Birthday Ted! I will email you shortly-I would like to discuss a few things.

Archive · #29 11-10-2008, 10:59 AM

Posted By: Drew

Happy Birthday Ted

Drew

Archive · #30 11-10-2008, 04:11 PM

Posted By: Marc S.

to John Titus as being the second mustachioed member of the T206 set.

Happy Birthday

Archive · #31 11-10-2008, 04:18 PM

Posted By: JimB

Happy Birthday Ted! Many more!
JimB

Archive · #32 11-10-2008, 04:51 PM

Posted By: Doug

Happy birthday!

Archive · #33 11-10-2008, 05:26 PM

Posted By: Ricky Y

Happy B Day Ted. Love that card..its you!

Ricky Y

Archive · #34 11-10-2008, 08:06 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Thanks to all of you for the kind responses. I have also received several emails and one young Net54
reader asked me...."seriously, how does 70 feel ?"

And, I replied....I do not feel any different than when I was in my 30's, 40's or 50's. As they say, age
is just a state of mind. My family....my activities (especially tennis)....and my various hobbies (espe-
cially this great sportscard hobby) keep me feeling young.
And, sometimes when I need an added boost.....I start up my 1957 Thunderbird, take the hardtop off,
and go out cruising. By the time I shift it into OVERDRIVE, it is 1957 all over again.

One final bit of advice....think POSITIVE. T-Rex TED warns that "negative thinking" is very deleterious
to your health.

Best Regards to all of you,

TED Z

Archive · #35 11-10-2008, 08:16 PM

Posted By: Bob

Happy 70th Ted! Really glad I got to meet you the summer before last at the National.
Have a great one.
tbob

Archive · #36 11-10-2008, 10:27 PM

Posted By: Dan P.

Happy birthday Ted. I just got the bill--you owe me $54.67 breaking the camera I used to take your picture at the party.

Archive · #37 11-11-2008, 06:46 AM

Posted By: Steve

Happy Birthday Ted!

70 years young, don't know how you do it.

Steve

Archive · #38 11-11-2008, 03:06 PM

Posted By: Dave Hornish

Happy Birthday Ted! So, you were born about 31 years after T206's started coming out?! Enjoy!

Archive · #39 11-12-2008, 04:56 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

STEVE (WinPitcher)

Nothing to it guy....Thanks to the GOOD LORD....at 70, most days I feel no different than I did at 40.

Best regards,

TED Z

Archive · #40 11-12-2008, 05:14 PM

Posted By: barrysloate

I'm 56 and most days I behave like I'm 15. How do you explain that?

Archive · #41 11-12-2008, 05:23 PM

Posted By: Fred Y

HAPPY 70th!!

The fact you got me by 2 yrs simply means you got the '49 Leaf & Bowmans and I don't! LOL!

Barry---

"I'm 56 and most days I behave like I'm 15. How do you explain that?"

My wife says that same thing to me every day!

Archive · #42 11-12-2008, 05:26 PM

Posted By: B.C.Daniels

Wow1 you look younger than Dan McKee!

BcD

Archive · #43 11-12-2008, 05:30 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

I've seen your 1951 and 1952 Bowman BB and FB cards....they are great.

NEVERTHELESS, we both grew up in the best of times....I would not trade growing up during the 1950's

for any other decade.....and, not for all the T206 Wagner's in the entire world ! !

Fred....where did you grow up as a kid ?

TED Z

Archive · #44 11-13-2008, 08:55 AM

Posted By: Fred Y

Ted--

I grew up in Western New York--from 1946 to 1953 in Attica (age 6 to 13) and then on to Wellsville (smallest town in the US to support Professional baseball--the old Class D PONY Lg) until I left for college in 1958.

Most all of my 1948 thru 1952 Topps & Bowman came from that area around Buffalo!

NOTE: I always thought my '52 Topps baseball were COMPLETE at 250 cards---I never ran across a store in that WNY area that had even the 3rd series, let alone the High numbers! I didn't even know they existed until sometime in the early '80s when the card boom started & I reclaimed my treasures from the attic-type storeroom off the bathroom in my parents house!

PS---I have to add: I wholeheartedly agree w/ you--I wouldn't trade growing up in the late '40's thru the '50's for any other time!

The war was over, life was springing eternal, people were beginning to spend money again, businesses were starting up w/ great anticipation of success, and being a youth was as carefree & innocent a time as there ever has been!

The only dilemma was finding a larger rubber band to fit those HUGE cards Topps was putting out in 1952!---and BOTH my red & black Andy Pafko's suffered for it!

Archive · #45 11-13-2008, 05:41 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

That's interesting that the 1952T Semi-Hi#s & Hi#s were not distributed to the Buffalo (NY) area.
Yet, you got both the Black and Red backs in the 1st series....very interesting.

In Hillside (NJ) we only got the Black backs in the 1st series and we got all the other 1952T series.

I too...."reclaimed my treasures from the attic" of the home I grew up in.

Fred......we were both fortunate that are cards were stored in the attics of our homes. Our attic
got extremely hot in the summer and very cold in the winter, but it was a dry environment. All my
cards (from 1947-1952) were in an open box for 20 years in this attic. Cardboard can't withstand
any kind of damp or humid conditions such as found in basements.

When BB cards were beginning to gain popularity in the late 1970's, I told my wife that I remember
having 2-4 1952T Mantles. But, when I recovered all my cards, I found only one.....along with 4
other Hi#s. As I looked at my Mantle, Chapman, Herman, Jeffcoat & Spencer....it all "flashed back"
at me. The very last 1952T pack I opened in the Fall of '52 included a Mantle.

And, that my friend was the end of my BB card collecting....until 25 years later.

Thanks for reviving my youth.

TED Z

Archive · #46 11-16-2008, 04:41 PM

Posted By: Scot Reader

Ted,

Glad you had a nice birthday, although everyone knows Zanidakis (Fielding) is a 150-only subject!

Scot

Archive · #47 11-16-2008, 05:54 PM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Funny you should say that....when my friend Jack Weaver presented me this card, upon flipping
it over, the same thought struck my mind.
However, let's say the "Ted Zan" tobacco brand was not available till the 350 Series

Thanks Scot,

TED Z