T206 green portrait Cobb centering....SURVEY....updated

[tedzan]

Several of us T206 "dinosaurs" got together for an old-fashioned swap meet here in Pennsylvania this past weekend. I got six new inputs
to this survey from this group. Furthermore, I obtained 15 inputs from calls to fellow T206 collectors (who are mostly not Net54 members,
but are known of by some Net54er's). I'll name eight of them .... John Dorsey, Tom Faith, Don Flewelling, Dave Hayward, Bob Krause, Greg
Lacivta, Mark Macrae, Ralph Triplette, etc. Lest, a certain party here (with an agenda) chimes in and accuses me of...."ARBITRARILY PUL-
LING OUT NAMES FROM NOWHERE".

Here's how I acquired my first Cobb. In 1982, at a small BB card auction in Toms River (NJ) I won a green Cobb for an unbelievably low bid.
Most at this auction were interested in the Pete Rose rookie and the 1982 Topps black ink variations. This Cobb was a PIEDMONT 150, it
was off-center, and in VG condition. I sold this Cobb at the Willow Grove show, and bought an Excellent Cobb from Wayne Miller. The Cobb
I got from Wayne was a PIEDMONT 150, and it too was off-center (to its top border).

My curiosity was aroused, so I have been tracking green Cobb's since the early 1980's. I have seen several 100's of the green Cobb cards.
The PIEDMONT 350, SOVEREIGN, and SWEET CAPORAL green Cobb's are usually centered. I cannot vouch for the OLD MILL version, as I've
seen very few of them.
Look, we can continue to run this survey to "infinity"....or, when we run out of green Cobb's....whichever occurs first
The result will still be the same..approximately 9 out of every 10 green Cobb's (with PIEDMONT 150 backs) will be off-center to its top border.







Green Cobb survey .................... updated 3/22


39 = PIEDMONT 150 (off-center) ...................... 39/45 = 87 %

6 == PIEDMONT 150 (centered)

4 == PIEDMONT 350 (centered)

1 == PIEDMONT 350 (off-center)

1 == SOVEREIGN 150 (centered)

1 == SOVEREIGN 150 (off-center)

9 == SWEET CAPORAL 150 (centered)

1 == SWEET CAPORAL 150 (off-center)

5 == SWEET CAPORAL 350 (centered)

2 == SWEET CAPORAL ? (off-center)

1 == OLD MILL (centered)



TED Z