T206 John Titus Price Bubble

[T206DK]

Originally Posted by ins02

Hi everyone,

The price of a T206 John Titus seems to be getting crazy. Common back PSA 1's have sold for over $100 recently! Why the run up on price for this card? Its not uncommon 3 sold on ebay last night alone. Just wondering if this has happened in the T206 set before? If so does the bubble typically bust on these cards? Thank you everyone!

wasn't it mentioned in a thread a while back as being a "hard" to find common. I think the Tenney card was also in the same thread along with some others

[Bored5000]

The SABR profile of Titus makes him sound as fascinating as the mustache makes him look. LOL. Titus was seldom seen without his trademark toothpick, and its mere presence in his mouth served to infuriate other players. Opposing pitchers soon noticed a "tell" when Titus was about to swing at a pitch by how he would move the toothpick around in his mouth. Despite being at a disadvantage while batting due to the "tell," Titus steadfastly refused to ditch the toothpick.

If the T-206 card would have included a toothpick in Titus' mouth, the coolness factor would have been impossible to measure.

Titus was also derisively known as "Tight Ass" for his spending habits and his policy of saving every paycheck from the entire season, then cashing them all at once. Titus also married his 17-year-old neighbor when he was 39 years old.

Check out the SABR profile of Titus; it's an interesting read.

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/edd1ff06

[deadballfreaK]

Titus is one of my favorites. He really was a fine player as well as being quite eccentric. I read somewhere that he went to sign a new contract one day. Rather than spend a nickle on a trolley ride, he walked about 4 miles to the team office and then walked back.

[tjb1952tjb]

His T206 is probably increasing in price because I sold my nice PSA 5 several weeks ago. You can blame me......my timing is impeccable, as usual.

[DerekMichael]

that is a killer picture of Titus ... very cool!

one of my absolute favorite cards in the set ... it just has "a look" about it

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by derekmichael

that is a killer picture of titus ... Very cool!

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[iwantitiwinit]

That is a cool picture and it brings to mind a question I've wanted to ask for awhile. What was the reason for having a belt loop directly in the middle front of the pants. I know they used to wear buckles ont he side of the pant but that loop directly itn the middle seems very awkward and uncomfortable. Anyone know the reason for this, sliding perhaps?

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

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Love that cold stare....

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by tjb1952tjb

His T206 is probably increasing in price because I sold my nice PSA 5 several weeks ago. You can blame me......my timing is impeccable, as usual.

I won't go into detail, but I'm personally responsible for the stock market doing so well lately

[bigtrain]

So I guess its time to sell Titus?

[tbob]

Most of the time something like this happens, it is family-related. The grandson of Frank Miller has just about cornered the market on his Obaks and Zeenut cards. Ditto the families of Lindsey and Fullerton in the 1911 Zeenut set. To a lesser extent a relative of Jack Coombs was about 5-6 years ago buying up as many of Coombs' E98 cards as possible but I don't think he is still doing this.
For a while the T206 Burch batting and Lindaman, especially in higher grade, were being scooped up and had high price tags for commons but these two cards seem to have come back to earth and are accessible again.

[Pythonfactory]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

The SABR profile of Titus makes him sound as fascinating as the mustache makes him look. LOL. Titus was seldom seen without his trademark toothpick, and its mere presence in his mouth served to infuriate other players. Opposing pitchers soon noticed a "tell" when Titus was about to swing at a pitch by how he would move the toothpick around in his mouth. Despite being at a disadvantage while batting due to the "tell," Titus steadfastly refused to ditch the toothpick.

If the T-206 card would have included a toothpick in Titus' mouth, the coolness factor would have been impossible to measure.

Titus was also derisively known as "Tight Ass" for his spending habits and his policy of saving every paycheck from the entire season, then cashing them all at once. Titus also married his 17-year-old neighbor when he was 39 years old.

Check out the SABR profile of Titus; it's an interesting read.

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/edd1ff06

I was trying to find a site with profiles of more obscurce players. That SABR site is perfect! Thanks.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Pythonfactory

I was trying to find a site with profiles of more obscurce players. That SABR site is perfect! Thanks.

Glad to help. SABR is definitely an awesome source for learning about obscure players. I have used the site often to read up on some of the obscure players with notable cards from various pre-war sets.