New T207 variation confirmed - Clarke with and without sleeve emblem

[marcdelpercio]

Thanks for the kind words, guys! Looking for stuff like this is one of my favorite parts of collecting.

Rob, I did have two of these when I first noticed it a couple of years ago. Since the emblem is right on the edge, at first I thought the "no emblem" version may just have been cut off-center or a missing/light color pass. It took me a few months to find more examples of that version and it became clear that the emblem was actually missing. At that point, I started tracking them closely to see which versions appeared with which backs. In a little less than three years, I have tracked 22 total "with emblem" and have seen 14 so far "without emblem." Neither is a scarce card...there are multiple copies of each on eBay right now...but NO T207s are what I would call extremely common, so I'd recommend that the set collectors check their versions and maybe pick up one of the others now. I have one of each version from each Factory back in my set, so I'm satisfied with that!