T206 Magie/Magee Portrait Complete Back Run

[Jersey City Giants]

great job!!!!

[Rhotchkiss]

Google "Magee portrait old mill t206", and this thread came up. First, congrats on this back run, awesome! Second, was looking at Goodwin and they claim to have the only known graded Magee OM portrait. SGC pop report shows 4, and clearly there is one in this back run. I am sure it's a very hard front-back combo, but anyone know how many there are out there?

[Sean]

I wondered the same thing. Some of those Print Group 1 cards are very hard to find with an Old Mill back. I've been searching for a Merkle Portrait/OM for almost five years.

[Nunzio11]

Wow congrats! Between this and Ryan’s compete back run there are some serious accomplishments happening. For a newbie with a handful of HOFs, randoms and little focus this is further evidence that the Monster is quite the rabbit hole. It’s so intimidating but seeing dedication and accomplishment like this is so motivating.

[Sean]

Tony, I hope you don't lose interest in T206, because there is enough to keep you busy collecting for years.

[iwantitiwinit]

I believe there are only 2 Magee portrait Old Mill backs. I have an SGC 40 that I purchased in a Goodwin auction early last year and the second is the one currently offered. Up until 2.5 years ago the combined SGC and PSA population reports reflected zero population of that front back combination so it would be very unusual for 4 actual cards to be discovered in that short time period when previously there had not been any known. Relative to the claim that the current offering is the only known example I notified Bill Goodwin of my purchasing an OM from him a year and a half ago and he has removed that "only example known" statement from the description in his live auction detail.

[Rhotchkiss]

The SGC pop report shows a 40 (yours), a 35 (the one at auction) and two As...

Regardless. Kind of messed up that Goodwin, known for t206 and sellers of a prior Magee Port OM, lists the current one as the only known example. The current bid on that card is high, and I wonder how much of that is the result of that incorrect claim? All that said, I may be a buyer.....

Ryan Hotchkiss