T207 Napoleon back confirmation thread.

[frohme]

Cleaned up this confirmation list to show only the - as yet - unconfirmed poses, and those that have only a TPG confirmation.

Unconfirmed list now stands at 15, or only 11 without the variations. Looking at the list, I think its clear the others are there (at least the basic 150)... i.e. the result pretty much everyone expects at this point.

Of the remainders, all but 2 are in the easiest class of Recruits to find, and there's little reason to expect anything out of line with either Sullivan or Northen. A couple possible oddities stand out at the moment :

1. Of the 11 remaining unconfirmed (regardless of variation), the only 3 from the Nat'l league are all from Brooklyn (Coulson, Erwin, Northen). The Amer stragglers represent 6 different teams. Seems mostly coincidence at this point
2. Of the 15 remaining unconfirmed (including variations), none of the 4 players (Austin, Fisher, Livingston, Mullin) has more than one of the variations accounted for:
   • Austin (neither)
   • Fisher (white cap only)
   • Livingston ('A' only)
   • Mullin (no 'D') only

If this behavior holds, it has suggestions as to when Napoleons were printed/released in the overall schema of things as Livingston went from Phila to Cleveland in late 1911, yet no Livingston (Cle) card is yet known with the Napoleon back. Much too early to say, but...

[frohme]

Coulson has been removed fom the unconfirmed T207 Napoleon list, which now stands at 14.

Many thanks, Luke!

[canjond]

I thought this may be a good place to post this... Through the help of Leon and a few others, I was able to track down the elusive Napoleon cigar pack floating around the National and photograph it. To my knowledge, this is the first time a Napoleon pack has ever been seen. This is undoubtedly correct, as the tax stamp still yields a wonderful "Factory 240, 1st D. PA" overprint on the reverse.

The story of how this pack was discovered is equally amazing. In 2012, a crew was doing renovations on a church in Boston and found this tucked between the walls. Unfortunately it's missing one side, as well as the inner slide, but hey - it's the best we've got. Sandwiched between the top and bottom was a Napoleon backed card. Here is the pack and card that was tucked inside:

[Luke]

Wow! Is the pack for sale?

[canjond]

Unfortunately no.

[Leftyndv10]

I can confirm the Gabby Street Napoleon exists

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Leftyndv10

I can confirm the Gabby Street Napoleon exists

Yes - one sold a couple of days ago on eBay. The only 11 left unconfirmed are those in the first post of this thread.