Washington T206 Mini-Set Comparison to High-Grade Competitor

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Card 22: Charles E. "Gabby" Street. "The Old Sarge". Catcher for the Washington Senators in 1908-1911. 312 hits and 2 home runs in 8 MLB seasons. Debuted with the Cincinnati Reds in 1904. Caught ball dropped from top of Washington Monument. Holds MLB record for longest gap between MLB games at 19 years -- 1912-1931. Managed the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929 and 1930-1933, including the 1931 World Series championship. Managed the St. Louis Browns in 1938.

Gabby Street Catching Sweet Caporal 460-42OP: Street Catching T206 cards are common (PSA-512). PSA has graded thirteen Street Catching T206 cards at PSA 7, two at PSA 8, and one at PSA 9. The Street Catching T206 card is in Print Group 3.

Heritage/Rounders Entry: The H/R card is graded PSA 7. The edges and corners are solid. The surface shows moderate wear, but the image is nice. The card is centered left, with decent borders, a little tight side-to-side. The back is reasonably centered with moderate fading, surface wear, and staining.

My Entry: My card is a PSA 2. The image is not terrible, despite evident wear to the surface, edges, and corners. The card is centered high left. The borders appear a little tight, particularly side-to-side. The back is centered high with decent color and minor fading but shows moderate staining.

Comparison: The H/R card presents much better than my card. The H/R card has better centering. It also probably has better borders. The backs are similar.

My conclusion: I like the H/R card better. It presents better than my card does. The borders are not great, but they are at least as good as those on my card. The H/R is much better centered with superior edges and corners.

The bottom line: If we ignore resale value, I will trade my card for the H/R card. The H/R card is superior, despite its unimpressive borders.

Additional Gabby Street Fun Fact: He debuted in MLB with the Cincinatti Reds in 1904. backing up starting catcher Admiral Schlei. The Reds had called up another catcher in 1904, Branch Rickey from Dallas of the Class-C Texas League. But when Rickey refused to play baseball on Sundays he was returned to Dallas, thus clearing the way for Street to join the team.

After two consecutive losses, the score stands at My Cards - 15; H/R cards - 4; with 3 ties.