Wow. Now this is cool. Modern+Vintage combined=Awesome in T206 (2009)

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

Checklist is as follows from Topps website: Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Davy Jones, Nap Lajoie, Lefty Leifield, Paddy Livingstone, Tris Speaker, Ira Thomas & Zach Wheat.

This is an interesting checklist of 10 players to choose from. In particular, Livingstone, Leifield and Jones are really easy to find signed items for. Similar to Larry Doyle and Fred Snodgrass in scarcity, or lack thereof. Why they didn't put a Rube Marquard or Snodgrass in this list is beyond me. Those would have probably been the easiest "books" to compile. Instead, you get Ira Thomas? He died in 1958 and is a little bit more tough to get on a 3x5. The Cobb, Collins, Johnson, Lajoie and Speaker must have been "intentional" -- at least signed 3x5s for these guys would cost you multi-hundreds. And Jones, Leifield, Livingston and Wheat are very common.

Just a somewhat strange grouping by the absence of Marquard and Snodgrass and the inclusion of Ira Thomas.

I would be interested to see the thought process that goes into making a relic subset like this. To me it seems a little like they wanted to do some big name HOFers, but then decided to fill it out with a few easy to find and randomly selected 3x5 commons.