T 206 backs

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Posted By: Anonymous

Is there any premium or scarcity in the number of subjects on the backs of T 206's?

Piedmont has 150 subjects, 350 subjects, and 350-460 subjects.

Sweet Caporal and others have similar type variations.

Do some players exist with 150, 350, and 350-460 backs?

I'm just curious.

Thanks.

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Posted By: T206Collector

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ch_scbklt.html

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Posted By: Mike P.

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/sak1985/page/backs.htm

http://members.shaw.ca/bluemanitou/page3.htm

http://rdwyer.250free.com/T206Backs.html (Courtesy of Mr. Dwyer)

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Posted By: Dave

The best discussion of T206 backs is in Lew Lipsett's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards, Volume 3. His discussion takes numerous pages with pictures of the backs, along with tables of what cards are available with what backs. A few tidbits: there are 16 different backs, and some were in the three series you mentioned, called the 150, 350, and 460. Other backs didn't have the series. There are 156 cards in the 150 series in 1909, 327 added in 1910 for the 350, and 40 more added in 1911 in the 460 series. There are 389 players in 523 different cards.

This reference is available in reprint as part of a combined set of volumes 1, 2, and 3, which is readily available and highly recommended for any vintage collector. An ebay search for "Lipset baseball" returned several BIN listings at $29.95, all from the same seller. Here's a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=641&item=5181461939&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

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Posted By: Dave Williams

Thank you for the info.