T206 Sovereign distributed in United Kingdom?

[mrvster]

got outbid on a few....thought they went a little steep

[brianp-beme]

Thanks for the replies so far guys (Ted, Frank, Tim etc.)...it would be interesting to find out if other groups of Sovereigns have originated from England. Tim it is intriquing that another Sovereign issue is considered to have possibly been distributed in the UK.

I didn't check all the lots, so correct me if I am wrong---were all these cards either 350 or 460 series backs? I don't remember seeing any 150 Series.

Brian

[frankbmd]

I looked at a lot of them. Most, if not all, were 460s or 350 Apple Greens.

I still have to confirm delivery of my cards. I'll try to find out where the alleged auction was (UK or US).

[RCMcKenzie]

I won the Doolan and Devore and received them today. They appear to be trimmed or handcut from a sheet. From the scans, I thought they all might be trimmed. I did not pay very much so I left positive feedback.

I paid quite a bit on ebay a number of years ago from a guy in England for a Chase port Sovereign and a Dougherty Sovereign that appeared high grade, but were deemed trimmed by sgc. I consigned them to B and L a few years ago.

[drc]

There are tobacco card collectors and dealers in Britain. I talked with one. He dealt in British issues, but said advanced British hobbyists were well aware of US baseball tobacco cards because they are the most expensive tobacco cards in the world.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I still have to confirm delivery of my cards. I'll try to find out where the alleged auction was (UK or US).

My card was mailed from the UK. Got to Boston pretty quickly as well....

[mart8081]

I emailed the seller and think they were purchased at an auction in the UK and likely not recently (I've been looking at auctions over here for months and haven't seen any listed). This is the 2nd large lot of t206s that have been sold in the UK over the last 30 months. I'm led to believe there are a couple of significant collections of t-cards over here but have not been able to confirm if its a rumour or not.

[jdmeltz]

Card collecting in the UK has been a serious hobby for decades. I lived in England in the early 70's and there were organized public auctions, mostly of British cards, but also including sports cards from the US. I can remember, as a young teenager, arriving too late an an auction to bid on a near complete set of T201's. Here is a link to one big London dealer:
http://www.londoncigcard.co.uk/catalogues.php

[Leon]

UK card collecting most assuredly predates US card collecting, at least as we know it. I have bought quite a few US cards from folks overseas. They seem like a good bunch.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by jdmeltz

Card collecting in the UK has been a serious hobby for decades. I lived in England in the early 70's and there were organized public auctions, mostly of British cards, but also including sports cards from the US. I can remember, as a young teenager, arriving too late an an auction to bid on a near complete set of T201's. Here is a link to one big London dealer:
http://www.londoncigcard.co.uk/catalogues.php

Yes, they have been collecting quite seriously much longer then we have. It's why you can still find 1920's-30's near pristine sports and non-sport sets from the U.K.. for dirt cheap.

They've been bundling their sets up in rice and wax paper since before the War.

I've no doubt they were trading back and forth across the Atlantic with the few serious North American collectors, back in the day.