Searching for a "Pirate" Cobb....show us these extremely rare "T215" cards ?

[Runscott]

Ted, it's just silly that you would have Crawford and McIntyre, but not Cobb.

Did this set get aborted prior to completion?

Chris - could you ask Tim what his opinion is?

[atx840]

From chatting with Tim, there is little know about these backs and not sure they have done much digging.

Originally Posted by Abravefan11

Chris - There is a lot of information in the Legendary write up on the near complete set that sold. LINK Regarding the printing plates or stones I don't know anything about them.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by atx840

From chatting with Tim, there is little know about these backs and not sure they have done much digging.

Thanks Chris. I love this part of the description - two bottles of Cabernet and I could begin approaching this, but I would never mention "great-grandfather's seabag."

"The brand name's longevity explains the survival of multi-themed Pirate cards in reasonable quantities, and the timeliness of the ballplayers accounts for their abbreviated shelf life. Although, for a month or two during 1912, the athletes must have received appreciative glances as a serviceman's momentary glimpse of home, too few were made to allow hoarding and transporting in great-grandfather's seabag. And, by extension, virtually none of the Pirates "mustered out" with their original owners. So few, and from so far away, they're essentially unrepresented among domestic or English attic discoveries of the past, present, or future."

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Ted, it's just silly that you would have Crawford and McIntyre, but not Cobb.

Did this set get aborted prior to completion?

It looks like this thread has got your curiosity all fired up

Hey guy, I'm old.....but, not old enough to know why American Lithographic omitted "The Georgia Peach" when they
printed these 96 cards.

But, stay tuned, I have some additional info on the RED CROSS set and it's "PIRATE" cousins.

Perhaps, I will post this tomorrow. In the meantime, if you want to discuss this stuff some more, just give me a call.
You'll never know what we can come up with while brainstorming ?

Take care ole buddy,

TED Z