What is the name of the t206 set?

[T206Collector]

I think you will see early collectors referring to the T206 set as the "521" set. Not as you may think because there were 521 known subjects at the time, just because that is how it was initially catalogued by Burdick. You can see that moniker in some of the Card Collector's Bulletins that Leon occasionally posts. Before then, not sure it had a name. It was thusly described in 1937 as white border tobacco cards, with some of the same images as early caramel cards, and with several hundred examples known.

See, e.g., here:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...light=bulletin

[ullmandds]

pre burdick...I'm guessing they were called "those boring white bordered cards that I can't give away?!?!?"

Just kidding of course!!!!

[deucetwins]

Is there a link out there that shows the nomenclature of all of Burdick's classifications? I've got some pre-war non-sports tobacco cards that I'm trying to classify.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by deucetwins

Is there a link out there that shows the nomenclature of all of Burdick's .

American Card Catalog

[Leon]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

I think you will see early collectors referring to the T206 set as the "521" set. Not as you may think because there were 521 known subjects at the time, just because that is how it was initially catalogued by Burdick. You can see that moniker in some of the Card Collector's Bulletins that Leon occasionally posts. Before then, not sure it had a name. It was thusly described in 1937 as white border tobacco cards, with some of the same images as early caramel cards, and with several hundred examples known.

See, e.g., here:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...light=bulletin

I believe T206 might first have been called Set Ss. by Burdick in Hobbies Magazine before The Card Collectors Bulletins started in March of 1936. If you want to read about some of the origins of modern collecting it's all right there on this board, in our Archive Center...which is the icon on the far right, in the row of icons, towards the top of each page. It is great reading for those interested in the history of our hobby. Here is what he said concerning T206; interesting what else he lumped with them too -

"Set Ss. Baseball Players (white Framed cards). Sweet Caporal, Cycle, Sovereign, Polar Bear, Old Mill and several candy and gum sets of similar designs." Burdick- Hobby Magazine March 1936

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=146010

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[arc2q]

Leon-
I loved the articles from Hobby Magazine in the archives section. Reading about the early history of the hobby in Burdick's own words is fantastic. Scrolling down I found the article in which he talks about the decline of inserts. Contrary to what I had thought he says that no particular law prohibited the inclusion of cards in tobacco card packages but that manufacturers were happy to stop doing it for cost reasons (and WWII paper rationing). Thanks for posting this link.

MLB would want nothing to do with cigarette manufacturers including licensed cards in every pack now. But even reprints of the original T cards might be an interesting gimmick for marketing. Have any modern cigarette manufacturers tried this? Or are there laws against including inserts in actual cigarette packs today?