T206 John Titus Price Bubble

[tbob]

Most of the time something like this happens, it is family-related. The grandson of Frank Miller has just about cornered the market on his Obaks and Zeenut cards. Ditto the families of Lindsey and Fullerton in the 1911 Zeenut set. To a lesser extent a relative of Jack Coombs was about 5-6 years ago buying up as many of Coombs' E98 cards as possible but I don't think he is still doing this.
For a while the T206 Burch batting and Lindaman, especially in higher grade, were being scooped up and had high price tags for commons but these two cards seem to have come back to earth and are accessible again.

[Jeffrompa]

It's a nice card with a lot of eye-appeal . Reminding us of other cards that go for tons more .

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by tbob

Most of the time something like this happens, it is family-related. The grandson of Frank Miller has just about cornered the market on his Obaks and Zeenut cards.

He contacted me about my Miller, telling me how important it was for him to get that card, but he didn't mention that he had a stack of them already. I figured it out by searching the board archives, and...

I passed on selling it to him and instead sold it to a board member who needed it as the final card in his set. I hate that the Miller descendant drove up the price by hoarding, but it is what it is.

[Kingcobb]

I think the Titus E254 is one of the cooler cards in the set.

[T206.org]

I love the Titus card! Here's the Old Mill everyone has seen 100 times by now, but I don't get tired of showing. I just wish the back was as nice as the front. It's got "pack lines" on it.

[Cardboard Junkie]

What are "pack lines"?

[T206.org]

These very light diagonal lines of slight paperloss on the backs of some cards.

My theory is that it had something to do with the foil or the other cardboard in the cigarette pack being pressed up against the back of the card for prolonged periods of time, so when it was finally removed, some damage had been done.

I took a photo but couldn't get it to properly highlight what I'm talking about in Photoshop. There are a couple of pieces where the paper loss flaked off more than others, but if you look at it just right there's a definite distinct diagonal pattern to it.

Anyone else know what I'm talking about and perhaps have a card that shows it well in a scan?

[sb1]

Those diagonal lines are from old time 1950's??/60's photo albums which had a series of diagonal adhesive lines to hold the photo's in place, usually with a plastic inner sheet. Which is why the card survived in such nice shape.

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by T206.org

These very light diagonal lines of slight paperloss on the backs of some cards.

My theory is that it had something to do with the foil or the other cardboard in the cigarette pack being pressed up against the back of the card for prolonged periods of time, so when it was finally removed, some damage had been done.

I took a photo but couldn't get it to properly highlight what I'm talking about in Photoshop. There are a couple of pieces where the paper loss flaked off more than others, but if you look at it just right there's a definite distinct diagonal pattern to it.

Anyone else know what I'm talking about and perhaps have a card that shows it well in a scan?

My wife calls them stretch marks. Now I can tell her they're pack lines.

p.s. If you don't hear from me in a while, you'll know why.