Burdick's T206 checklist - 521 in 1936?

[arc2q]

What is this about a Hustler back? I have not heard talk before of a mystery back to the T206 (née, the "521" set) before. Well other than Ty Cobb back. I'm sure this Hustler back has been discussed before.

[The Nasty Nati]

Originally Posted by arc2q

What is this about a Hustler back? I have not heard talk before of a mystery back to the T206 (née, the "521" set) before. Well other than Ty Cobb back. I'm sure this Hustler back has been discussed before.

+1 I'm also curious abut this mysterious Hustler back

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

+1 I'm also curious abut this mysterious Hustler back

I asked the same question in this thread back in March:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=203207

And was pointed to this 2010 post by Leon which discusses the myth of the T206 Hustler back:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=123604

[Leon]

Back in the first of the catalogs Burdick thought Hustler was a T206 brand. As we eventually learned, it isn't. I think it's just that simple.

Originally Posted by arc2q

What is this about a Hustler back? I have not heard talk before of a mystery back to the T206 (née, the "521" set) before. Well other than Ty Cobb back. I'm sure this Hustler back has been discussed before.

[parkerj33]

By the way, I just found some notes from George Vrecheck on OBC.com, and 521 was actually the original number for t206. so its only a coincidence that set # 521 has 524 recognized subjects today.....

fyi, t200-t211 were originally set # 515-526. Burdick Listed all known post 1900 tobacco sets grouped by subject matter (actors , baseball players) and started at #500. 501 was actors, and 591 world war scenes.

this all changed in the 1946 ACC.