T202s

[milkit1]

My favorite set. I as able to complete a low condition intact set fairly quickly all at very reasonable prices. In fact I dont think i paid more than $250 for any of them. I think the prices are stagnant due to them being so different from a classic baseball card. However, that is exactly what makes them so appealing to me. i lvoe that you get great artwork and a wonderful original baseball action photo all in one. Also I love that whomever created these actually put some thought into who they paired together. Tinker - Evers - Chance. Bresnahan and Mcgraw. Jennings and Mcgraw. Lots of batteries too

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[wondo]

Sean, Very cool.

i reached out to Lee and he sent an email saying he's liquidated a lot of his set but still has 40 or so of the Factory 30 Black cards. Here's a picture of his set:

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I saw Sean's picture of his set and reminded me of the picture I had taken of my set and how similar it was. I had sold all of the set except the black factory 30s to help buy Sterling Sports Auctions. Still my favorite set of all time!

Lee Behrens

[ValKehl]

Is it known (or believed) that every T202 card can be found with each of the 3 backs - black 30, red 30, and black 649?

[wondo]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Is it known (or believed) that every T202 card can be found with each of the 3 backs - black 30, red 30, and black 649?

Val,

The belief is that each can be found with black 649 and red 30. However, the jury is still out on the black 30. I just went through 300+ ebay listings (because I have no life) and found one black factory 30 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/401300219246...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Now I'm sure these have been picked through, but they do seem very very tough. The one I bought in REA was an accident!!

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

When I was trying to catalog the backs. I was able to catalog all the black 649s and red 30s and about a 40% of the black 30 backs. I would guess they are out there but obviously a slow task to even catalog them.

Lee

[wondo]

Check this out. I did not buy this card; it went off on ebay last night for under $1k. I did buy a Cobb yesterday from a fellow board member, at market, for 1/4 of the price of a similarly graded T206 and maybe 1/3 of a T205.

I saw a post above saying that T202s are relatively unpopular because of their size. Any other reasons, ya think? Multi-player cards have always been kind of the red-headed step child - maybe that is a factor. I'm happy because I can pick up nice cards at what I think are bargains and the trend has been flat for a decade or more with no uptick in sight.

Comments?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by milkit1

My favorite set. I as able to complete a low condition intact set fairly quickly all at very reasonable prices. In fact I dont think i paid more than $250 for any of them. I think the prices are stagnant due to them being so different from a classic baseball card. However, that is exactly what makes them so appealing to me. i lvoe that you get great artwork and a wonderful original baseball action photo all in one. Also I love that whomever created these actually put some thought into who they paired together. Tinker - Evers - Chance. Bresnahan and Mcgraw. Jennings and Mcgraw. Lots of batteries too

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Sean, great set. I love seeing them all laid out like that.
Here's my only T202. It was my way of getting a Joe Jackson card Cheap.


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[TheBig6]

Nice Cards guys, I have a few.
I love them

[wondo]

Courtesy of a fellow board member - thanks!!

[BruceinGa]

I only have one:

[Leon]

Great looking cards, guys. Thanks for sharing the scans...

[wondo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-T202-Ha...p2047675.l2557

What I found interesting was tht the card had 14 watchers. To me, that means people are aware, if not jumping on, the scarcity of the Factory 30 Balck variation.

[david_l]

I collect T202 end-panels (i.e. cut T202s). If anybody has any they want to sell or trade to a fellow hobbyist please let me know.

-David