You thought my 1936 S&S thread was boring, check out this one on T202 end panels!

[Chris-Counts]

That's awesome! I collect them too. They're beautiful little cards, and incredible bargains when compared to just about everything else.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

That's awesome! I collect them too. They're beautiful little cards, and incredible bargains when compared to just about everything else.

Chris...you are definitely a candidate (if you haven't already) to check out the thread linked in the original post.

Brian

[T206Collector]

This is truly great. It’s really not much different from collecting strip cards, just that the panels are still found most often together. Do you need 8 Mathewsons for completion? Or are the backs identical? Or are you not collecting back text/color/cigarette variations?

Great thread!

[Buythatcard]

I have sold a few of the detached panels over the years. I always wondered whether anyone collected all of them. Now I know.
Suppose you are collecting these end panels and you still needed a few to complete your set. Then one day the complete card containing the panel that you are looking for is available for sale. Would you buy the complete card and then detach the panel yourself just to complete your panel set?

[Paul S]

A few years back, Brian helped me sell my end-panels - a couple of centers too - through his ebay account. Who knew?!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Paul S

A few years back, Brian helped me sell my end-panels - a couple of centers too - through his ebay account. Who knew?!

Paul speaks the truth...I believe these were part of Paul's extensive Goodie Goldfaden goodies collection.

Brian

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Paul speaks the truth...I believe these were part of Paul's extensive Goodie Goldfaden goodies collection.

Brian

'tis the truth. I was a young lad but already steeped in deadball at the age of thirteen in '66 (Hi Public Library)...just my fascination. I knew who the players were but had yet to see an intact T202 in hand. You could say that Goldfadden foisted them upon me - and that could be true too - but I see it as education.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

Suppose you are collecting these end panels and you still needed a few to complete your set. Then one day the complete card containing the panel that you are looking for is available for sale. Would you buy the complete card and then detach the panel yourself just to complete your panel set?

I have been tempted, but never did. I did come close, however, when several years ago I purchased a small group of low condition complete T202 cards that had their end panels separated but had been taped back together. I needed a couple of the end panels, so I felt okay un-taping them.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

This is truly great. It’s really not much different from collecting strip cards, just that the panels are still found most often together. Do you need 8 Mathewsons for completion? Or are the backs identical? Or are you not collecting back text/color/cigarette variations?

Great thread!

Thanks, I have never thought of them in strip card terms, but in many ways that is what they are.

For a complete master set you would need 2 Mathewson cards, one with black print on back, and one with red print on back. This would apply for all 144 subjects available (mostly different players, but there are six players that have two different poses, for example Eddie Collins with mouth closed and mouth open, and one player, Devlin, that has a team change on front). 288 cards would make the master set, since there is only one cigarette brand, Mecca, and no factory designations (these are on the center panels of a complete T202 cards). I remember one board member was going after (and nearing) a complete center panel set, but a master set of them would need three of each center panel card: Black Factory 649, Black Factory 30, and Red Factory 30.

Brian