T206 Reference / Reflections.....Tuesday Nite Trivia

[rommesc]

Here are my two Nichols PB cards; I’ve owned 3. Agree that it is a very challenging front/back combo for a Polar Bear set collector.

[tedzan]

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Ron and Chris,

Thanks much for displaying your PB cards of Nichols. Between the 5 of us (including the 2 emailer's), we have accounted for 50% of the known PB cards of Nichols.

This focus on the T206 Nichols-PB card may seem insignificant to some of you, however it indeed tells us that American Litho ceased printing the Nichols card early
in the print runs of the 350/460 Series cards.

Simon Nicholls retired from MLB April 25, 1910. He was very unhappy when Connie Mack traded him to Cleveland (Dec 1909). Manager Jack Dunn of the Baltimore
Orioles (Eastern League) purchased Nicholls (May 1910). This move enormously pleased Nichols, as he was playing regularly and was close to his farm in Maryland.
Furthermore, Jack Dunn named him the Orioles' field Captain for the 1911 season.


GO - GO KANSAS CITY Chiefs

I still remember 50 years ago when the CHIEFS upset the VIKINGS (23 - 7). Hank Stram and Lenny Dawson proved the so-called "FB experts" were all wrong


TED Z
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[tedzan]

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Back in 2005, I broke up my T206 set (521 cards) in order to assemble an all PIEDMONT set. The Zach Wheat card in this set, with its AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 back
being a Factory #42 card intrigued my interest. This suggested that the AB 460 cards were printed at the very tail-end of the T206 press runs (circa Jan-Feb 1911).
Tail-end press runs usually result in Short-Printed cards (e.g. UZIT). Therefore I expected a challenging adventure. However I never expected a 15-year long search
for some of these AB 460 cards. Some are not too difficult (for example the Exclusive 12). However, there are about 2 dozen cards that are very, very tough to find.



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Recently, acquired the Larry Doyle portrait, which is my 73rd card in this sub-set of 74 subjects.

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LOOKING for one more T206 card to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)

CAMNITZ (hands over head)..... A $100 reward to anyone who finds an AB 460 of this Camnitz for my set



TED Z
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[RCMcKenzie]

Congratulations on finding the Doyle AB460, Ted, and good luck with Camnitz (hands over head). You are almost to the AB460 finish line.

I have a little Howell port back run going. I might have already posted about this, but here are a few...

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Congratulations on finding the Doyle AB460, Ted, and good luck with Camnitz (hands over head). You are almost to the AB460 finish line.

I have a little Howell port back run going. I might have already posted about this, but here are a few...

Thanks, Rob.

There is only one known Camnitz / AB 460 card....and, the guy who has it is not willing to part with it.

I don't blame him.

Good Luck on your Howell run.


TED Z
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[tedzan]

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If any of you are considering an AB 460 run, shown here are the real tough cards in this T206 sub-set. And, Camnitz (hands over head) is extremely tough to find.

You will find the "Exclusive 12" subjects to be more available with the AB 460 backs than the other 62 subjects in this sub-set. Good Luck.
















This Wiltse (cap) is extremely difficult to find. Certain cards displayed here are considerably tougher to find than others. Which suggests to me American Litho printed
the AB 460 cards in 3 separate stages. The Exclusive 12 print run....then a print run of about 30 moderately rare cards....and, about 30 more that are very rare cards.

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LOOKING for one more T206 card to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)

CAMNITZ (hands over head)..... A $100 reward to anyone who finds an AB 460 of this Camnitz for my set


TED Z
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[tedzan]

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Here are another group of difficult to find AB 460 cards. These are somewhat more available than the tougher cards displayed in Post #920.







Crawford and Manning are mostly found with AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (no frame) backs. Very seldom are they found with AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 backs.

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LOOKING for one more T206 card to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)

CAMNITZ (hands over head)..... A $100 reward to anyone who finds an AB 460 of this Camnitz for my set


TED Z
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