Which t206 Southern League player is the toughest?

[MR RAREBACK]

What about southern league Hindu

[asphaltman]

I’ve never understood the Shaughnessy craze if he’s not the toughest.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by asphaltman

I’ve never understood the Shaughnessy craze if he’s not the toughest.

Hi Dave

I have completed several T206 sets, and "Shag" was always tough to find. Like you, I didn't quite understand why. Back in the late 1990's, at the Fort Washington Philly Show,
I found out why. A customer from Canada bought the two Shaughnessy cards I had on my table. He told me Frank Shaughnessy has a huge following with Canadian collectors,
they will buy any thing of his. So, the "Shaughnessy craze" is simply due to "supply vs demand".

Frank is in the Canadian Baseball HOF and Football Hall of Fames and the McGill University Sports HOF.

Here's a picture of him when he was the President of the International League (1936 - 1960).




TED Z

T206 Reference
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[sreader3]

As confirmation for what Ted said, I looked back at my old 1993 Beckett price guide and three southern leaguers were priced higher than the other 45. Shag was one of the three. (The other two were Perdue and Stark. No idea why.)

[MVSNYC]

Didn't we find out several year back that someone was hoarding Shag, like someone else was doing with Titus? I think it was a high-profile auction house owner.

[RCMcKenzie]

For fun, I put some of the names you hear mentioned a lot by collectors. I have not checked all the Southern Leaguers, so there may be some others that have low pops. It's anecdotal, as cards like Shaghnessy are more likely to be sent to a tpg.

Hickman 122
Helm 124
Ellam 127
S Smith 128
Cranston 130
Foster 131
Paige 135
Reagan 135
Thornton 136
Manion 137
Bernhard 139
Coles 142
Otey 142
Lipe 146
D Jordan 147
B Hart 148
C Smith 149
Shag 153
Revelle 162
Seitz 162
F White 173

Again, I did not check them all. It's amazing how close the pop numbers are for all of these. In other words, they are all relatively the same scarcity level.

Incidentally, Hickman is also hard to find in T213-1.

[KaiserCurt]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Dave

I have completed several T206 sets, and "Shag" was always tough to find. Like you, I didn't quite understand why. Back in the late 1990's, at the Fort Washington Philly Show,
I found out why. A customer from Canada bought the two Shaughnessy cards I had on my table. He told me Frank Shaughnessy has a huge following with Canadian collectors,
they will buy any thing of his. So, the "Shaughnessy craze" is simply due to "supply vs demand".

Frank is in the Canadian Baseball HOF and Football Hall of Fames and the McGill University Sports HOF.

Here's a picture of him when he was the President of the International League (1936 - 1960).




TED Z

T206 Reference
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I’ve heard that in addition to the opinion that his hairstyle is pretty neat, so people sought him out/ hoarded him like Titus

[where the gold at?]

bill huggins had about 18 shags but he sold them off a while ago..

[philliesfan]

I am glad to have a Shag in my collection......with a Hindu back.

[CMIZ5290]

I agree with Reagan, especially in high grades....