T206 Collecting in 1909

[brianp-beme]

Cool article, and it provides a good account of the flipping/gambling aspect that helped damage our T206 cards.

With the kids reselling the 5 cent pack of Piedmont cigarettes for between 1 and 2.5 cents apiece without the cards, I guess that effectively made the market value of the T206 cards on the street to be around 2 to 4 cents apiece.

Brian

[GasHouseGang]

The fact that the reporter actually reported how many Cobbs were found in the last batch of cigarettes at that store makes you wonder if he was also a collector.

[MuncieNolePAZ]

Great article. Thanks for sharing!

[atx840]

Found this 1910-1911 photo with a few T206 & T205s in the background, nice little collection.

[ValKehl]

Fantastic read. I note there is no mention of a Wagner card being found.

[sreader3]

History repeats itself.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...light=observer

[bbcard1]

In the early 80s, I got to meet a very old man who had collected T206s as a boy. He had a nice stash of a few hundred, no interest in parting with anything but his story, which I gladly accepted. He told of hanging out outside of duckpin bowling alleys and the men would toss their packs into the gutters by the street which is where he came by them. He told me everyone was looking for a Wagner, who was famous even in Roanoke, Va. He eventually found a picture in a magazine of Wagner, carefully cut it out, pasted it to a T206 back and traded it to one of his buddies for 20 or 30 cards. Years later, I bought a collection out of a town about 50 miles away. In it, there was a picture of Wagner pasted to a Piedmont back. I stiill have it. I imagine it working its way from boy to boy across the 50 miles. I'll alwasy wonder if it was the same one.

[rootsearcher60]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

In the early 80s, I got to meet a very old man who had collected T206s as a boy. He had a nice stash of a few hundred, no interest in parting with anything but his story, which I gladly accepted. He told of hanging out outside of duckpin bowling alleys and the men would toss their packs into the gutters by the street which is where he came by them. He told me everyone was looking for a Wagner, who was famous even in Roanoke, Va. He eventually found a picture in a magazine of Wagner, carefully cut it out, pasted it to a T206 back and traded it to one of his buddies for 20 or 30 cards. Years later, I bought a collection out of a town about 50 miles away. In it, there was a picture of Wagner pasted to a Piedmont back. I stiill have it. I imagine it working its way from boy to boy across the 50 miles. I'll alwasy wonder if it was the same one.

Now that’s a great story!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by rootsearcher60

Now that’s a great story!

+1, and now let's see that T206 Wagner!

Brian

[Bos8]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

In the early 80s, I got to meet a very old man who had collected T206s as a boy. He had a nice stash of a few hundred, no interest in parting with anything but his story, which I gladly accepted. He told of hanging out outside of duckpin bowling alleys and the men would toss their packs into the gutters by the street which is where he came by them. He told me everyone was looking for a Wagner, who was famous even in Roanoke, Va. He eventually found a picture in a magazine of Wagner, carefully cut it out, pasted it to a T206 back and traded it to one of his buddies for 20 or 30 cards. Years later, I bought a collection out of a town about 50 miles away. In it, there was a picture of Wagner pasted to a Piedmont back. I stiill have it. I imagine it working its way from boy to boy across the 50 miles. I'll alwasy wonder if it was the same one.

Often read, but rarely post, but I wanted to share what a great story this is!