Lets see your best Ty Cobbs. New to the forums

[LOUCARDFAN]

1910 Brown Brothers original glass plate negative of Ty Cobb.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by LOUCARDFAN

1910 Brown Brothers original glass plate negative of Ty Cobb.

Very cool

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[Blunder19]

1 of 2 known.... the amount of hours I spent searching/thinking about this card before I bought it was maddening..

[gabrinus]

Amazing Jamie...Jerry

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

amazing jamie...jerry

+100,000!

[MVSNYC]

Jamie, I always love seeing that card. Besides being insanely rare, I truly appreciate it's dead-on registration; creating incredible clarity in his face/eyes.

[Blunder19]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the kinds words! Happy new year.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

1 of 2 known.... the amount of hours I spent searching/thinking about this card before I bought it was maddening..

Jamie

Your VICTORY Cobb is sensational......and, " maddening " is in the past, this card stays with you

My favorite Cobb for several reasons is the elusive SOVEREIGN 460.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[atx840]

An absolutely amazing card Jamie.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

1 of 2 known.... the amount of hours I spent searching/thinking about this card before I bought it was maddening..

A little story about that card:
Some 20 years ago I bought a common player Victory on eBay for a couple hundred. When the seller & I communicated afterward he said he had “a bunch” of Victories. Turned out to be 17 of them including Johnson (pitching), with back damage, and the Cobb you now have. I bought all 17 for $5k, they were ungraded and the seller lived in New Orleans! I overnighted a cashier’s check. When the seller shipped them to me the USPS lost them for 2 weeks! When I finally got them I took them to the next Chicago Sun Times show to have them graded and Pete Calderon was at the SGC booth & he was blown away by the group. I had sold Pete an e107 Cy Young not long before that (thru eBay as well) but it was our 1st time meeting face to face. I remember picking up the cards a day or 2 later and I couldn’t believe the Cobb only got a 2, besides the paper rub on upper right border it’s a very strong card! Not long after that Pete went on to work at Mastronet and I flipped the group of Victories to Terry Knouse (my ex wife wanted new windows for our house! Doh!). Not long after that I got divorced and the house with the new windows was sold. Too funny yet so sad!

Great great card! Much nicer than the other SGC 2 that sold in REA some years later.

[Blunder19]

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!!!! USPS almost losing the nicest Cobb victory back known would have been heart breaking! Man am I happy it turned up . Great story.

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

A little story about that card:
Some 20 years ago I bought a common player Victory on eBay for a couple hundred. When the seller & I communicated afterward he said he had “a bunch” of Victories. Turned out to be 17 of them including Johnson (pitching), with back damage, and the Cobb you now have. I bought all 17 for $5k, they were ungraded and the seller lived in New Orleans! I overnighted a cashier’s check. When the seller shipped them to me the USPS lost them for 2 weeks! When I finally got them I took them to the next Chicago Sun Times show to have them graded and Pete Calderon was at the SGC booth & he was blown away by the group. I had sold Pete an e107 Cy Young not long before that (thru eBay as well) but it was our 1st time meeting face to face. I remember picking up the cards a day or 2 later and I couldn’t believe the Cobb only got a 2, besides the paper rub on upper right border it’s a very strong card! Not long after that Pete went on to work at Mastronet and I flipped the group of Victories to Terry Knouse (my ex wife wanted new windows for our house! Doh!). Not long after that I got divorced and the house with the new windows was sold. Too funny yet so sad!

Great great card! Much nicer than the other SGC 2 that sold in REA some years later.

[gabrinus]

Aaron, that is a great story...I really miss that Ebay...was Markman the dealer??...Jerry

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by gabrinus

Aaron, that is a great story...I really miss that Ebay...was Markman the dealer??...Jerry

Hi Jerry, I don't remember who the dealer was or if he was an actual dealer. What I do remember was the card he originally listed (Ames) and the group I got from him had the Cobb, Johnson (pitching w. back damage), Zack Wheat, & a few other minor HOFers and the fact that he lived in New Orleans and Victories were from Louisiana.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

1 of 2 known.... the amount of hours I spent searching/thinking about this card before I bought it was maddening..

Great cards in this thread and this Victory is one of, if not the, nicest of all.

Here is another Cobby. Love the low grade from the "opinionators."

[Blunder19]

how does that get a 1.5?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

how does that get a 1.5?

Exactly what you see on the screen is the way it is in hand. There is some very minor surface wrinkling/crackling on the front, on both sides of his head. Personally I think it could be a full grade higher.....but I own it and all that.

Not my fave Cobby here but one of my latest ones and from our BST. Big top border with full name at bottom.

[tedzan]

This red Cobb with a PIEDMONT #42 back is a real beauty....however, it is not a real T206. But, it sure is a darn good reprint.


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And, here are some of the real Cobb's in my collection......my favorite Cobb card is this AMERICAN BEAUTY........

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TED Z

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[tedzan]

A few more Cobb's......


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TED Z

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[Casey2296]

Here's a yellow Cobb with the super rare Challenge Butter back.
2nd attachment is a Type 1 photo of the House that Cobb built.

Happy Sunday!

[Bwarren92989]

I started this thread like 6 years ago and forgot about it. Crazy to see people are still commented on it! Any more Ty Cobbs to show off?

[sb1]

Finally......

[Forever Young]

Two original photos of cards and 1 card

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by sb1

Finally......

Damn.....

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by sb1

Finally......

Congrats Scott! So which is the next stumbling block?