T206 Old Mill Portrait scarcity discussion.

[Pat R]

Rather than bumping the above thread that Robert linked here's a scan of a Merkle portrait Old Mill.

Originally Posted by Sean

Hey Ted, PSA lists zero Merkle portrait Old Mills. SGC lists 10 throwing and 6 unidentified Merkles, but zero confirmed Old Mill portraits.

T206resource.com says that it's confirmed, but I've never found one. Is anyone sure that it exists?

Originally Posted by tedzan

Sean

My OLD MILL list (started in 2006) has never shown Merkle (portrait) as confirmed......
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=125226&page=5

I'm skeptical of any other lists that claim Merkle (portrait) exists. Let's see if someone on this forum posts a scan of this card ?


TED Z
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Merkle Portrait Old Mill.jpg

[2dueces]

I hope that ugly Archive person didn't post in that 11 year old thread.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

I hope that ugly Archive person didn't post in that 11 year old thread.

If I remember correctly, one of the Bruces (if not both) really went after Archive once.

[fkm_bky]

I love this type of information on the forum. And like many, I probably get a bit (selfishly) excited when realizing I may unknowingly own something that may be rarer than expected.

With that said, how do you really level-set whether something is more "special" than anticipated? I can easily look up Pop reports but that assumes those examples are or were at one point graded by said company.

For example, I have a Willis Port w/ Old Mill reverse. PSA shows a total of 4 for pop.

But, does that really fall into what one may determine a low production based on what was on the 'thatt206life.com' article or the previous archived threads in Net54? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Bill

[Luke]

Your Willis is a tough one. It's probably slightly more plentiful than average for 150-350 Old Mills. There are some incredibly rare poses and then also some that are quite plentiful. If you keep your eye out trying to find another, you may not see one for sale in the next year. Then again sometimes there are none for a given pose and then 3 show up in a month.

[tedzan]

From my long-time experience collecting T206 OLD MILL cards, here is a list
which reflects the tougher OLD MILL's in the......

150/350 Series

Alperman
Ball (New York)
Bates
Beaumont
Birmingham
Bransfield
Bresnahan (portrait)
Chase (pink portrait)
Cicotte
Clarke (portrait)
Clarke (with bat)
Crandall (no cap)
Devlin (portrait)
Doolin (portrait)
Ferris
Flick
Isbell
Johnson (portrait)
F. Jones (portrait)
F. Jones (hands at hips)

Lajoie (portrait)
Lake (New York)
Leach (portrait)
Leifield (pitching)
Lobert
Lumley
Magee (portrait)
Mathewson (portrait)
Merkle (portrait)
Overall (portrait)
Pastorius
Rucker (portrait)
Shipke
Steinfeldt (portrait)
Stovall (portrait)
Willis (portrait)


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[t206kid]

One of the absolute toughest...