Collectors of a certain card? How many?

[ullmandds]

I've got around 25 dots millers!

[Fred]

I'm waiting for JD and his plethora of Larry's. Only two poses but I bet he's got every variation which is quite impressive for OJs.

I know someone that has/had a load of a single T206 player. We discussed it and figured it'd be pretty difficult to buy enough of a single common player to influence the overall T206 market.

For myself, I don't have a large quantity of any single player unless you count 80s and 90s crap.

[z28jd]

Just for Fred because it's Christmas

[Leon]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Just for Fred because it's Christmas

That's great, John. I think you might have missed one but maybe not.

I don't hoard any particular player but I am one of those"back" collectors...
Even in low grade, they are all good!

This is hand cut / gnawed on.



and I also like Dots, but don't hoard him.

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[Fred]

John, you know I can never get tired at looking at all the Larry's. You could post it everyday and I'd get a charge out of it. Thank you for posting!

[JollyElm]

Steve Evans guy, where are ya?? Come on down...

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Fred

John, you know I can never get tired at looking at all the Larry's. You could post it everyday and I'd get a charge out of it. Thank you for posting!

It's hard to get a quality photo with all of them in one picture, so here are the six variations in one, with a little better (but still not great) quality

[inceptus]

In the spirit of the season, I have in my Brooklyn T206 back collection...

7 Jordan battings
6 Bergen catchings
5 Rucker throwww--inngs
4 Bell follow throughs
3 Bell hands above head
2 McElveen
And a Lumley in SGC 3...

[ValKehl]

As many/most Net54ers are aware, I'm working on a master collection of Sam Rice cards. I currently have 70 different pre-War cards +1 on its way to me. Thanks to those of you that have helped me with this quest. Here are a few of my favorites:

[Fred]

Originally Posted by z28jd

It's hard to get a quality photo with all of them in one picture, so here are the six variations in one, with a little better (but still not great) quality

Upper left, London Larry is AWESOME!

[MikeGarcia]

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..Canadian Butterfinger,1934 small version , 1933 Worch Cigar , Burke 4 x 6 . Burke postcard , Not certain of the glossy photo maybe that shoe store , then 1940 small signature early issue Boston Red Sox Team Picture Pack, then 1937/38 Dixie Ice Cream Color Premium printer's proof Office Copy ( no punched holes ) Wheaties cereal box back . A lot more . Never pass up a Foxx.

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[Louisville_Hugger]

I probably have 40-50 T206 Beaumonts. I grew up in Burlington, WI and played a lot of ball on the field downtown named after him. Still missing OM and Hindu though….

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Just for Fred because it's Christmas

This is insane (almost quite literally), and I mean that as a compliment.

I am working on a number of back runs, so I have the many of the same fronts, but all with different backs. I really don’t consider those “the same card”. Historically, I have tried to hoard two cards - e104-2 Wagner and 1916 Zeenut Claxton. Did very well with the Wagners (only own one now but should have kept them). Not so great with the Claxtons, and I still own two.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

This is insane (almost quite literally), and I mean that as a compliment.

I am working on a number of back runs, so I have the many of the same fronts, but all with different backs. I really don’t consider those “the same card”. Historically, I have tried to hoard two cards - e104-2 Wagner and 1916 Zeenut Claxton. Did very well with the Wagners (only own one now but should have kept them). Not so great with the Claxtons, and I still own two.

It didn't start as hoarding. I bought one as my second Old Judge card (Joe Mulvey was first). I had no clue how rare Old Judge cards were at the time, so literally in the first hour I was ever on Ebay, one was ending within 20-30 minutes. I thought it was nearly impossible to get two OJ cards of the same player and it was cheap, so I bought it. Then I just decided to go for all six variations once I had a better idea of the set.

I got stuck on five variations, then decided to buy a double to trade if one came up. Then a nicer double came up, then a really nice one, then a second London one (he has two London cards). So once I finally finished all six variations, I was only one pose short of two variation sets. I then did the same thing with doubles again until I finally just admitted to myself that I was buying them all (I only passed on 2-3 early on). Then I bought all of the next 25 or so before getting outbid on one.

So basically, If I found the London hands at shoulder pose a lot sooner, I would have finished with six total. I have proof that I can stop at six cards of the same player. I got my last Jocko Fields card around ten years ago. I got my last Tom Reilly card at least 13 years ago

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I've got around 25 dots millers!

I have a few more Dots Millers (maybe 35ish), but it would take a bunch of scans to show them, and I don't have scans of some just because they are T206s with different backs. Here's a display with some of them. I thought I took an updated photo of the display with four more cards, but I can't find it