T210 Orange Borders

[oldjudge]

How about this for a theory--the orange borders were not a mistake, it was an experiment at making a new border color. They produced some of the series in orange, it was not popular and they stopped. Now, how do you make the color orange--you blend yellow and red. The yellow borders reflect a print run when the fellow mixing the orange either ran out of or forgot the red so only yellow was used instead of a red/yellow mixture. It's a stretch, but I guess it is possible. This happens a lot in the 1948 Leaf football set. The green used on Eagles cards was made by mixing blue and yellow. Many Eagles cards that should be green can be found in all shades from pure yellow to pure blue. Of course, no set had worse quality control than the 1948 Leaf football set.

[DixieBaseball]

Frank - I noticed the catcher's mitt as well, so I assumed that he was holding a box with a baseball in it. Then it appears to rectangle as someone suggested, so I thought it might be a brush to clear off the plate, but then I thought, mitt in hand, 2 Boxes with baseballs, like a snapshot before the game was about to start, etc..

So I would go with 2 boxes of baseballs as my 1st theory, and a plate brush as a second theory.

Lastly, I trully appreciate reading this thread and the time period when Ralph, Jay, Frank, etc. collected their T210's. (Ralph - 80's, Jay - I am guessing 90's for the most part) As Ralph suggested, what a different place in time for collecting these gems. I have been collecting the T210's pretty hard (Mostly Series 8) for 6 years or so, and I find it incredibally challenging just collecting this series and I have not passed on much either. No doubt, the internet has spawned competition, access, etc. and the day of putting this set together may have come and gone in my humble opinion. Putting a series together may be more realistic.

Here's one of my favorite T210-6's and teamate of Stengel... This player's pose (Chase of Maysville, Ky) suggest that he is better than you and he can prove it on the diamond... Gotta love it !

Keep the Thread going guys - Interesting Read -

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

How about this for a theory--the orange borders were not a mistake, it was an experiment at making a new border color. They produced some of the series in orange, it was not popular and they stopped. Now, how do you make the color orange--you blend yellow and red. The yellow borders reflect a print run when the fellow mixing the orange either ran out of or forgot the red so only yellow was used instead of a red/yellow mixture. It's a stretch, but I guess it is possible. This happens a lot in the 1948 Leaf football set. The green used on Eagles cards was made by mixing blue and yellow. Many Eagles cards that should be green can be found in all shades from pure yellow to pure blue. Of course, no set had worse quality control than the 1948 Leaf football set.

Interesting theory. If you're correct, what does that say then about the T206 orange-variation Cobb?

[oldjudge]

Corey--To echo Sergeant Schultz, when it comes to T206's, "I know nothing". Wouldn't you think in T206s it would more likely be a little yellow getting inadvertently mixed in with the red? I don't have a clue.

[barrysloate]

There are a number of T206's issued with red backgrounds that have orange counterparts. I auctioned off a Frank Chance red portrait that was clearly orange. I would say it was just an inking problem and not intentional.

[John V]

Is anyone aware of reference material, such as described by Ralph, that provides more detail on the lives of the T210 players?
Ralph,
I hope you can locate what you have.
John

[cfc1909]

Google the names and put baseball player after the name-

example Simon Nicholls-gives you many people with this name

Simon Nicholls baseball player -gives you a nice SABR bio

[Old Mill Man]

John,
Yes I too hope I can find that list as it is a one of a kind but from my research I have a lot of birthdates and info for the players.If you need any info on a certain T-210 send me a PM and I will try and help you out.Remember the Cantwell,Dwyer and Merchant are the toughest to locate.