Question about T-213's

[tbob]

Interestingly enough when I was lucky enough to be a part of the 4 person group that uncovered the "Southern Find" back in the mid 80's, there were no T213-1s, only 2s and 3s. The 2s were in mixed shape but a lot of them were in very nice shape. I ended up with about 200 2s and almost all the Hall of Famers but the 6 Cobbs I got were between VG and EXMT. There were 25 Cobbs total in the lot! The other 3 people in the group wanted 2s but I knew how rare the 3s were so I ended up with a near set of 3s, all in VG to EXMT. I lacked 2 cards of having the entire set and was able to find two T213-3s which were unknown at that time. Long gone now, sold them to Bill Mastro 20 years ago...

[slidekellyslide]

I just picked up my first T213-2 this week and it's in pretty good shape...it had to have been issued in 1916 or early 1917 though because Krause only played in Omaha in 1916. I guess with the lack of Coupon packs known though it's hard to say what kind of pack it came in.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by tbob

Interestingly enough when I was lucky enough to be a part of the 4 person group that uncovered the "Southern Find" back in the mid 80's, there were no T213-1s, only 2s and 3s. The 2s were in mixed shape but a lot of them were in very nice shape. I ended up with about 200 2s and almost all the Hall of Famers but the 6 Cobbs I got were between VG and EXMT. There were 25 Cobbs total in the lot! The other 3 people in the group wanted 2s but I knew how rare the 3s were so I ended up with a near set of 3s, all in VG to EXMT. I lacked 2 cards of having the entire set and was able to find two T213-3s which were unknown at that time. Long gone now, sold them to Bill Mastro 20 years ago...

I'm sure you've told the story before but what was the southern find?