T209-1 Contentnea ....Bourquise?

[Merkle923]

He's another guy in the 1912 Giants' team picture, apparently taken at spring training at Marlin, Texas. Fullenwider's in there (wearing his UNC sweater, no less) and a pitcher named Bert Maxwell who actually made it briefly - spring training must have been 23 guys, only two or three of whom they cut (quite a change to today). They're all wearing Anger's Ice Cream Cone caps (although Mathewson has his on backwards). The pic is in the fabulous freezer vault at Cooperstown; I saw it about three months ago...

[Leon]

Hey Keith
Welcome aboard. As I said in our emails, and you know from reading the board, we are a timid group . Some day I would love to see your vintage collection. I hear you have a lot of shiny stuff too but I am not quite as interested in those. Getting back to the T209's.....here is my favorite one. I got it from someone you might know, Mike Berkus. I have shown it a bunch but never get tired of seeing it. The T209 sets are wonderful and thanks for the nice conversation on them...Take care now and see ya' round here..best regards

[barrysloate]

Hi Keith- welcome to the board. Hope you continue to hang around here!

[FrankWakefield]

Welcome Mr. Merkle.

Shawn, thanks for posting the scans of the articles.

And Leon, that is a great looking card of Fullenwider standing there with that Columbia "C" on his chest!!!

This has the makings of a great thread.

[Potomac Yank]

You certainly posed some interesting questions about an interesting weird set.
I love the background of some of the T209 type II photos.
Digging into the names of the players from that period, is quite an interesting experience.
While looking through the roster of the 1909 Rocky MT team, looking for the elusive, and slippery Bourguise/ Bourquin/Burke, (Now known as different user ID's) I spotted a name that stood out like the Hope Diamond.

Jim Thorpe

The User Names got to play with what I consider the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the Twentieth Century.
Unfortunately, it cost him his Olympic medals.
Boy, would I love to have a T209 Jim Thorpe card ... a real one that is.
I see that he went to Fayetteville also.
I'm now wondering if he also played at Fulton?

Welcome aboard KO .....

[rhettyeakley]

Joe, I would be lying if I said I haven't dreamt of finding a T209-1 of Jim Thorpe w/ Rocky Mount or even a T209-2 or T210-7 of him with either RM or Fayetteville. Now how much would these cards bring if one was actually found?
-Rhett

Good to see you posting here Keith!

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Joe, I would be lying if I said I haven't dreamt of finding a T209-1 of Jim Thorpe w/ Rocky Mount or even a T209-2 or T210-7 of him with either RM or Fayetteville. Now how much would these cards bring if one was actually found?
-Rhett

Good to see you posting here Keith!

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There isn't a knowledgeable real collector, or semi brain picker out there that hasn't thought of it ..... but nobody wants to talk about it.

As for the price ... I don't even want to go there.
Shoeless Joe might run second to fast and shifty Jim Thorpe.
I've never bought a card thinking of what it might fetch later.