Hi-Lites from the Philly Show....including a new Doyle error card.

[sbfinley]

Sounds like a great show. Is REA's million dollar offer for an 8th Doyle card still standing?

[brianp-beme]

Is the American Beauty pack one that originally came with T206's? If so, doesn't that disprove the old idea that the reason why American Beauty cards are slimmer than all the other brands is because of the packaging? Maybe this has been discussed before, but if so, would be good to read about it.

Brian

[E93]

Ted,
Nice pack! Can you tell us more about the Doyle? Was it on display? Or was it sold/consigned?
Jim

P.S. Brian, Good question about the AB box.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by E93

Ted,
Nice pack! Can you tell us more about the Doyle? Was it on display? Or was it sold/consigned?
Jim

P.S. Brian, Good question about the AB box.

Ted can answer too but I saw the card and it is in an SGC AUT holder. I know one of the major auction houses had it but I don't know for positive it was consigned, though I think it was, so don't want to say exactly which one. It wasn't really on public display but was being shown around a little bit. I do think we will see it in auction, in the not distant future, but again, am not positive. It was a great looking card with the top of the card possibly being trimmed (hence the AUT), otherwise a solid EX from what I remember...

[uffda51]

Thanks for the post, Ted. Nice AB pack!

[E93]

Originally Posted by Leon

Ted can answer too but I saw the card and it is in an SGC AUT holder. I know one of the major auction houses had it but I don't know for positive it was consigned, though I think it was, so don't want to say exactly which one. It wasn't really on public display but was being shown around a little bit. I do think we will see it in auction, in the not distant future, but again, am not positive. It was a great looking card with the top of the card possibly being trimmed (hence the AUT), otherwise a solid EX from what I remember...

Thanks Leon.
JimB

[tedzan]

There is not much more I can add than Leon. I saw the Doyle card late Friday nite before it was graded.
I would have guessed that it would grade Vg-Ex (SGC 50). The fact that it has an AUTH. grade does not
really detract from it (in my opinion). As it is a nice looking card. I know more about it; however, at this
time I'm not at liberty to say. My main concern was....is it a "re-cycled" one of the 7 known Doyles ?
No, it is from an original collection from down South.


Regards,

TED Z

[canjond]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Is the American Beauty pack one that originally came with T206's? If so, doesn't that disprove the old idea that the reason why American Beauty cards are slimmer than all the other brands is because of the packaging? Maybe this has been discussed before, but if so, would be good to read about it.

Brian

Brian,

Yes - that is the original AB pack that would have contained the cards although the handful of known AB packs all pre-date the series by a few years. That being said, once these AB packs were discovered a few years back, it did blow the theory that AB's are skinnier left to right because of pack design right out of the water. AB packs are the same size as any other T206 era slide and shell pack (ie: SC, Piedmont, Broadleaf, Cycle, Sovereign, etc).

- Jon

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Jon...that American Beauty cards are skinnier because of the packs idea had been hammered into my head after hearing it so many times over the years. It is not surprising that it took a couple of knocks to the noggin to get it out of there. Thanks for supplying the decisive blow.

Brian

[Rob D.]

Has Joe P. (Potamac Yank) had a chance to inspect/authenticate the supposed Doyle error? Might be best to hold off proclaiming this one as No. 8 until he has a chance to look it over.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Thanks Jon...that American Beauty cards are skinnier because of the packs idea had been hammered into my head after hearing it so many times over the years. It is not surprising that it took a couple of knocks to the noggin to get it out of there. Thanks for supplying the decisive blow.

Brian

Brian,

Until the small horde of AB packs surfaced in about 2006, there were no AB packs floating around to debunk the myth. It's a relatively new discovery.

- Jon

[RayBShotz]

Ted - Your post about the boys and the T-206 knowledge warmed my heart. I had little hope that such fans of T-206 existed at that age.
Its really, really good to see.
RayB

[sox1903wschamp]

I loved the story about the kid Brothers. It's nice to see another Doyle error but those young ones in the hobby is a very cool thing.