Wow. Now this is cool. Modern+Vintage combined=Awesome in T206 (2009)

[Epps]

I think that it was alright when they first started to use uniforms for cards but I think that they should have limited themselves. It was nice that people who couldn't afford full jerseys could get a small piece, but now they just keep destroying some baseball history. Just my two cents.

[Ladder7]

Wasn't there a recent issue with someone swapping out the T206s from these type holders?.. I'd imagine similar scams could occur with the butchered autos getting switched as well.

Yea, this Slap-Chop trend is great for the hobby.

[T206Collector]

Here's another one....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-T-206-C...item45f05b7bf5

Like Wheat, signed T206 cards of Jones are relatively -- stress relatively -- available, and Topps could have put one in its little black books, as opposed to cutting up a 3 x 5. In any event, I am now curious as to what the total checklist is for these inserts. There is at least a Cobb (by the way, does anyone have a scan of that one somewhere?), Wheat and now Jones...

Thanks.

[Basilone]

from the Topps sell sheet....

[quinnsryche]

Checklist is as follows from Topps website: Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Davy Jones, Nap Lajoie, Lefty Leifield, Paddy Livingstone, Tris Speaker, Ira Thomas & Zach Wheat. To my knowledge, all cards are issued as 1 of 1's I think the Wheat sold late last year for approx. $500

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

Checklist is as follows from Topps website: Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Davy Jones, Nap Lajoie, Lefty Leifield, Paddy Livingstone, Tris Speaker, Ira Thomas & Zach Wheat.

This is an interesting checklist of 10 players to choose from. In particular, Livingstone, Leifield and Jones are really easy to find signed items for. Similar to Larry Doyle and Fred Snodgrass in scarcity, or lack thereof. Why they didn't put a Rube Marquard or Snodgrass in this list is beyond me. Those would have probably been the easiest "books" to compile. Instead, you get Ira Thomas? He died in 1958 and is a little bit more tough to get on a 3x5. The Cobb, Collins, Johnson, Lajoie and Speaker must have been "intentional" -- at least signed 3x5s for these guys would cost you multi-hundreds. And Jones, Leifield, Livingston and Wheat are very common.

Just a somewhat strange grouping by the absence of Marquard and Snodgrass and the inclusion of Ira Thomas.

I would be interested to see the thought process that goes into making a relic subset like this. To me it seems a little like they wanted to do some big name HOFers, but then decided to fill it out with a few easy to find and randomly selected 3x5 commons.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

I would be interested to see the thought process that goes into making a relic subset like this.

Remember, this is Topps, the inclusion of a thought process would be welcome by ALL collectors!