Toughest T206's

[donmuth]

I don't think you're missing anything. Your SGC 40 Ganley looks nicer than the one on eBay. The eBay Ganley BIN is just way offf. It's a low/mid grade common that maybe is somewhat tougher than average but is nowhere near deserving of the $600 price tag. Unfortunately, it's not the only far out BIN both on eBay and other online stores.

Having said that, there are some good BINs on eBay and elsewhere if you look around. I have watchlisted/bookmarked some T206s that are graded in the SGC 20-40 range that look much better than their grades and are priced at $20-40.

I think about it this way - I could pick up at least 15 of those nice SGC 20-40's for what I'd pay for that one overpriced Ganley! It's not a hard choice when put like that.

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks Donny,I agree with you 100%.That BIN price is pretty absurd,although if the seller can get someone to pay that much,I wouldn't turn it down.
One T206 I think seems to be less available now than a year ago is the T206 Nap Lajoie w/bat.
I'm not saying you can't find one,they are for sale now on Ebay,just not as many as there used to be,and it seems like the price range for them has slightly gone up also.
Of course,the Southern League cards are always more difficult,but I do see them being sold.
How about Royal Shaw,Juan Viola,Foley White,Dolly Stark?
I am not on Ebay as much as I used to be,but when I was,these were a few I'd rarely see put up for auction.
I love The Monster.
Regards,Clayton

[tedzan]

The Carl Lundgren (Cubs)....Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn)....and, Kid Elberfeld (Washington portrait) are the toughest....besides the "Big 6".

Certain T206's such as these three are scarcer than most, simply because they were printed with less T-brand backs. Shown here
are the only 3 backs that Lundgren is found with. Similarly, Elberfeld exists with only three T-brand backs. Dahlen has only 5 backs.
While most T206's were printed with anywhere from 6 to 24 backs....making them much more available.







Furthermore, as plentiful as the ever popular Red Cobb is, it is extremely rare with a SOVEREIGN 460 back. Only 4 of these are known.




TED Z

[judsonhamlin]

I can say that there have been several otherwise common cards that I have found to be very difficult to get with backs other than Piedmont and Sweet Caporal: Bowerman, Byrne, Malarkey, McBride and Sweeney (NY) stand out right off the bat and I'm sure there are others.
Any thoughts on the extent that certain cards were short-printed within a brand/series combo? For example, even though most 350 only cards are known with Tolstoi, are there patterns within that series that show groups of cards were more commonly printed with that back than others?

[ethicsprof]

'bucks' was the key criterion for me.
finding a Cobb bat off that was beautiful enough to make the centerpiece of
my office wall and not kill my wallet was a tough endeavor.
getting this last card in my taming of the monster was made possible by
the mighty fair price offered by an old board member.

best,
barry

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

Any thoughts on the extent that certain cards were short-printed within a brand/series combo?

I will leave it to the experts to better answer your question as to which cards and why but this card is a difficult front/back combo for a common card and common back.

[drdduet]

Hey Judson,

That's what I was looking for, while Ted and Scot have educated us on the facts of T206 (Thanks guys!), my intent was to get an idea of what "uncommon" commons were tough to find for other T206 collectors--not necessarily what the research tells us but anecdotal experiences. I was lucky enough to obtain some large lots of T206's so that many of the known toughies were included in those lots, thus I never really had to look for them.

[tbob]

When I put together my T206 set, two tough cards to find in nice shape were Lindaman and the Brown throwing variation pose with smaller pose. Both are tough but very tough to find in EX or better.