What We Have Learned About Ty Cobbs With a Ty Cobb Back

[brickyardkennedy]

I can suffer the "cockiness", if that's what it is, of those who know what they're talking about. It's the ill-informed assertions of those who don't know what they're talking about, that troubles me. Jim belongs to the former group.

[Griffins]

JimB is the epitome of humility- a quiet gentleman that is very generous with his wealth of knowledge on this subject, among others. The fact that he has exhausted his patience on this thread is a testament to just how inane Chicago's posts are.

[ullmandds]

If you're too lazy to read the whole thread...you obviously don't care enough to learn why this card is so debated.

[FrankWakefield]

I still don't think we should consider the card a T206.

The gloss is the main reason, and enough of a reason for me. That there is only one card with that back bolsters that. And it seems to me that some folks pull and tug at reasons because they seem to want it included. Nonetheless, it is a fine baseball card. Wish I had one. And if I did have one I'd not think it a T206. It reminds me of the first E90-3 I acquired, long before I knew anything at all about American Caramel cards. Seemed like an E90-1 with 'Chicago' on the back... As for tobacco stains, they mean nothing to me. I have a few E cards with what I think are tobacco stains. And some E cards with caramel stains. If I find a T205 with an ink stain would that mean it was distributed with a pen set, or with ink??

[PWeso81]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

If you're too lazy to read the whole thread...you obviously don't care enough to learn why this card is so debated.

Point taken. I am only a few months IN on this forum. I gotta tell ya, some of the most entertaining fodder I have ever read. I love this site. People I work with ask "Why do you collect cards?" I say..."Have you ever checked out N54?"

[ethicsprof]

PWeso81,
I applaud your lack of defensiveness and your general equanimity in your response to Dr. Ullman.
Most refreshing.
Let me offer to you a resounding 'Welcome aboard!'
best,
barry

[ethicsprof]

Anthony has said it well. JimB is the epitome of humility and ,for some time now, has been one of the key experts, if not the foremost expert, on
Cobb/Cobb back. When he speaks of these things, I listen and take notes like
my best doctoral students at the university do.

by the way, great eye re: the tobacco stain Jon C.
very,very helpful.

best,
barry