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[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by JasonL

which one is your favorite?

I'm particularly fond of the one near the middle, where he's shown holding a bat.

The one where he has the white hat.

[cfc1909]

That is what is so facinating about this set. One front with so many different back ads. It is also very nice to see so many members help-its nice to be apart of that.
Now find the red Hindu and the brown Lenox.

[quinnsryche]

If only those cool backs weren't all messed up with that distracting picture on the front! Something to be very proud of, congrats & thanks for sharing.

[phlflyer1]

John,

Happy to help out and thanks for sharing how far you've made it with this particular subset. That is VERY impressive to see all of the different backs together on the same pose!

Scott

[tedzan]

AAAAWWWWEEEESSSSOOOOMMMMEEEE ! ! ! !


I can 99.99 % guarantee you that there are no AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 or UZIT backs of Murphy.

Also, I can 100 % guarantee you that there is no 1910 COUPON back of Murphy.

But, you can expect to find a Red HINDU back.

A really great way to collect T206's.


Best regards ole buddy,

TED Z

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

The one where he has the white hat.

Yes, I totally missed that one! That's a nice one too.

In all seriousness, John, this is a very interesting and neat-o collection. Which one would you say has the best image quality? looks to me like the last one on the end. With so many examples to examine, have you noticed any interesting differences or unique qualities of any in particular?

[wonkaticket]

Jason, great questions actually most of the dozen or so SC 350 Factory 30 cards all have had very deep rich colorful images. The later more obscure backs such as Lenox, Old Mill seem to be a bit more on the grainy side.

One thing I have noticed is the layer printing. Example on Murphy’s side burns they added a black strip to the tip, on most cards where the deep brown in his hair transitions into the tip of the side burn you can sort of see it. On others where the brown is less pronounced it almost looks like there’s he died the tips of his burns. LOL

Huge image here http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn.../Murphy-32.jpg

As for why Murphy, no reason upon going thru some 1000+ T206’s I noticed I had a few versions of him. I also had an older scan in my set and upgraded him twice without realizing I already had nice versions of him. Then when I went thru the extras with the intent to sell I made the joke to Jim I should collect all of his backs…all I would need now is the easy ones Lenox, Drum, BL460 etc. Within a few weeks Jim came up with a few contacts of folks that had these and thanks to the superset Scott B sold me the Lenox. As with most any T206 project before I knew it I was in too deep to back out!

God help me the guy who finds the Red Hindu or Brown Lenox will have me by the short and curly’s after I posted this picture LOL.

All joking aside everyone was awesome and fair I never once felt like anyone was taking advantage of the Murphy addiction, in fact some folks were almost excited to help out.

Cool hobby with good folks even with all the gloom & doom of Pat Chan’s, corner pulls and auction house FBI parties.

Cheers,

John

[M's_Fan]

Is the Coupon Cigarettes a T206? I've never seen this back.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by M's_Fan

Is the Coupon Cigarettes a T206? I've never seen this back.

No well after the T206 as it's a Type 2, there are some folks who consider Type 1 coupon cards part of the T206 set. The main diff. is the name will be in blue on the later cards, along with diff. back ads.

[tedzan]

As you know, but for the edification of others on this forum, the T213-2 and 3 are beyond the T206 rubric (namely 1909-1911).

The T213-1 (I refer to them as 1910 COUPON cards) have every characteristic as defined by the T206 rubric.....including their
stylistic back design (see scan). The 68 cards in the 1910 COUPON set comprise of identical fronts of 20 of the T206 Southern
League subjects and identical fronts of 48 subjects from the T206 "350 Series".

Your Murphy card is a subject from the 350/460 series; therefore, no need to hunt down a Murphy from the T213-1 issue.......
it does not exist.




TED Z

[Kawika]