What is the "elite eight"?? T206 List?

[Brian Weisner]

Hi Ted,
It took me about 15 years to find the Schulte/Hindu.... So it is very tough.... Just as the Piedmont 350 in JoeP's collection.... It makes you wonder how many "no prints" might show up.....
Be well Brian


PS I hope you find a few at the National.....

[lharri3600]

maybe this the 4th one?? may not be the best one out there!

[Abravefan11]

Certainly not an easy card but they are out there. A PSA 2.5 sold in January and if I'm not mistaken a raw example sold on Ebay since then. One is for sale on Ebay right now in a 10 holder.

Great front/back card.

[tedzan]

Nice find good buddy. According to my latest tally, your's is either the 5th (or 6th) Chicago Lundgren / EPDG card to surface.....since I've been tracking
this front/back combo (going back to 1984 when I acquired this EPDG from Barry Sloate).









TED Z

[lharri3600]

thanks ted,
this one was found in a wall in philadelphia.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by tedzan

According to my latest tally, your's is either the 5th (or 6th) Chicago Lundgren / EPDG card to surface.....since I've been tracking
this front/back combo (going back to 1984 when I acquired this EPDG from Barry Sloate).

TED Z

For your tally:

10/30/07 Ebay PSA 4
11/10/07 Hunt SGC 40
02/05/09 H&S SGC 30
11/20/09 Goodwin PSA 5
01/22/11 Ebay PSA 2.5
Today Ebay SGC 10

[tedzan]

I will certainly update my records.

TED Z

[tedzan]

For T206 collectors that like to get into the "nitty-gritty" of front / back combos, here again are the elite 8 subjects.





Originally, when I coined this term several years ago, it included Lundgren (Chicago). However, this 1st series Carl Lundgren card is in a class of its own
in the "hierarchy" of the T206's. This T206 subject was printed with ony 3 different tobacco backs (see post #19 here). The short-printing of Lundgren
was most likely due to his Major League career ending April 23, 1909.

So, I have replaced Lundgren with the Schulte (front view) card in order to be consistent with the other 7 subjects in this group. All eight of these sub-
jects can be found with PIEDMONT 150, SOVEREIGN 150, SWEET CAPORAL 150, and the Brown HINDU backs. The Ewing and Tom Jones cards are also
found with the SWEET CAPORAL 150, Factory 649 overprint.

Very rarely will these 8 cards be found with a PIEDMONT 350 back. And, they were not printed with SOVEREIGN 350, nor SWEET CAPORAL 350 backs.
Furthermore, 7 of these subjects are found with the El Principe de Gales back (EPDG)....but, this a very rare occurence. The Schulte card has yet to
be confirmed with the EPDG back.

TED Z

[White Borders]

Originally Posted by tedzan

... All eight of these subjects can be found with ... Brown HINDU backs.
TED Z

Hi Ted,

Has Karger been confirmed with a Brown Hindu back? Your survey

FYI....T206 Brown HINDU confirmed list

doesn't show it

Not seeing a Brown Hindu Mullin Horizontal either.

Best Regards,
Craig

[White Borders]

After comparing notes, Tim and I think there are two different PSA 4 EPDG Lundgren Chicago. You can compare the scans and decide for yourself.

Best Regards,
Craig