Revisiting the T206 Wagner "strip"

[botn]

Ted,

I am glad that you finally got to view it up close. I had expressed in the original thread that I was anxious to hear your opinion. Thanks for posting and letting us know what you saw, confirming your initial posts on the matter.

It is still a neat piece despite being fabricated.

Greg

[barrysloate]

Ted- It's very interesting that Bowerman was an old friend of Wagner's. That would be an excellent way to get Honus to agree to let them use his picture. If an old friend agreed to do it, he might too. Good stuff.

[tedzan]

Greg

Indeed, it is a very neat piece. There is no question about that.

Actually, I wish it was a real production piece, because it's my understanding that the Plank
card was next to (or close by) on the sheet that the Wagner card was printed on.

Can you imagine what a strip or panel of T206's with Plank & Wagner on it would be worth ?


TED Z

[tedzan]

Regarding your........
" It's very interesting that Bowerman was an old friend of Wagner's. That would be an excellent way to get Honus
to agree to let them use his picture. If an old friend agreed to do it, he might too. "


This is conjecture on my part. However, if this strip was cobbled together to persuade Wagner to grant the Rights
to portray him....then as I have said, I can understand why "Three finger" Brown, Johnny Kling, and CYoung are on
this strip with Wagner. But, why Frank Bowerman ?

Best regards,

TED Z

[Leon]

Nice work Ted. I am not really a "T206" guy but this piece is a mystery and sounds like it's going to still have some mystique surrounding it. Thanks for sharing your observations. I too agree, no need to mention other folks that saw it. If you say they are long time hobbyists and know what they are looking at, then that is good by me. take care and thanks again. So far no mouth guard needed .

[judsonhamlin]

Have any of the other cards that are on that strip been found o/c enough that the neighboring card is visible? If so, do the images match?

[T2069bk]

Why does Bowerman not have a team desgnation or a colored collar in the strip... (I was thinking that when I saw the pics from timzcardz in the National Pic thread, and figured why not ask now).

Also, maybe the ATC really liked him...I remember reading a thread about him being in their advertising in Sporting life.