T206 Addie Joss pitching/ PSA 4 with Tolstoi back

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by willworkforT206

On the downside, Joss Pitching is one of the most common T206s in the set that is not one of six the "Super Prints". It is believed that the card was double printed toward the end of the T206 run due to Joss dying young in 1911.

Hi Steve - I don't know the source of the above quoted information but I don't believe it to be accurate. I like the pose no matter what Rob may say about it but nothing I've seen would lead me to believe it was double printed or received and special attention due to his death.

[willworkforT206]

Tim,

I certainly didn't make that theory up myself - I read it somewhere (and I've read quite a bit about the T206 set). I'll let you know the source once I find it.

Steve

[CFSodano]

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Regards,
Christian

[willworkforT206]

Tim,

The source is Scot A. Reader's Inside T206, Third Editon.

In the Series Discussion section (section III), the commonality of the Joss Pitching card is mentioned on page 32 - "Joss (Pitching) is the most common of the 350/460 RP subjects, rivaling the six 350/460 'superprinted' subjects in availability. It is possible, although far from certain, that ATC liberally printed this subject at the tail-end of the T206 production in response to the well publicized illness of the great Cleveland hurler that led to his premature death on April 14, 1911." (Note: this same text appears in the updated Centennial Edition of Inside T206.)

Also, in the Difficulty Rankings section (section VI), which starts on page 46, Joss (Pitching) is listed with a difficulty ranking of 519. The only cards listed with a lower Difficultly Ranking are Cobb (Red Portrait) at 520, Chance (Yellow Portrait) at 521, Mathewson (Dark Cap) at 522 and Evers (Chicago on Shirt) at 523. (Note: this Difficulty Rankings section was not included in the updated Centennial Edition of Inside T206.)

If this theory has since been discredited, I was not aware.

Steve