The T209 IIs that don't exist

[Michael Peich]

Hi Seth,

Thanks for your post on T209-IIs. As some of you may know I have co-authored (with Tim Newcomb) an essay on T209-I that appears in the latest issue of Old Cardboard. The second part of our essay, on T209-IIs, will appear in the next issue. And while I'll let you read the essay when it appears, Crockett is one of two cards that might not exist. In addition, cards of Reeves, Sherrill and Steinbach have all been discovered (in the Peleaz collection) and will presumably be added to future Series Two checklists. Sherrill's story is particularly interesting based on research I completed last Fall at the State Library of North Carolina. The world of minor league baseball in 1909-1910 was much different than the minor leagues we know in the twenty-first century.

Cheers,
Mike

[sgbernard]

Hey Mike, I was hoping you'd chime in. I knew you were working on the article--didn't know even that Part I was out yet. I literally just ordered my copy!

I had known about the three additions in Joe's collection, bringing the supposed total up to 226. The number always struck me as wrong--the delightful B.E. Thompson with it's unique back was obviously printed on its own. That means the total should be some even number +1 (Thompson).

I say even number because the T209 I's, obviously, are 16 in total, and those postcard-proofs are 4 cards wide: both these things suggest to me that the cards were printed in even-numbered sheets, either multiples of 4, or perhaps 16?

Therefore, I'd be surprised if only two of the four cards I named in the first post are not real, because we're once again stuck with an odd number (223 + 1), but maybe I'm making too much of this and the cards were printed in odd-numbered sheets.

Anyway, bottom line to all of this--can't wait to see the next installment of yours and Tim Newcomb's piece!

[Leon]

Thompson.

[cfc1909]

t209wright_1_.jpg

[FrankWakefield]

Ed Wright looks like he's playing streetball. Neat card, Jim.

[DixieBaseball]

...And Frank here is Wright's sister card in case you can't get enough of that wicked side arm action :

[Tao_Moko]

Mike,

I've never seen another Presley/Pritchard like I sold you a few years ago. I kind of miss it now.........

Eric