Portland Maine Hoard 1400+ T-206 Cards

[Saco River Auction]

Saco River Auction is pleased to announce the acquisition of over 1400 1909-11 T-206 cards consigned to us for auctions starting January 2015. The collection has been in the same family since 1909 and was started by their grandfather who was a new smoker in Brooklyn NY. He saved every card and they are now owned by his grandsons. We have not had time to go through the collection as that will occur in the coming weeks, but a quick look indicates that there are numerous varieties of backs to include American Beauty, Sovereign, Hindu, Sweet Caporal, El Principe De Gales, Piedmont, Polar bear, Tolstoi, and other variations on a handful of T205 cards. There are many hall of famers and many cards are going to grade very high. I'm sure there will be desirable variation cards in the mix and we will update in the weeks to come. We will be grading any and all worthy cards and will post photos of them when the work is complete. I've included some basic photos of the albums.

[ullmandds]

Awesome!!!!! Pop go the pop reports!!!! The burning question is...how many TITUS's are there!!!!!

[packs]

Man, 1,400 packs of smokes in 3 years. Dedication.

[Matvoo]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Awesome!!!!! Pop go the pop reports!!!! The burning question is...how many TITUS's are there!!!!!

LOL

Originally Posted by packs

Man, 1,400 packs of smokes in 3 years. Dedication.

Well some came with 2 cards. I think it was hindu and polar bear if Im correct

[Matvoo]

Super cool find also

[wonkaticket]

Congrats, great looking group.

[sebie43]

Whoa baby..

[atx840]

Beauties.

[Davino]

unreal!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Saco River Auction

... numerous varieties of backs to include American Beauty, Sovereign, Hindu, Sweet Caporal, El Principe De Gales, Piedmont, Polar bear, Tolstoi ...

Were all of those brands available in NY?

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Were all of those brands available in NY?

And as a smoker wouldn't you find a brand you liked and stick with it? I don't think one person smoked all those. More likely he accumlated off brands and smoked just one. I could be wrong. Ok, I'm usually wrong.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

And as a smoker wouldn't you find a brand you liked and stick with it? I don't think one person smoked all those. More likely he accumlated off brands and smoked just one. I could be wrong. Ok, I'm usually wrong.

I tend to agree but I could see where delivery scheduling might find a mom n' pop shop out of one or more brands requiring a smoker to settle for another. This was 1909-1911, after all.

[Paul S]

My grandfather smoked a pipe. Darn!

[gregr2]

WOW, that is one sweet find!!

[Mountaineer1999]

How many Wagner's are in there?

[the 'stache]

I'm seeing Addie Joss, Lajoie, Frank Baker...Must...sit down..feeling...woozy...

I can't wait to see this find broken down. Wow!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

This is quite a haul. I doubt that one man smoked all of those packs.

[t206blogcom]

Nice looking group of cards. Can't wait to see them all in January.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

This is quite a haul. I doubt that one man smoked all of those packs.

You never know....

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

I doubt that one man smoked all of those packs.

I agree; however, not for the reason you might think.

Cigarettes are sold in packs of 20 these days. Packs with T206 cards (if I'm not mistaken) contained 10 cigarettes.

Additionally, there were (again, if I'm not mistaken) two T206 cards per pack.

Using the numbers above, someone who smoked 20 cigarettes a day - what we would call a-pack-per-day habit in 2014 - would receive 1,400 T206 cards in just under a year.

What I don't get is the number of different brands. I guess he did some trading along the way.

Just thinking out loud. I could be wrong.

Best regards,

Eric

[barrysloate]

It's possible the original owner let his friends know he collected cigarette cards, and got some groups from people who didn't care about them. That would explain the various brands in the collection. Only a guess, but we don't know how he got them all.

[Saco River Auction]

Here's an update on the Portland Maine Hoard:

I spent several days in New Jersey while SGC graded about 500 of the cards. The majority of the cards ranged from 5-6.5 with some 7's. There are numerous Hall of Famers with tough backs like El Prince, American Beauty, Tolstoi and Hindu. There were also several poses which had never been graded by SGC.

There are some error/scrap variations in the group including a Tolstoi/Piedmont double stamped back. There are also other variations such as name above and below the player. Some cool stuff in the group.

I included some photos so the group can be viewed as a lot. We will begin selling these cards in January 2015. It will take several months to sell this collection. We are also looking for consignments for any of these sales. There should be great interest in these sales and will be good exposure for your items.

If anyone has t-206 items on their want list that you have been searching for, please email them to troyathibodeau@gmail.com and I will let you know if there is one in the collection. If there is an item in the collection that you are looking for, I can let you know which sale date it will be in.IMG_2368.jpg

[Jobu]

Those photos are beautiful, I can't wait to see what happens at auction time.

[SteveMitchell]

Being originally from Maine, this posting caught my eye. I have not read all (at this point) 66 replies but a recurring theme already seems to doubt how one person could "smoke" all those brands.

About 35 years ago my great uncle (born 1901) recounted how in his day he would observe cards discarded from time to time. My guess is, the original collector accumulated them himself but not always by buying the packs. In some cases at least he simply picked up discarded cards or empty packs still containing cards.

[atx840]

Oh my. This makes me want to smoke a UZIT and take an ice bucket shower.

[JeremyW]

I'm not a big T-206 fan, but the tables-full-of-cards photo is amazing.

[gregr2]

WOW, that is a truly spectacular find!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

I'm not a big T-206 fan, but the tables-full-of-cards photo is amazing.

This.

[MikeGarcia]

... I know you guys...


...I smell a contest coming...

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

... I know you guys...


...I smell a contest coming...

[granite75]

Made it to the big time, my parents just saw it on the Maine local news tonight . Ayuh. Called me to ask if I knew about these cards.

[Donscards]

Here in Portland , it is all over the news TV Radio Papers I went to my homepage this morning on Yahoo and it was the lead story---I believe most of the serious collectors know about this auction coming up---I will be there and hopefully can snag a Ty Cobb card but it will not be easy going to be some high prices anyway I look forward to it just wish it wasnt 4 months away Good Luck to all----Don

[pawpawdiv9]

Heres another story i found on the Hoard:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1923889

Side note: When bidding, you may want to be a phone bidder at Saco.
Here is what transpired in my attempt recently:
Thread:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=193416

[DerekMichael]

Wowwwwwww.

You are beyond fortunate to be consigned a find like this.

Congratulations!

Any chance you have some Brown Hindu portraits of the Big Train and Cy Young for us boys to fight over?

[rp12367]

WOW What a amazing find/hoard really makes me wonder how many other collections are out there like this just waiting to see the light of day. I live in a city with a lot of pre-turn of the century homes, every now and then, when I'm walking by them I wonder what might be hiding in the walls, attic's and crawl spaces... Really interested in what T205's were in this collection as well as their condition?

[Saco River Auction]

Hello All,

Online Bidding is now open for Part 1 of The Portland Maine Collection of T206 Cards and Other items on January 14 2015 @5PM in Biddeford Maine.

Two Platforms are available: Live Auctioneers and Proxibid.

Links to each catalog are below.

Live Auctioneers

Proxibid

Download Lot List Here

We Also have the ability to take phone and absentee left bids for this sale so please call early to either reserve a phone line or place a bid to executed by auction staff.
info@sacoriverauction.com

Terms of the sale are 21% Internet Buyers Premium.
18% Buyers Premium in House/Phone/Absentee
3% Discount for cash/check/or wire (Applies only to Non Internet Buyers)

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Saco River Auction

Hello All,

Online Bidding is now open for Part 1 of The Portland Maine Collection of T206 Cards and Other items on January 14 2015 @5PM in Biddeford Maine.

Two Platforms are available: Live Auctioneers and Proxibid.

Links to each catalog are below.

Live Auctioneers

Proxibid

Download Lot List Here

We Also have the ability to take phone and absentee left bids for this sale so please call early to either reserve a phone line or place a bid to executed by auction staff.
info@sacoriverauction.com

Terms of the sale are 21% Internet Buyers Premium.
18% Buyers Premium in House/Phone/Absentee
3% Discount for cash/check/or wire (Applies only to Non Internet Buyers)

Just so I have this correct...

21% Internet premium...

Bid via phone and pay via wire 15% premium?

Thanks for clearing it up when you respond.

Sean

[Saco River Auction]

Yes Sean,

If you bid via phone and pay via wire you will pay 15% buyers premium.

Thank You

[hangman62]

Im trying to start smoking

[pawpawdiv9]

put in 3 bids tonight- Just might start collecting some pre-war. It doesn't hurt to grab my 1st Cobb, as theres plenty of them. I might be heading to the dark-side.