T206 Marquard Armpit 8 Variation

[bbcard1]

FWIW, I still think it's a "B" I could see it being a Boston B, but there's nothing precise about it...that said, there were virtually no numbers used in baseball at that time. It's an odd thing, though not one I have any particular desire to chase for my collection.

[Runscott]

There's a thread somewhere that has quite a range of opinions. We're probably not getting too much discussion this time around because anyone with anything to say exhausted themselves in the last one.

[Bridwell]

Here's a link to the last discussion on the Red 8:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...d+red+8&page=3

I had mentioned that I had seen 6 of these now, with several different backs so it seems like a legit printing variation that appeared on many of the different backs.

There may have been a problem with the original printing plate and it got corrected later. This card is a bargain compared to other print variations such as Nodgrass or Mur'ay that can sell for thousands of dollars.

[Marslife]

Hey Fellas!

Picked up a Sweet "RED DASH" at the National on Friday :-) for my Marquard Follow-Thru Back run. Only Need the Lenox Brown now to complete the RUN!

Cliff

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[Pat R]

Do you know there's a blue variation Cliff.

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[RCFire82]

Interesting this thread just started back up. Saw an "8 armpit variation" for sale on Ebay 2 or 3 weeks ago. It was a buy-it-now for something like $4oo or $5oo. I passed on it, and it got picked up pretty quickly....was that a steal that I missed out on??? I'd seen/read about these before, but wasn't overly sure about them.

[RCFire82]

Here it was.

[Marslife]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Do you know there's a blue variation Cliff.

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Pat,

your killing me :-)

Is this the only "Blue Blotch" or are there more out there?

Geesh....

Cliff

[Ronnie73]

I just noticed that my card has a line at the center of NY of the same color pink/red. I looked at about 12 different cards with the red 8 and none have that pink line like my card. Just kinda odd but figured I'd mention it.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Marslife

Pat,

your killing me :-)

Is this the only "Blue Blotch" or are there more out there?

Geesh....

Cliff

Hey Cliff, the two different ones that I posted are the only scans I have but there's no doubt that there are probably more out there especially since it is found on more than one back. Now I'm not saying there would be a lot of them but I'd be surprised if there wasn't at least a handful of others.