T206 Shaq shaughnessy

[MVSNYC]

Hi Cory-

The hoarding was the main driving force that created the (extra) rarity and pricing surge. This was discussed here maybe 7-8 years ago. Maybe someone can find an old thread on it.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Hi Cory-

The hoarding was the main driving force that created the (extra) rarity and pricing surge. This was discussed here maybe 7-8 years ago. Maybe someone can find an old thread on it.

There were a few threads that stated Bill had 25-30 of them. But it would take a lot more than that to have an affect on the price/rarity. Dan M and Ted both said that he was tough for 30 years (back then) but the pop reports show that someone has them somewhere because he is 37th toughest of the 48 southern leaguers in the pop reports. He would be among the most likely for crossovers and re-grades but it still wouldn't put him any tougher than a lot of the other southern leaguers.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ht=Shaughnessy

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ht=Shaughnessy

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ht=Shaughnessy

[ClementeFanOh]

A great looking card (Christoper Walken meets professional baseball??),
multi-sport and multi-country influence. I don't own one and would love
to rectify that. Kind of a Bull Durham feel to him in T206. Trent King

[MVSNYC]

Crazy how times flies...was 2008 when we started discussing that, 16 years ago!

A bunch of people in those threads (including me) referenced Bill (and maybe someone else) hoarding them.

Fun to revisit those old threads...I miss Ted.

[jonvancouver]

Got a good one in my t206 collection.

[IMAXMAX]

T209-2:

[Spike]

Shag was a renaissance man for the sporting world, with appeal to US/CA cross-border fans for his success as Montreal Royals manager, Independent League president, business innovator, Ottawa hockey coach, and sports touchstone at multiple schools, including Yale, Notre Dame, and McGill. Someone with that many collector hooks is destined to be tough to track down! A modern analogue might be rolling Bob Uecker, Tony LaRussa, and Gary Bettman into one guy.

There's an excellent chance the 1936-37 World Wide Gum baseball set, with its heavy emphasis on IL players, exists _because_ Shaughnessy led Montreal to the IL playoffs a year prior, since it would've created a lot of local fan interest.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by jonvancouver

Got a good one in my t206 collection.

Take a look at the bottom left corner and the black frame line. Is this a scanner 'correction' or a real printing defect? Haven't seen a broken border Shag before, would be interesting if there was a recurring defect there.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by G1911

Take a look at the bottom left corner and the black frame line. Is this a scanner 'correction' or a real printing defect? Haven't seen a broken border Shag before, would be interesting if there was a recurring defect there.

There are a couple of different recurring broken border flaws found on Shaughnessy but I've never seen that one before if it is a flaw and not the scan.

There's also a recurring flaw with part of the bottom of team caption missing. The one on the left also has one of the recurring border breaks.

Shaughnessy team print flaw.jpg

[jonvancouver]

Originally Posted by G1911

Take a look at the bottom left corner and the black frame line. Is this a scanner 'correction' or a real printing defect? Haven't seen a broken border Shag before, would be interesting if there was a recurring defect there.

I will check tomorrow morning and send a closer shot!
Offhand I can’t recall but I am fairly certain it’s not a scanner issue.