Winter Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Jan 4, 2017 04:00PM EST - Sat, Jan 21, 2017 11:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 110
1909-11 T206 WHITE BORDER NEAR COMPLETE SET OF 520 (MISSING BIG 3) WITH 21 GRADED
Sold for
$51,356.40
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
| $300,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
The complexities nuances beauty and sheer magnitude of the American Tobacco Companies revolutionary T206 baseball card series have captivated collectors for nearly a century. It is the seminal issue of the era and a cornerstone to the hobby of card collecting. Assembling the enormous 520-plus card set piecemeal is a task of monumental proportions requiring considerable resources of time patience and money. Offered here is the culmination of one such pursuit. Loaded with over 75 Hall of Famers plus the scarce Demmitt and O’Hara variations the offered near set averages VG/EX-EX in overall appearance.
We have determined that approx. 203 cards in the set have had very small numbers written in pencil on the lower right corners on the card backs that have been erased. In most cases this is almost imperceptible to the naked eye with only a light impression visible under magnification. Key cards in this category include; Chance (yellow port.) Chase (holding trophy) Chase (white cap) J. Collins Huggins (hands at mouth) Jennings (one hand) Lajoie (w/ bat) Marquard (port.) Marquard (hands at side) Marquard (pitching) Mathewson (dark cap) McGraw (port.) McGraw (port. w/ cap) McGraw (glove at side) McGraw (finger in air) McGinnity Tinker (hands on knees) Wallace Wheat.
Additionally we have identified 42 cards with varying degrees of paper loss on the backs with the majority being very minor. Key cards in this category include; Baker M. Brown (port.) Chance (blue port.) Clarke (port.) Crawford Duffy Evers (Cubs shirt) Tinker (bat off) Tinker (bat on) Waddell (port.) and Walsh.
We have submitted 21 cards from the set to PSA for grading. They are: Bender (port.) VG-EX+ 4.5 Chase (pink port.) GD 2 mk Cobb (red port.) Altered Cobb (bat off) Altered Cobb (green port.) Altered Cobb (bat on) VG-EX 4mk Demmitt (St. Louis) GD 2 Evers (port.) VG-EX 4 Evers (Chicago on shirt) EX-MT 6 Jennings (port.) VG-EX 4 Johnson (port.) Altered Johnson (hands at chest) Altered Joss (port.) EX 5 Lajoie (port.) VG-EX 4 Lajoie (throwing) VG-EX 4 Mathewson (port.) GD+ 2.5 Mathewson (white cap) Altered O’Hara (St. Louis) GD+ 2.5 Young (port.) Altered Young (bare hand) Altered and Young (glove shows) VG-EX 4.
Many more cards are present that warrant grading including HOFers and some very strong looking Southern Leaguers and Minor Leaguers. Given the size variations and factory miscuts this issue is known for one should expect a certain percentage of cards submitted to be designated as Altered. We have included high res images of some of the more prominent raw cards here to give greater perspective.
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