This means I have a rather large collection of T206s that I would like to sell, all in one lot.
The lot contains a grand total of 165 cards, with very few duplicates. Among the 165 cards, 49 have been graded (48 by SGC, 1 by Global), and the rest are raw. Condition ranges from Poor to VG-EX, with the majority being very attractive G-VG to VG cards that retain exceptional eye appeal. Among the cards are a number of scarce Southern Leaguers, desirable horizontal cards, minor stars, and a handful of more difficult backs.
This is an excellent start to a T206 set on the eve of it's landmark 100th anniversary. For the past several years I have stored these cards in an elegant, cherry wood box from MJ Roop archivers. This is the most beautiful box Roop ever produced, and was sold for $139 each. I will ship the cards inside this box so that you can continue to store them in this elegant fashion if you choose.
Scans of these cards are NOT available, as there are 165 of them and I would prefer not to scan individual cards. I have scanned several that are representative of the entire lot, and describe the rest on this page.
Also, please accept my apologies - I know that there are several people who have inquired about individual cards from this lot because they are team collectors, or pose collectors, etc. I have thought about it and decided that I really want to sell this as one entire lot of cards, rather than break them into small groups or individual cards. If I cannot sell them in this fashion, I would rather consign the entire lot to auction than break them up.
For the remainder of 2008 I will be taking offers on this lot of cards. Given the content of the lot as well as historical (and recent) prices in VCP, I will let these go for the best possible offer over $4,000, with checks or money orders (as opposed to Paypal, where I have to pay fees) factored in.
If you're interested, please contact me at alcris@comcast.net
A complete breakdown of the graded cards is as follows:
Alperman, SGC 40
Barger, SGC 40
Birmingham, SGC 20
Byrne, SGC 30
Cassidy, SGC 20
COVALESKI, SGC 40
Cross, SGC 40
J. Delehanty, SGC 30
Dineen, SGC 20
Donlin (Seated), SGC 40
Doolan (Batting), SGC 30 (Polar Bear)
Doolan (Fielding), SGC 40
Ellam SGC 20 (Old Mill)
Engle, SGC 10 (Tolstoi - back damage)
Flanagan, SGC 30
Gasper, SGC 30
Hall, SGC 20
Jordan, SGC 30 (Old Mill)
Jordan (Batting), SGC 40 (Polar Bear)
King, SGC 20
Kisinger, SGC 20
Krause (Portrait), SGC 30 (Sovereign 350)
Lake (w/ball), GAI 2
Maloney, SGC 20
Manning (Batting), SGC 40
McElveen, SGC 30
MERKLE (Throwing), SGC 30 (Sweet Cap 350-460, Factory 42 with overprint)
MEYERS, SGC 40
Moran, SGC 40 (Polar Bear)
Mullen, SGC 40
Murray (Batting), SGC 40
Phelan, SGC 20
Phelps, SGC 20
PHILLIPPE, SGC 60
Puttman, SGC 40 (Polar Bear)
Quillen, SGC 20
Quinn, SGC 40
Rockenfeld, SGC 30
Schirm, SGC 30
Seymour (Throwing), SGC 40
Shipke, SGC 40
Smith, Carlos, SGC 30
Smith, "Happy", SGC 20
Stark, SGC 20 (Old Mill)
Steinfeldt, SGC 40
STREET (Portrait), SGC 40
White (Portrait), SGC 20
WILHELM (With Bat), SGC 20
WILTSE (Portrait, With Cap), SGC 30 (Old Mill)
A breakdown of the ungraded cards is as follows. I will not attempt to grade each card but will note any important defects or features if they are applicable.
Abbott
Alperman
Ames (portrait)
Ames (with glove) (nice, but pencil marked "x" on back)
Anderson
Arndt
Barry, Mil
Barry, Phil (nice, but pencil marked "x" on back)
Bates
BESCHER
Bridwell (this one is almost not even a card anymore, it's chewed up so badly)
G. Brown (nice, but pencil marked "x" on back)
Burch
Burns
Butler
Carrigan
Carr
Casey (pencil writing on front, speck of paper loss on front)
HAL CHASE, THROWING (Dark Cap) (Poor/fair condition at best)
Conroy
COVALESKI
Crandall (crease across front of card)
CRAVATH
Cree (nice, but pencil line on back)
Davidson
Davis, Phila
Delehanty, Louisville (creases and a minor tear)
Delehanty, Louisville (a much nicer copy)
Demmitt, NY American (small red scuff on front)
Devlin
Donovan
DOOIN
Doolan, Phila. (fielding) (nice, but pencil marked "x" on back)
Dougherty
Downey (fielding)
Downey (batting) Sweet Cap
Downey (batting) Piedmont
Downey (batting) Sovereign (small piece of upper-left corner missing)
Doyle, NY (fair condition)
Doyle, NY Nat'l (batting)
Dubuc
Dunn
Easterly
ELBERFELD (fielding) (pinhole at top, small piece missing from bottom-left, Old Mill back)
Engle
Ferris
Ford (crease in upper right corner)
Freeman (poor condition, Polar Bear)
Ganley
Geyer
Geyer (nice, but scuffing on back)
Goode
Groom
Hahn
Hall
HARTSEL (nice front, back damage makes it Poor condition)
HOBLITZELL
Hulswitt
Hummel
Hummel
Jones, St. Louis
Jordan
KNABE
KRAUSE
Kruger
Leach
Lennox (nice, but small pencil-marked "x" on back)
Lumley
Lundgren (nice front, severely damaged EPDG back)
MAGEE (batting)
MAGEE (portrait)
Manning (absolutely beaten to death, Polar Bear)
Marshall
McAleese
McGann
McGlynn
McGlynn (poor)
MCLEAN
McQuillan
MERKLE (throwing)
MERKLE (portrait)
Mitchell (miscut at top, visible paper loss on front)
Mitchell (much nicer)
Moran (small stain on front)
Mullen
Oberlin
OLDRING (pencil writing on front)
OVERALL
Paige (fair condition at best)
Parent
PASKERT
Poland (fair condition at best)
Raymond
REULBACK (small scuff and tiny speck of paper loss on front)
Rhoades (nice, but small pencil-marked "x" on back)
Schlafly
SCHLEI (absolutely chewed and faded and wrinkled, Polar Bear)
Schlei (much nicer, but damaged Sweet Cap back)
Schlei (batting)
Schirm
Seymour (fair condition)
Sharpe (slight water stain on front)
Shaw
Spade
Steinfeldt
Stone (small speck of paper loss on front)
STREET (fielding) (Polar Bear)
Sweeney
TAYLOR (pitching) - (Fair to Good condition)
TITUS (mustache) - (Fair to Poor condition)
White
WILHELM
Wilson
Wright
Zimmerman (miscut at bottom, great image)
