Taking a look at really old prices of really old cards One of my favorite things about the American Card Catalog is the wildly outdated pricing. Many collectors that don’t own a copy of this important book have no idea that, in addition to the categorizations of cards, it also served as a de facto price guide of sorts. Now,
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The T202 panels are identical to the T205 cards in nearly every way The 1912Â T202 Hassan Triple Folders set is one of the more unique tobacco card sets around. Those cards featured a black and white picture in the middle along with two color end panel lithographs of individual players. Those end panels are often a subject for discussion. That’s
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One of the things that makes the T206 set unique is its large number of different back advertisements. The backs varied and were an indicator of which tobacco brand the card was packaged with as well as what factory it was distributed from. Those backs come in an assortment of designs and colors and are a key part of how
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A tribute card of a Hall of Fame player in the T205 gold border set was a wise decision In 1911, the folks at the good ol’ American Tobacco Company were likely having a fine time. They were wrapping up production on their famous T206 set, churning out millions of cards that had spread through the public like wildfire. The
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The 1911 T205 baseball card set is one of the most famous and popular pre-war issues around. The set is known not only for the fronts, but also for the backs. The cards were one of the first (if not the first) to include both statistics and biographies on the backs. It’s the backs that I’ve gotten a little interested
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There are lots of reasons to love the T205 set, one of the most collected pre-war issues around. For one thing, they’re significantly rarer than the massive (but more popular) T206 set. For another, they’ve got great pictures, a terrific checklist of players, and piecing together a set isn’t impossible. One of the lesser discussed parts of the set, though,
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The American Tobacco Company produced the T205 and T206 sets. And while a few have questioned the idea, they are widely believed to have also created the T207 issue. To most, the set is distinctive for its vastly different look to those first two releases. But the more significant difference to know here is that it’s a whole lot rarer.
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I almost felt kind of dirty typing that headline. My feelings towards the T206 set are well-documented. In short, it’s not only the most popular baseball card set of all time, but the best one ever created. In terms of pure collectability, T205 (at least right now) isn’t anywhere near T206’s level. Despite a good amount of T206 cards available,
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The 1911 T205 set is one of the most popular pre-war issues around. And the fact that it’s less than half the size of the monstrous T206 issue makes it more attainable for collectors. T205 has 208 base cards in its standard set. That’s the number required to be considered complete. But while that number includes several pose variations, it
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Been a little while since I wrote one of my ‘Breaking into Pre-War Collecting’ articles. If you missed the first two, I first covered game cards and then strip cards. Today, I wanted to tackle arguably the most popular of all pre-war cards: tobacco cards. What Are Tobacco Cards? Tobacco cards, quite simply, are what they sound like. These are
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The T205 Gold Border set has numerous variations. The issue has a total of 208 different cards but 221 are generally considered to be required for a master set. On top of that, several other newer variations have been discovered. In pursuing some upgrades for my T205 cards, I believe I found a minor print error/variation for John Titus that
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The T205 set is an all-time great
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