December 2009 Pickups

Brian....those E103's are fantastic. Congrats. What a haul!

Well I feel like I brought a butter knife to a gun fight, but here goes anyhow:

Are you sure that isn't a Ken Barr error card? It could be worth thousands if you can convince Lew Lipset to sell it as such.

Lee

bowlingshoeguy wrote:Are you sure that isn't a Ken Barr error card? It could be worth thousands if you can convince Lew Lipset to sell it as such.

Lee

Wasn't that Roseanne Barr's husband? I'll see what Lew can get me for it!

OK, now this is more like it - I stepped out on my Red Sox collecting for this one (tho' Collins was later with the Red Sox). This is not one of those impossibly high grades, but I am floored by the image quality and color on this one:

Gorgeous Collins, Blair!

that Collins is a beaut! This one just arrived--I liked the colors and the centering most:

Ahhhhhhhh. E90-1's. I love em' Nice pick up Blair.

Tony A.

Thanks guys - and I really like that E96 Rube too. Really interesting image and background color!

Cheers,
Blair

After a few years of fruitless searching, I finally added this to my collection:

sabrjay wrote:owww, a MN tax stamp

Unfortunately! I've only seen a handful of these packs in 10 years though so I'll take what I can get. This one is complete with some cigarettes.

canjond wrote:After a few years of fruitless searching, I finally added this to my collection

Spectacular looking pack, congrats Jon! How high does it rank in scarcity for packs than contained t206's?

a very cool item, indeed!
can you translate the two words on either side of leo?

i see now that the second "word" is russian for "tolstoi"...
any chance the first word is "leonid"?

fisherboy7 wrote:

canjond wrote:After a few years of fruitless searching, I finally added this to my collection

Spectacular looking pack, congrats Jon! How high does it rank in scarcity for packs than contained t206's?

It's a pretty rare pack. I have seen 10 or so of them over the years, including one earlier this year on eBay. I put a ridiculous snipe on it when it came due - something like $650 because I wanted ti so bad. Wouldn't you know, I got outsniped! If I had to rank the packs based on scarcity, my list would look something like follows (all numbers are approximate):

Hindu (none known)
Drum (none known)
Broadleaf (2 known)
Uzit (2 known)
Lenox (5-10 known)
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Tolstoi (10 known)
Carolina Brights (10 known)
American Beauty (10-15 known)
Polar Bear (10-15 known)
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Cycle (20 known)
Old Mill (20 Known)
El principe de Gales (20 known)
=================
Sovereign (50 known)
Piedmont (100+ known)
Sweet Caporal (100+ known)

Scans of each pack can be viewed here:
http://baseballandtobacco.com/t206.htm

sando69 wrote:i see now that the second "word" is russian for "tolstoi"...
any chance the first word is "leonid"?

I actually had no idea what the Russian stood for...

That pack is awesome. Beautiful piece, Jon, and if the Minnesota tax stamp turns you off, I will take it off your hands. The tax stamp only enhances the value as far as I'm concerned.