subject: T206, Baseball, Cards [print this page] To start writing about t206 baseball cards let us introduce the history of this cards. It was formed
from American Tobacco Company due to its size, rarity and the quality of color in 1909 to
1911. It is also known informally as the "White Border" and the name T206 came from the
catalog designer Jefferson Burdick. The T206 baseball cards consist of 523 pieces of cards.
There are approximately 100 of the cards picture. There are also multiple cards for the same
player in different poses, different uniforms or even with different teams after being traded. The
measurement of the cards is 1-7/16" x 2-5/8" which is considered by many collectors to be the
standard tobacco card size.
The T206 set is the most popular and widely collected set of the tobacco cards. The historical
importance of the set as well as the large number of variations give it enormous appeal to
the collectors. The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card yet. Because Wagner's
place among baseball immortals. More importantly it is one of the scarcest cards from the most
prominent of all vintage card sets. For this reason the damaged examples of this card are valued
at $100,000 or more than that.
It is considered that approximately 50 and 200 Wagner cards were ever distributed to the public.
There are many theories exist as to why the card is so rare. For example of a theory is that
the printing plate used to create Wagner's card broke early on in the production process but
Wagner was a major star at the time and new plates would almost certainly have been created.
Another theory is that there was a copyright dispute between the American Tobacco Company
and the artist who created the Wagner lithograph. There was a believe at that time which
indicated that Wagner did not wish to associate himself with cigarettes because he did not want
to encourage children to smoke. Any way of all the most commonly accepted theory is that the
card was pulled from production because Wagner himself objected to the production of the card
but his motivation is unclear.
It is a surprise for all to hear the value of this card for example the Wagner card was sold at
auction on eBay in 2000 for US$1.265 million. In February 2007, the same card was sold for a
record US$2.35 million. In September 2007, the Wagner card changed hands again when SCP
Auctions of Mission Viejo, California, which had bought minority ownership and again brokered
a new sale record. This time the card set was sold for US$2.8 million to a private collector. In
November 2010, a group of nuns from Baltimore sold a Wagner card for $262,000 in auction to
Doug Walton, a sporting card store owner.
There are numerous brands that made this card now a day. But was issued with 16 different
back s as a result it can be counting more than 523 different T206 cards. The 16 backs are:
American Beauty that cut more thinly than other brands due to the narrower size of the cigarette
packs, Broadleaf, Carolina Bright, Cycle, Drum, El Principe De Gales, Hindu Found in both
brown ink and red ink (rare), Lenox Found in both brown ink and black ink and so one. So this
t206 Baseball Cards are considered as the highest prestigious cards in the world. For more information on t206 baseball cards and ty cobb visit http://tycobbt206.com/
