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Taking a Look Back at the Crazy Prices for T206 Rare Backs in the October REA Auction

Back on October 28th, the Fall REA auction ended.  Prices were very strong across the board on rare T206 backs.  In the days following the auction, I wondered if we were going to see a sustained rise in the value of tougher-backed T206s.  However, in the six weeks since the auction ended, that does not appear to have been the case.  Let’s take a look at the REA sales results, as well as some more recent sales from Heritage, Love of the Game, and eBay.

REA Fall Auction Results:

  • American Beauty 350 With Frame Cobb Red Background Portrait PSA 6 – $33,000
  • Black Lenox Cobb Red Background PSA 3 – $30,000

  • Cycle 460 Cobb Bat Off Shoulder PSA 1.5 – $18,000
  • Brown Old Mill Helm SGC A – $11,400

  • Brown Lenox McQuillan With Bat PSA 1.5 – $9,000

  • Uzit Chase Holding Trophy PSA 2(mk) – $6,600
  • Brown Hindu Mathewson Portrait PSA 1 – $6,600
  • Carolina Brights Lavender PSA 4 – $4,200
  • Cycle 460 Crawford With Bat PSA 7 – $3,900
  • Black Lenox Chance Batting PSA 3 – $3,600
  • Cycle 460 Cobb Red Background Portrait SGC A – $3,300
  • Black Lenox Frill PSA 2 – $3,000

  • Broad Leaf 350 Clancy PSA 3 – $2,700
  • Carolina Brights Puttman SGC 50 – $2,700
  • Carolina Brights Shad Barry SGC 3.5 – $2,700
  • Carolina Brights Dinneen PSA 4 – $2,700
  • Carolina Brights Krause Portrait SGC 3 – $2,280
  • American Beauty 460 Meyers Portrait PSA 6 – $2,160
  • Carolina Brights Bush SGC 1.5 – $1,920

  • American Beauty 460 Bescher Hands in Air PSA 6 – $1,920
  • Carolina Brights Burns SGC 2.5 – $1,800
  • Red Hindu McGraw Glove at Hip PSA 3 – $1,560

Heritage Auction’s “Fall Sports Card Catalog Auction” ended on November 16th:

  • Brown Old Mill Dutch Jordan SGC A – $15,600
  • Broad Leaf 350 Rhoades SGC 3 – $1,560

  • Red Hindu McGraw Glove at Hip SGC 2.5 – $1,546
  • Red Hindu O’Leary SGC 3 – $1,440

  • Broad Leaf 350 Nattress SGC 1 – $900

Love of the Game’s “Fall 2018 Premier Auction” ended on November 25th:

  • Uzit Merkle PSA 2 – $3,690

  • Uzit Lake No Ball in Hand SGC 30 – $2,583

  • Lenox Wiltse Portrait w/ Cap SGC 30 – $1,800

The following rare backs sold on ebay in the same time-frame:

  • Carolina Brights Schlafly SGC 5.5 – $2,284 (sold on 11-07-2018)

  • Lenox Wiltse Portrait w/ Cap SGC 40 – $2,026 (sold on 12-12-2018)

  • Carolina Brights Dinneen PSA 3 – $1,295 (sold on 11-28-2018)
  • Carolina Brights Jesse Tannehill PSA 2 – $1,000 (sold on 12-12-2018)
  • Carolina Brights Freeman PSA 1.5 – $700 (sold on 12-13-2018)

Re-Uniting an T206 Orval Overall Blank Back with Three of its Sheetmates

When I saw this Overall Blank Back listed on eBay, I knew I had to win it.  Two years ago, I picked up a Crawford, Griffith, and Konetchy that are unmistakably from the same sheet.  Not only that, but it looks like they were pasted into a scrapbook or album of some kind.  It’s also possible they were pasted into a frame, but I don’t see any signs of fading from exposure to light, so that is less likely.

There are so many T206s out there that it’s incredibly rare to find a group of cards that can be traced back to a single sheet.  Discoveries like this are my favorite thing about collecting T206s.  I love rare backs and nice looking Hall of Famers as much as the next guy, but finding rarities that don’t break the bank is what gets me most excited.

Up until seeing the Overall, I figured my three cards were the only ones from that sheet in the hobby.  Now, I am wondering if there are any more cards from the sheet out there.  If you have seen any others, please contact me and let me know.

Net54 Detectives Uncover Shocking Pattern of “Signed” T206 Forgeries

Editor’s note:  This article is a very brief synopsis of the events that have recently taken place on net54baseball.com.  I wanted to put all of the before and after scans together in one place for easy reference.  If this topic interests you, I highly recommend reading these net54 threads in their entirety:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=262580
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=262673

On 11/25/2018, a Net54 member started a thread titled “Did I buy a Fake Marquard Signed T206?”.  The original poster had purchased the above Marquard from Clean Sweep Auctions for $1,264 on 12/01/2018.  It came with a JSA Certification, but when he sent it into SGC to be put into a holder, they rejected it as “not an authentic example”.

It took less than three hours for another member to post damning evidence that the signature is indeed a forgery.  Using cached ebay sales results from Worthpoint.com, he was able to find proof that the card had sold recently, in a PSA 2.5 holder.

This discovery led to more research, and before long, 15 signed T206s were proven to be forgeries that were produced in the last two or three years.  All 15 were certified as authentic by either JSA, SGC, or PSA.

I have a feeling this story is just beginning.  I will write more about this topic as new information comes out.  Here are the 15 forged signatures:

Fred Parent
Billy Sullivan

Bob Rhoades

Paddy Livingston

Frank Baker

Elmer Flick

Heinie Zimmerman

Wid Conroy

Larry Doyle

Jap Barbeau

Red Murray

Eddie Cicotte


Nap Rucker

Jesse Tannehill

The Vast Majority of T206s Marketed as “Missing Red Ink” Actually Aren’t – But This One Might be Legit… Let’s Take a Closer Look

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article warning collectors to be wary of T206s that are marketed as “missing red ink” cards.  The reasons for this are two-fold.  First, red ink seems to be especially prone to fading on T206s.  Secondly, it seems likely that some of the adhesives used 100 years ago caused red ink to fade from the fronts of T206s.  Whether the red ink was altered by a chemical, or simply faded from being exposed to light, there is almost always some paper loss or adhesive residue on the back of the card.

The full article can be read by clicking the link below:

Beware of Expensive “Missing Red” T206 cards

As you can probably tell, I am very skeptical of cards that appear to be missing red ink.  However, there are some legit missing red T206s out there, and they are pretty cool.  Ultimately, it comes down the this question:  “Was red ink printed on this card, or not?”  If not, it’s a rare card, and it will often command a premium.  If red ink was printed on the card, but a post-production alteration (either due to chemicals or exposure to light) removed it from the card, that card is not a legitimate “missing red ink” T206.

Recently, I spotted the Frank Chance Red Background Portrait above and had to do a double-take.  The background appears to be a cross between orange, pink, and gray.  In fact, it looks so dissimilar to other Chance Red Background Portraits that the Auction House labeled it as Chance’s Yellow Background Portrait.  At first glance, it looked legit to me, but I wanted to get it in hand to take a closer look.  I put in a bid that was somewhere between what it would be worth if it was a real missing red ink T206, and what it would be worth if it was merely faded, and I won it.  When the card arrived in the mail, the first thing I did was examine the back.  I was looking for any sign of adhesive residue or staining.  As you can see from the scan above, it looks totally clean.

Back damage is usually the tell-tale sign that the front of a card has been altered, either by exposure to light or chemicals.  Even without any evidence of adhesive residue, fading is still possible.  It doesn’t seem very likely, but it’s always possible that a card was left on a window ledge or bookshelf and the red ink faded over time.  However, if the missing red ink was the result of fading, I would expect the front of the card to exhibit other signs of fading.  Luckily, I had another copy of the card with a typical, deep red background handy.  I scanned the two cards side-by-side at low resolution.  The difference is striking.

Next, I wanted to compare the different attributes of each card.  I turned the resolution on my scanner up to 1200 dpi.  First, I looked at the black line around the images, and then the name and team caption.  To my eye, both the black and brown inks look the same on each card.  Next I wanted to compare the green print dots that appear to the right and left of his face.  They are quite faint on each card.  If the card on the left (aka “Orange Chance”) was exposed to light for an extended period of time, I would expect the light green dots to fade along with the red.

Then I shifted my focus to his uniform.  To my eye, the blue on his collar is an identical shade on each card.  If Orange Chance was exposed to light, I would expect the blue on his collar to be dulled, at least to some extent.  To my eye, it looks like the card on the right has some red in the uniform while Orange Chance does not.  Other than that, I don’t see any other differences.

Finally, I focused on the pink shading on his face.  Red Chance not only has pink shading, but a small amount of red ink on his upper lip.  The pink layer on Orange Chance is fainter than Red Chance.  The red ink on his lip is completely missing on Orange Chance.  I would expect the pink layer to be completely gone if Orange Chance had been exposed to a light source.  On the other hand, the fact that the pink layer is lighter on Orange Chance does give me pause.  This is the only difference between the two cards that points toward fading.  It’s possible that Orange Chance could have been exposed to light, which caused the red ink to fade, and the pink layer to partially fade.

Taking all of the available information into consideration, I think it’s quite likely that red ink was never applied to my card.  However, it’s probably impossible to prove either way, and I am certainly biased.  I am hoping to have a friend who is an expert on printing processes used in the early 1900’s take a look at my card and offer his opinion.  If I’m able to make that happen, I will post an update.

T206 Art Devlin with Old Mill Back Confirmed to Exist

Back on September 20, 2018, the above card sold as part of Heritage Auctions’ massive “Highest Graded” T206 set.  Clearly Heritage did not realize this is the only graded copy of Devlin with an Old Mill back.  Such an oversight is easy to understand given how the auction contained hundreds of cards that ultimately sold for more than this one.  Another odd wrinkle is that this card does not appear in the PSA Population Report.  At first I thought it might be because it has just been graded (back when I first looked at the auction around the 1st of September).  However, it still has not been added to the Pop Report two months later.  Now I’m guessing the reason it didn’t get added is due to the fact that the label was printed in a strange way.  The label should read: “T206 Old Mill / Art Devlin.”  Instead, it says: “1909-1911 Old Mill / Art Devlin.  It seems likely that it wasn’t catalogued correctly as a result.

I don’t always write an article specifically dedicated to new T206 front/back confirmations, but I definitely wanted to single this one out.  Typically a new confirmation will have a rare back.  When a new Broad Leaf 350 is found, it’s cool, but hardly surprising.  Many Broad Leaf 350 poses have only one or two graded copies, so finding a new one is to be expected once in a while.  Finding a new Old Mill is a different thing altogether.  For most poses, Old Mill backs are relatively plentiful.  150-350 Series Old Mills are much tougher to find, but very few poses are so rare as to lead you to believe that other unconfirmed poses are out there somewhere.  In hindsight it’s not shocking, as there are a handful of extremely Low Pop Old Mills.  Nonetheless, this is the first new Old Mill confirmation I can recall seeing in the last five or six years I have been paying attention to such things.

Prior to seeing this Devlin, I figured some 150-350 Series poses were left off the Old Mill print run in the same way that some were left off the El Principe de Gales and Sovereign 350 print runs.  Now that we know Devlin was printed, I wonder if the other unconfirmed 150-350 Series poses will eventually show up with an Old Mill back.  These are the four 150-350 Series poses who have not been found with an Old Mill back, though in theory they could be in the future:

  • Criger
  • Donohue
  • Dooin
  • Seymour (Batting)

*Seymour (Batting) appears in the SGC Pop Report with a Pop of 1.  It could exist, or it could just be a data entry error.

Link to the auction listing:
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-cards/singles-pre-1930-/1909-11-t206-old-mill-art-devlin-psa-nm-7-pop-eight-two-higher-/a/50008-50126.s

Two T206 Uzit Backs Found at Flea Market in York, Pennsylvania

Back in June, two T206 Uzit backs turned up at the Morningstar market in York, Pennsylvania.  These two cards, Steinfeldt (with Bat), and Latham were previously unknown to the hobby.  A savvy buyer recognized their value and got a great deal on them.  He then brought them to the National Convention in Cleveland in August and got them graded by PSA.  About a week after the National, they appeared on eBay one night, where they quickly sold.

This article is a little different than most hobby news stories I write.  Typically I am just summarizing something that has happened, or re-telling an old hobby story.  In this case, however, I am part of the story because I was the eBay buyer!  Once I received the cards in the mail, I asked the seller a few follow-up questions.  I wanted to know the backstory, as it’s not everyday that a random eBay account (he hadn’t sold anything in the past year on eBay, though he did have a feedback rating in the 3000s) lists two rare T206s and nothing else.

I was excited to learn that the two cards came from the same place, and that the seller at the flea market did not realize the significance of the Uzit backs.  The fact that these cards were found together, and sold for the price of a common-backed T206 made me think it was likely Latham and Steinfeldt had been together for a very long time.  Perhaps ever since they were pulled from packs of Uzit Cigarettes.

At that point, I felt pretty strongly about my hypothesis but didn’t expect any additional supporting evidence to surface.  To my surprise, in September, I got an email from the eBay seller asking me if I knew anything about the value of the three cards below:

I had seen scans of cards from this set on net54 a few times in the past, but I had no idea what they were worth.  My first thought when I saw the pictures he sent was, these three have to be from the same find as my Steinfeldt and Latham.  I told him I didn’t know what they were worth, but if they came from the same place as my T206 Uzits, I wanted to buy them.  He confirmed that he’d them from the same flea market booth as the T206s.

I couldn’t remember what the set was called, so I did a quick google search and found that the set is referred to as the 1910 T80 Military Series.  I suggested that I could post the pictures on net54 and ask for help with their values.  He was happy with that, so I went ahead and posted.  I also got a couple emails from friends about their potential value.  Later in the day, the seller reached out to me via email with a very fair price, and a deal was struck.

Besides being super stoked to re-unite them with the T206s, I was excited about the implications of five Uzit backs being found together out in the wild.  In my opinion, it’s a virtual certainty that these five cards were pulled from Uzit packs and put away somewhere, where they remained together for over 100 years.  Obviously there’s no way of proving that, but it’s the narrative that makes the most sense (at least to me).

Before I was aware of the T80 Uzits, I was hoping to keep both Latham and Steinfeldt, but there was a chance I was going to sell one of them for the simple reason that they were expensive, and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to sell enough other cards from my collection to be able to afford them.  However, after acquiring the T80s, I decided there was no way I was parting with either of the T206s.  Besides being a really cool hobby story, these five Uzit backs are now a centerpiece of my collection.

The Highest Graded T206 Set Sells for Over $8 Million Dollars!

On September 20, 2018 the highest graded T206 set in existence sold via Heritage Auctions.  Each card was offered as a stand-alone lot.  The combined sales price was staggering.  I couldn’t find the exact figure, but PSA CEO Joe Orlando posted that total was over $8,000,000.  The set boasted an unheard of thirteen PSA 10s, McGraw (Finger in Air) being the lone Hall of Fame PSA 10.  Twenty-four of the Hall Of Famers were graded PSA 9.

You can check out the auction in it’s entirety by following the link below.  In order to see the realized sale prices, you’ll have to log in, or create an account if you haven’t yet.

2018 September 20 1909-11 T206 PSA Set Registry Catalog Auction

There were dozens of cards in this auction that would have headlined most other auctions.  The cards were below were the highlights of the auction in terms of realized sale price, but I urge to to follow the link above and check out the rest of the auction.

Plank PSA 7 – $690,000

Magie PSA 8 – $660,000

Cobb Greeb Portrait Old Mill PSA 8 – $360,000

Mathewson White Cap PSA 9 – $264,000

Cobb Red Portrait PSA 8 – $192,000

McGraw Finger in Air PSA 10 – $192,000

Young Bare Hand Shows PSA 9 – $168,000

Johnson Hands at Chest PSA 9 – $156,000

Cobb Bat on Shoulder PSA 8 – $144,000

Mathewson Dark Cap PSA 8.5 – $120,000

Johnson Portrait PSA 9 – $114,000

Young Portrait PSA 8 – $114,000

Cobb Bat off Shoulder PSA 8 – $102,000

O’Hara St. Louis PSA 7 – $96,000

Is Eddie Collins finally getting the respect he deserves from T206 collectors?

When I got into collecting T206s in 2010, I remember thinking Eddie Collins and Nap Lajoie were priced lower than I would have expected based on their status as all-time greats.  It didn’t take too long for me to get acclimated to “the way it is” in the T206 marketplace, and I kind of forgot about that notion for a number of years.

It seems something interesting is happening with Collins’ T206 lately, at least in higher grade.  Back in June, a PSA 5 Old Mill Eddie Collins sold for $1,302 in a PWCC auction.  It caught my attention because I owned the same card not too long ago.  I sold it back in December 2017, for $689.  That’s a pretty big price jump in just six months.  My price wasn’t crazy low either.  I think the card sat in my eBay store for three or four months before it sold.  A similar (and arguably nicer) PSA 5 Old Mill sold for $700 on eBay in February 2017.

A similar thing happened with a Collins Sovereign 350.  On August 12, 2018 a PSA 5 sold for $1,327, also via PWCC auction.  Back in November of 2016, Heritage sold a different PSA 5 Sovereign 350 for just $454.  In my opinion both cards are equally nice.

Obviously, two cards selling for surprisingly high prices doesn’t necessarily indicate a trend.  However, it does appear that some Piedmont and Sweet Caporal backed examples have followed, at least to some extent.  Back in April 2018, a PSA 5 Piedmont 350 sold via Buy It Now on eBay for $850, which is $183 more than the closest sale I could find on VCP.  A PSA 3.5 Piedmont 350 sold for $390 on eBay three weeks ago.  There’s no recorded sale on VCP that comes close.

So, is this a legitimate trend, or something else?  I’m skeptical of the recent PSA 5 Sovereign 350 and Old Mill sale prices, but I do think we’re seeing an increase in value that is long overdue and likely to become the new “way it is” for Collins.

 

Monthly Mailbag #1: Aggregate Scarcity v.s. Relative Scarcity

This is a topic that I have touched on in the past, but never dedicated an entire article to.  I actually intended to write a post about this over a year ago, but it took a conversation with a new friend to jog my memory.

Q:  Regarding back scarcity and pricing/value.  I would think supply and demand would dictate pricing more than the perceived scarcity of a particular back, but it doesn’t seem to be the case? 

A couple of examples – You have a Carolina Brights Dots Miller PSA 1 priced at $769.  I understand the Carolina Brights back is the 11th most difficult.  But that specific card has a graded population of 15 – higher than the Clarke batting Sov 150 (25th in back difficulty) I am getting from you (I just have the PSA pop of 2) for $235.  Does the relative scarcity of a particular front-back combination have a greater affect on the cards value than the perceived scarcity of the back in general?  Thanks.

This is a topic that I could talk about for hours.  Ever since I got into T206 back collecting, I have been interested in why the market values scarcity the way it does.  Before I get into it, I think I should explain what I mean by aggregate scarcity and relative scarcity.

“Aggregate scarcity” is my definition for the overall scarcity of each back.  When you look at a back scarcity ranking list, such as this one at T206resource.com, you are looking strictly at aggregate scarcity.  Aggregate scarcity focuses only on the back.  The back scarcity rankings on T206resource.com tell you that there are fewer Broad Leaf 460s in existence than Drums, and fewer Drums than Uzits.

I use the term “Relative scarcity” to help me dive a little deeper.  It takes a couple new bits of information into consideration.  First, the number of poses within a given subset.  For example, the American Beauty 350 No Frame subset consists of 37 different poses.  The Cycle 460 subset consists of 109 different poses.  According to the back scarcity rankings, American Beauty 350 No Frame is the rarer back of the two.  So overall, there are less AB350nf backs in existence than Cycle 460 backs.  If you just want one copy of each back, that back scarcity list is really all the info you need.  However, if you take a deeper look into things, you may start to see inefficiencies in the market.  Although the AB350nf back is scarcer in an aggregate sense, every single AB350nf pose is more plentiful than the Highest Pop Cycle 460 pose.

For instance, there are 15 copies of Nap Rucker (Throwing) with an American Beauty 350 no frame back in the combined PSA and SGC Pop Reports.  His teammate Kaiser Wilhelm’s Cycle 460 only has 4 graded copies between PSA and SGC.  In terms of relative scarcity, the Wilhelm is in a completely different stratosphere.

The second application of the term “relative scarcity” is when dealing with a certain front/back combo that is rare in comparison to other poses with the same back.  To illustrate, let’s look at Kaiser Wilhelm again.  His (With Bat) poses is fairly plentiful with Old Mill back.  Between PSA and SGC, there are 37 copies graded.  In contrast, Wilhelm’s (Hands at Chest) pose is one of the scarcer Old Mills, with just 6 copies graded between PSA and SGC.

This is what my friend was talking about when he referenced the Sovereign 150 Fred Clarke (With Bat) he bought from me.  Earlier this year, Pat Romolo and I published some pretty compelling evidence that Clarke (With Bat) was on a sheet that was short-printed with Sovereign 150 backs.  That article can be read here.  As far as Sovereign 150s go, Clarke (With Bat) is scarce.  However, when one does come to market, it probably won’t sell for much a premium.  This is due more to incomplete information than anything else however.  Very few collectors realize that front/back combo is scarce, and even fewer have seen the research that Pat and I published.

On the other hand, many more collectors are aware that Carolina Brights is a rare back, and prices tend to remain strong despite the fact that some poses (like Dots Miller) have populations in the teens.   Though prices don’t seem to be depressed for higher pop cards like Miller, I think you do sometimes see those cards take longer to sell because some of your prospective buyers already have a copy.

The “relatively scarce” front/back combos may fall through the cracks and sell for a depressed price if sold by someone who doesn’t realize what they have.  However, once they are in the hands of a collector who recognizes their significance, they often stay there, or require an “above market” price in order to change hands.

My 2019 National Trip Report: Day 1

I attended my first National Sports Collector’s Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio.  I had an amazing time.  I came away with some new friends, some great stories, and a nice stack of new cards.  I also learned a lot about how to approach the show, both in terms of enjoying the spectacle, as well as navigating the show floor as a buyer.    Although I am very pleased with how the show went overall, I will definitely do some things differently next year in Chicago.  I hope this trip report will be both entertaining, and helpful to those of you haven’t been to a National yet, but plan to go in the future.

We arrived in Cleveland late on Tuesday night and checked into our airBNB in Lakewood, Ohio.  We were still on Seattle time, so it took a little while to fall asleep, despite being worn out from the long day of travel.  We spent Wednesday morning and afternoon checking out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and after a late lunch, headed over to the IX Center for the show.  The show was only open to the public from 4pm to 8pm on Wednesday.

This Doyle Sovereign 150 was my best T206 pickup on Wednesday

My main motivation for wanting to attend the National was social.  I wanted to meet some online friends in person, do some networking, and make some new friends.  That being said, I was also really excited to be there as a collector.  On the first day, my plan was to try and see as many booths as possible.  The idea was I wanted to do my best to find the tough T206 backs (and other tougher issues on my want-list) before everybody else saw them.  In hindsight, this wasn’t really the best idea.  I did end up canvassing the show floor from one end to the other (hitting the last booth a few minutes before 8pm), but I won’t approach future Nationals in the same way for a few reasons.  For one thing, though I thought I was visiting every booth, I realized over the next two days that I had actually missed quite a few tables (and possibly even entire aisles).  Secondly, I wish I had slowed down and taken in the spectacle a little more.  Because I was just looking to buy cards, I whizzed right on past the Auction House booths, which have the best eye candy on the entire show floor.  More than anything, I regret it because I burned myself out a bit, and I got the false impression that I had seen everything, when I really hadn’t.

Not a T206, but picking up this high grade 1916 Globe Stores back was a highlight from Wednesday

All that being said, I still had a blast the first day.  It was pretty overwhelming to be somewhere in the middle of show floor,  just surrounded by seemingly endless tables in every direction.  In a typical local card show, it’s pretty cool to a couple of tables with pre-war.  It was pretty incredible to get to browse through hundreds of such tables at the National.

Overall my first day was not super eventful.  Of the three days that I attended, I actually bought the fewest cards on Day 1, despite seeing the most tables.  Going into the show, the thought of doing a trip report hadn’t crossed my mind.  I wish it had, as I would have taken a bunch more pictures.  As I was making my way through the aisles, at about the halfway point, I look up and realize there’s a Ferris Wheel in the center of the IX Center!

After the show closed, and they herded us out the exits, I did my only bit of socializing that day.  I had made a trade with a friend a couple weeks prior to the National, and we decided that rather than mailing the cards to each other, we’d just meet up at the show and make the swap.  It was great meeting him in person, and the card I traded for was my favorite pickup from the show.  Opinions are pretty well split on whether this card is a T206 or not, but in my humble opinion, it should be considered one.

After meeting up to trade, my wife and I had an amazing dinner at a Mexican place called Momacho.  Highly recommended if you are ever in the area.  After that excellent meal, it was back to the airBNB to get some shut-eye before getting back at it on Thursday morning.

If you consider a Coupon Type 1 a T206, then this was the best T206 pickup of the day