1909-1911 T206 White Border PSA EX 5 Collection (96)

Sold For:

$9,988

Year:

1909

Auction:

2011 Spring

Lot #:

337

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Collection of ninety-six T206 White Border tobacco cards, each graded and encapsulated EX 5 by PSA. All have Piedmont or Sweet Caporal advertising backs unless otherwise noted. The collection consists of the following: Abbaticchio (blue sleeves), Bescher (port.), Bliss, Burch (fielding), Congalton, Dineen (Dinneen), Dougherty (arm in air), Dygert, Easterly, Engle, Fiene (throwing), Flanagan, Ford, Freeman, Ganzel, Geyer, Hartsel, Hayden, Herzog (NY), Hoffman (St. Louis), Hoffman (Providence), Howard (Chicago), Howell (port.), Hulswitt, Hummel, Hunter, Isbell, Kleinow (catching), Knight (port.), Knight (bat), Konetchy (glove near ground), Krause (port.), Krause (pitching), Lake (no ball), LaPorte, Lord, Maddox, Magee (port.), Magee (bat), Maloney, Manning (bat), Marshall, McBride, McCauley (Southern Leaguer-Old Mill back), McCormick, McElveen, McGann, McIntyre (Bklyn & Chi.), McIntyre (Det.), McLean, Meyers, Milan, Miller (Pitt.), Mitchell (Cinn.), Moeller, Moran (Providence), Moran (Chicago), Mowrey, Murray (port.), Murray (batting), Myers (fielding), Nattress, Niles, Oberlin, O'Brien, Parent, Paskert, Pastorius, Perring, Pfeffer, Phelan, Phelps, Phillippe, Powell, Quillen, Quinn, Randall, Raymond, Reulbach (no glove), Schlafly, Schlei (batting), Schmidt (throwing), Scott, Seymour (throwing), Shannon, Slagle, Stephens, Stovall (batting), Street (port.), Thomas, Unglaub, Wilhelm (hands at chest), Willett, Willetts, Wilson, and Wright. This is a very impressive group that could serve as a substantial foundation for a high-quality T206 collection, or make a significant contribution to the completion of an extremely high quality set. The fact that all are in the identical grade, a grade which many believe offers one of the very best values for cards from the classic T206 series, makes this is a particularly noteworthy collection. This is an unusually large collection of quality T206 cards in the same grade to be offered as a collection. PSA EX 5 T206 commons list for $135 each in SMR. The total SMR value for the collection is $12,960. Total: 96 cards. Reserve $2,000. Estimate $4,000/$8,000+. SOLD FOR $9,988