1909-1911 T206 White Border PSA-Graded Collection (256)

Sold For:

$9,300

Year:

1909

Auction:

2020 Spring

Lot #:

354

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Substantial collection of 248 different (plus eight duplicates) T206 White Border tobacco cards, each graded and encapsulated by PSA. All cards have Piedmont or Sweet Caporal advertising backs. This is part of a larger collection of T206 cards, which we have broken down into several smaller lots organized by condition. PSA Grading Composite: EX 5 (2 cards): Bridwell/no cap (MK) and Downey/batting (MK). VG-EX 4 (1 card): Carr (MK). VG 3 (3 cards): Jordan/Brooklyn portrait (MC), Latham (MC), and Moran/Providence (MC). GOOD+ 2.5 (31 cards): Ames/hands above head, Barbeau, Brashear, Burke, Byrne, Camnitz/arm at side, Camnitz/hands above head, Clarke/Cleveland, Clymer, Congalton, Covaleski, Criss, Cross, Downs, Dubuc, Durham, Hallman, Jones/St. Louis, Killian/portrait, LaPorte, Lindaman, McGann, McIntyre/Brooklyn & Chicago, Merkle/portrait, Quinn, Ritter, Rucker/portrait, Schlei/catching, Spencer, Starr, and Tannehill/Chicago Tannehill on front. GOOD 2 (124 cards): Adkins, Alperman, Armbruster, Ball/New York, Ball/Cleveland, Beck, Becker, Berger, Bescher/hands in air, Bescher/portrait, Bowerman, Bradley/portrait, Brown/Browne Chicago, Burch/batting, Burchell, Chappelle, Charles, Crandall/portrait with cap, Cree, Criger, Dahlen/Boston, DelehantyWashington, Devlin, Donlin/seated, Donlin/with bat, Donohue, Donovan/throwing, Dougherty/portrait, Doyle/N.Y. hands above head, Doyle/N.Y. Natl with bat, Egan, Elberfeld/New York, Elberfeld/fielding, Engle, Evans, Frill, Ganzel, Gibson, Gilbert, Graham/Boston, Groom, Hannifan, Hemphill, Herzog/Boston, Herzog/New York, Hinchman/Cleveland, Hinchman/Toledo, Hoblitzell, Howard/Chicago, Isbell, Jones/hands at hips, Kling, Knight/portrait, Konetchy/glove above head, Lake/New York, Lake/St. Louis ball in hand, Lake/St. Louis no ball in hand, Lattimore, Lavender, Lennox, Liebhardt, Lord, Lundgren/Kansas City, Malarkey, McBride, McCormick, McGinley, McGlynn, McIntyre/Brooklyn, McIntyre/Detroit, Miller/Pittsburgh, Mitchell/Toronto, Mitchell/Cincinnati, Mowrey, Myers/batting, Niles, Oberlin, O'Leary/portrait, O'Neil, Overall/hands waist level, Paskert, Pastorius, Pelty/horizontal photo, Purtell, Puttman, Randall, Raymond, Rhoades/right arm extend, Ritchey, Rudolph, Schirm, Schlafly, Schlei/portrait, Scott, Seymour/throwing, Shannon, Shaw/St. Louis, Smith/Chicago F. Smith on front, Smith/Brooklyn, Smith/Buffalo, Stahl/glove shows, Stahl/no glove shows, Steinfeldt/with bat, Stephens, Stovall/batting, Strang, Sullivan, Summers, Sweeney/Boston, Tannehill/Washington, Tannehill/Chicago L. Tannehill on front, Tenney, two Titus, Turner (MK), Unglaub, Warhop, Weimer, White/Chicago pitching, Wilhelm/hands at chest, Wilhelm/with bat, Wiltse/portrait no cap, Wiltse/portrait with cap, and Zimmerman. FAIR 1.5 (58 cards): Abbott, Abstein, Ames/portrait, Anderson, Arellanes, Bell/pitching follow thru, Bridwell/portrait with cap, Bush, Cassidy (MK), Cravath, Dahlen/Boston, Donovan/portrait, Dorner, Doyle/N.Y. Natl portrait, Ferguson, Ferris, Fletcher, Grimshaw, Hahn, Hoffman/St. Louis, Howell/portrait, Hulswitt, Jones/Chicago, portrait, Kisinger, Kleinow/New York with bat, Leifield/batting, Manning/pitching, Marshall, Merkle/throwing, Moeller, Moran/Chicago, Murphy/batting, Nattress, O'Brien, Overall/portrait, Owen, Parent, Quillen, Reulbach/glove showing, Rossman, Schlei/batting, Schmidt/throwing, two Schulte/front view, Schulte/back view, Seymour/batting, Seymour/portrait, Shaw/Providence, Street/catching, Street/portrait, Taylor, Thielman, Titus, White/Chicago portrait, Willett, Willetts, Wilson, and Wright. POOR 1 (37 cards): Bates, Beaumont, Carrigan, Dahlen/Boston, DeVore, Ganley, Gray, Hofman, Hunter, Jones/Detroit, Karger, Konetchy/glove near ground (MK), Leach/bending over, Leach/portrait, Lumley (MC), Maddox, Manning/batting, Mattern, McElveen, Milan, Mullen/Mullin, Mullin/with bat, Murray/batting, O'Leary/hands on knees, Pfeister/Pfiester seated, Rhoades/Rhoads hands at chest, Schaefer/Detroit, Schaefer/Washington, Schmidt/portrait (MC), Schreck, Steinfeldt/portrait, Stovall/portrait, three Turner, one (MC), Wagner/bat on left shoulder, and Wagner/bat on right shoulder. This is a very impressive group that would make a significant contribution to the completion of any set currently in the process of being assembled. The total SMR value in the assigned grades (factoring in the forty-three half-grades at the lower whole-grade level and not including the twelve qualified cards) is $6,192. Total: 256 cards. Reserve $2,500. Estimate $5,000+.