1909-1911 T206 White Border PSA- and SGC-Graded Near-Complete Set (518/524)

Sold For:

$99,000

Year:

1909

Auction:

2024 Fall

Lot #:

450

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Presented is a near-complete 1909-1911 T206 White Border set (518 of 524), missing only the "Big 4" and the St. Louis variations of Demmitt and O'Hara for completion. There is little need for a formal introduction to the T206 White Border set, the single most important and highly collected issue among all tobacco and all vintage cards. This is an extremely attractive and clean near-complete set of 518 cards. The cards span all grades and include many significant condition highlights; the entire set has tremendous eye-appeal across the board and even the lesser-graded cards are very pleasing and exhibit bright colors. Any T206 set, of course, naturally has a tremendous "break value" and most quality sets are broken up and sold individually. This T206 near-complete set is highlighted by seventy-four Hall of Famers, including four Ty Cobbs, three Christy Mathewsons, two Walter Johnsons, three Cy Youngs, as well as several rarities, including Elberfeld/port. (Wash.), and, of course, the forty-eight scarce Southern League series cards. The backs include one Broad Leaf, one Factory 42, two American Beauty, six Cycle, four El Principe De Gales, thirty-five Old Mill (including nineteen Southern Leaguers), twenty-nine Polar Bear, forty-five Sovereign, and five Tolstoi. All 514 cards have been encapsulated and graded by SGC (472), PSA (40), or GAI (2). (Please note that there is a mix between old and new SGC holders and in our listing below we are using the 1-10 scale for simplicity.) Included is six EX/NM 6s, two EX+ 5.5s, forty-three EX 5s, twenty-four VG/EX+ 4.5s, seventy-nine VG/EX 4s, twenty-six VG+ 3.5s, 123 VG 3s, thirty-seven GOOD+ 2.5s, seventy GOOD 2s, fifty FAIR 1.5s, forty-four POOR 1s, and fourteen Authentic.SGC Grading Composite: EX/NM 6 (6 cards): Including Hannifan (PSA). EX+ 5.5 (2 cards): J.J. Clarke and Krause/portrait (Sovereign 350). EX 5 (43 cards): Including Bender/trees, Cicotte, Lajoie/throwing, Camnitz/hands over head (Tolstoi, PSA EX 5 ([MC]), Waddell/throwing, and Willetts (PSA). VG/EX+ 4.5 (24 cards): Including Bender/no trees. VG/EX 4 (79 cards): Including Abstein, Bresnahan/portrait, Chase/holding trophy, Chase/portrait blue background, Coles (SL), Engle (Broad Leaf, PSA VG-EX 4 [MC]), Evers/Chicago on shirt (PSA), Evers/Cubs on shirt, Fromme (PSA), Gandil, Howard (Old Mill, SL), Jennings/Both hands showing, Marquard/portrait, McGraw/portrait with cap, Murray/portrait (PSA), Rhoades/hands at chest (PSA), Shipke (PSA, Sovereign 350), F. Smith/Chicago white cap (PSA), Stanage (PSA), and Wallace. VG+ 3.5 (26 cards): Including Geyer, Huggins/hands at mouth, Huggins/portrait, Paige (SL), White (SL), and Young/glove shows. VG 3 (123 cards): Including Beckley, Bender/portrait, Breitenstein (SL), Bresnahan/with bat, Brown/Cubs on shirt, Brown/portrait, Burchell (PSA, American Beauty 350), Bush (GAI), Chase/throwing dark cap, Chase/throwing white cap, F. Clarke/holding bat, F. Clarke/portrait, E. Collins, J. Collins, Clymer (PSA), Evans (PSA), Flick, Greminger (PSA Old Mill, SL), Griffith/portrait, Guiheen (SL), Hart (SL), Helm (Old Mill, SL), Jennings/portrait, Joss/pitching (Tolstoi), Joss/portrait, Keeler/with bat, Kroh (PSA, Sovereign 350), Lafitte (SL), Leach/bending over (PSA, Polar Bear), Lentz (SL), Lipe (Old Mill, SL), Marquard/follow-through (Sovereign 460), McGinnity, Rockenfeld (Old Mill, SL), Schlei/catching (PSA, Sovereign 150), Seitz (SL), Shaughnessy (SL), C. Smith (SL), S. Smith (Old Mill, SL), Thebo (Old Mill, SL), Thornton (Old Mill, SL), Tinker/portrait (Sovereign 150), Tenney (PSA), Willis/portrait, Willis/with bat, and Young/bare hand shows (PSA, Sovereign 150). GOOD+ 2.5 (37 cards): Including Cobb/bat on shoulder, Crawford/throwing (Sovereign 350), Evers/portrait, Fritz (SL), Hickman (Old Mill, SL), Kelley, Kleinow/boston (PSA, Old Mill), Manning/pitching (PSA), Mathewson/white cap, McGraw/portrait no cap, Mullaney (SL), Orth (SL), Perdue (Old Mill, SL), Speaker, and Stark (Old Mill, SL). GOOD 2 (70 cards): Including Baker, Bastian (Old Mill, SL), Carey (SL), Chance/portrait, red background, Chase/portrait pink background (Sovereign 150), Conroy/fielding (PSA), Cranston (PSA, SL), Cravath (PSA), Dahlen/Brooklyn (PSA), G. Davis, Ellam (SL), Jennings/one hand showing (Sovereign 350), Jordan (Old Mill, SL), Kiernan (Old Mill, SL), King (SL), Lindaman (PSA GOOD 2 [MC]), Livingstone (PSA, Old Mill), Manion (Old Mill, SL), Marquard/hands at thighs, McCauley (SL), McGraw/finger in air (PSA), Otey (SL), Pelty/horizontal (PSA), Persons (SL), Phillippe (PSA Cycle 350), Powell (PSA), Reagan (Old Mill, SL), Tinker/bat off shoulder (Tolstoi), Titus, Waddell/portrait, and Young/portrait. FAIR 1.5 (50 cards): Including Bay (SL), Bernhard (Old Mill, SL), Brown/Chicago on shirt (Polar Bear), Chance/batting (Polar Bear), Chesbro, Crawford/with bat, Cree (GAI), Duffy (Polar Bear), Hart (SL), Hooker (Old MIll, SL), Johnson/portrait, Lajoie/portrait, Lundgren/chicago, Mathewson/dark cap, Miller (SL), Revelle (PSA Old Mill, SL), Ryan (SL), Tinker/bat on shoulder, Violat (SL), and Willis/St. Louis throwing (PSA). POOR 1 (44 cards): Including Cobb/green, Cobb/bat off shoulder, Foster (SL), Griffith/batting, Johnson/hands at chest (Polar Bear), Keeler/portrait, Lajoie/with bat, McGraw/glove at hip, Merritt (PSA POOR 1 [MK] Sovereign 350), Molesworth (SL), Sheckard/glove showing (PSA, Sovereign 460), Walsh, Westlake (SL), and Wheat. Authentic (14 cards): Including Chance/portrait yellow background, Cobb/red (Old Mill), Elberfeld/Washington portrait, Mathewson/portrait, Rucker/throwing (Factory 42), and Tinker/hands on knees.This is a set with tremendous eye-appeal, appearing at a glance considerably stronger than suggested by the very respectable and accurate condition composite and individual grades listed above. T206s in Near Mint or higher grades have risen to astounding levels that are unaffordable for most collectors. Impressive cards ranging in grade from Good to Excellent condition, of which this near-set is primarily composed, represent one of the most outstanding values of all vintage cards. This is a beautiful near-complete set of the 1910 era's most classic tobacco-card issues, in an extremely desirable overall grade. Total: 518 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $25,000.