1909-1911 T206 White Border Collection (38) Including Cicotte - All Sovereign 350 Backs

Sold For:

$1,680

Year:

1909

Auction:

2024 Summer

Lot #:

579

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Presented is a collection of thirty-eight different cards from the classic T206 White Border series composed exclusively of cards featuring a desirable Sovereign 350 advertising reverse and highlighted by notorious "Black Sox" member Eddie Cicotte. This collection consists of the following: Ames/portrait (Pr), S. Barry (Gd), G. Brown/Washington (Fr), Burch/fielding (Gd), Bush (rubber stamp on reverse, otherwise Vg), Byrne (Pr), Casey (Pr-Fr), Cicotte (rubber stamp on reverse, otherwise Pr-Fr, "Black Sox"), Congalton (Pr), Criss (Vg+), Donohue (trimmed, otherwise Fr), Dooin (Gd), Dougherty/portrait (Ex), Ferguson (Pr), D. Howard (Vg+), Howell/portrait (Gd), F. Jones/hands at hips (Pr-Fr due to tape on reverse), Kleinow/with bat (Fr), Leifield/batting (measures a bit small, otherwise Gd), Liebhardt (Gd), McGinley (Pr, w/ upper-right corner missing), McGlynn (Fr), Merkle/portrait (Pr), Merritt (Pr), F. Mitchell (Fr-Gd), H. Moran (Gd+), Mullin/with bat (trimmed, otherwise Pr), Niles (measures a bit small, otherwise Fr), O'Hara/New York (Pr), Oldring/fielding (Gd), Pfeister/seated (Pr), Pickering (Pr), Quillen (trimmed, otherwise Pr), Heinie Smith (Gd+), Stahl/glove shows (Gd), Stephens (Fr), D. White/pitching (Pr), and Wright (upper-right corner is detached, Pr). This is an attractive mixed-grade collection of T206 cards featuring this desirable advertising reverse. Total: 38 cards. Opening Bid $300.