1909 - 1911 T206 American Tobacco Co. White Borders Portrait - Washington Card #:161
The card below was downloaded from the Library of Congress.
1909-11 T206 American Tobacco Company White Borders - Kid Elberfeld - Washington Fielding - Sweet Caporal - Library of Congress - Front
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1909-11 T206 American Tobacco Company White Borders - Kid Elberfeld - Washington Fielding - Sweet Caporal - Library of Congress - Back
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| | Title: Kid Elberfeld, Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait
Card set: White Borders (T206)
Description: 1 print : relief with halftone, color.
Contributor Names: American Tobacco Company, sponsor
Created / Published: 1909-1911.
Subject Headings- Elberfeld, Kid (Team member) - Washington Nationals - Washington - American League - third baseman
Medium: 1 print : relief with halftone, color.
Call Number: LOT 13163-18, no. 372 [P&P]
Source Collection: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Card set: White Borders (T206)
Description: 1 print : relief with halftone, color.
Contributor Names: American Tobacco Company, sponsor
Created / Published: 1909-1911.
Subject Headings- Elberfeld, Kid (Team member) - Washington Nationals - Washington - American League - third baseman
Medium: 1 print : relief with halftone, color.
Call Number: LOT 13163-18, no. 372 [P&P]
Source Collection: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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1909-11 T206 Piedmont 350/25 Kid Elberfeld (Washington) Portrait PSA 5 EX
One of the joys (or curses, depending who you ask) of collecting the T206 set is chasing down the short prints. Although the card offered here certainly doesn't rise to the mythic proportions of the treasured Honus Wagner and Eddie Plank cards, it is nevertheless one of the toughest cards to find in the set, especially in mid-grade condition or better. Following the 1909 season, the New York Highlanders sold the rights of their talented but quarrelsome shortstop, Kid Elberfeld, to the Washington Senators. The American Tobacco Company, in the middle of their highly successful run of "baseball pictures," (i.e., T206) decided to update Elberfeld's portrait card to reflect his change of team. They substituted the words "New York" printed across his jersey with a "W," and thus created a short-printed alternate entry into the T206 collection.The offered card of Elberfeld is striking, especially the bold red background color. The portrait of the "Tabasco Kid" is perfectly registered, and the card is bright and clean, both front and back. One point of interest: there is some speckling in the red background on the obverse, which was undoubtedly caused at the factory when the cards were printed onto sheets and then stacked one atop the other—in this case stacked before the ink fully dried. A quick look at the Piedmont ad back reverse shows some small dots of red ink, no doubt lifted from the front of the card stacked below it. (This printing quirk only adds to the coolness factor, in our humble opinion!)
The PSA Population Report show that there have been only nine Elberfeld "Washington" portraits equal to the PSA EX 5 presented here, with just six unqualified copies grading higher. Sales in a PSA 5 grade have ranged from $1,300 to $1,900 the past five years, which we believe could soon be a bargain when collectors fully realize the scarcity of mid-grade examples of this rarity. This lot is highly recommended to the most discerning collectors and investors. [Final price was $1,187.00]
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One of the joys (or curses, depending who you ask) of collecting the T206 set is chasing down the short prints. Although the card offered here certainly doesn't rise to the mythic proportions of the treasured Honus Wagner and Eddie Plank cards, it is nevertheless one of the toughest cards to find in the set, especially in mid-grade condition or better. Following the 1909 season, the New York Highlanders sold the rights of their talented but quarrelsome shortstop, Kid Elberfeld, to the Washington Senators. The American Tobacco Company, in the middle of their highly successful run of "baseball pictures," (i.e., T206) decided to update Elberfeld's portrait card to reflect his change of team. They substituted the words "New York" printed across his jersey with a "W," and thus created a short-printed alternate entry into the T206 collection.The offered card of Elberfeld is striking, especially the bold red background color. The portrait of the "Tabasco Kid" is perfectly registered, and the card is bright and clean, both front and back. One point of interest: there is some speckling in the red background on the obverse, which was undoubtedly caused at the factory when the cards were printed onto sheets and then stacked one atop the other—in this case stacked before the ink fully dried. A quick look at the Piedmont ad back reverse shows some small dots of red ink, no doubt lifted from the front of the card stacked below it. (This printing quirk only adds to the coolness factor, in our humble opinion!)
The PSA Population Report show that there have been only nine Elberfeld "Washington" portraits equal to the PSA EX 5 presented here, with just six unqualified copies grading higher. Sales in a PSA 5 grade have ranged from $1,300 to $1,900 the past five years, which we believe could soon be a bargain when collectors fully realize the scarcity of mid-grade examples of this rarity. This lot is highly recommended to the most discerning collectors and investors. [Final price was $1,187.00]
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