The conventional methods for showing off your collection usually involve showing photos of shelves full of treasures on social media or some other online website. For collector Chris Torres of Seattle, his card collection goes everywhere he goes. That’s because Torres tattooed T206 cards with Polar Bear backs on his left arm so he can show off his collection just about … [Read more...] about Sports Card Ink: Collector Gets His T206 Polar Bears Tattooed
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2022 Topps 206 Brings Hobby Icon Back for 3rd Year
Topps has released the 2022 edition of its online exclusive 206 offering. Harkening back to the original T206 tobacco cards issued from 1909-1911, the Topps 206 cards are of the same size and feature current players and former greats. It’s the the product’s third year as an online exclusive. The cards are sold by packs in multiple series or “waves” offered … [Read more...] about 2022 Topps 206 Brings Hobby Icon Back for 3rd Year
Card Shop Discovery: Previously Unknown T206 Variation Hits Auction Market
The T206 set is still turning up secrets. The latest addition to the vast variety that is “The Monster” is a previously unreported card that turned up in a Georgia hobby shop. The image on the card of Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings isn’t rare, but the advertising on the back definitely is. The Jennings card was previously unknown to have a Lenox Brown … [Read more...] about Card Shop Discovery: Previously Unknown T206 Variation Hits Auction Market
Latest Installment of Hall T206 Collection Auction Set to Open
The latest installment in a multi-year auction distributing one man’s massive collection of T206 cards to the masses will get underway next week. Heritage Auctions plans to launch Part VII of the ongoing series of sales featuring cards from David Hall’s ten-year quest to collect not just a couple of complete T206 sets, but every variation and oddity within it he … [Read more...] about Latest Installment of Hall T206 Collection Auction Set to Open
Topps Launches Return of T206 Style On Demand Set
Cigarette cards are back and you won't need to light up a smoke to own them. 2021 Topps T206 arrived on Tuesday, with the company launching the first of ten series it will release throughout the course of the season. The cards are art style renderings of current major and minor league players, in the style of the 1909-1911 American Tobacco Company issue. It's the … [Read more...] about Topps Launches Return of T206 Style On Demand Set
REA to Offer T206 Set Break Ahead of Spring Auction
A graded T206 set including some of the famous collection’s rarities will hit the block in a special sale being conducted by Robert Edward Auctions beginning February 20. On Wednesday, the company announced plans for the card-by-card set break of a 522-card set of T206s, all graded by SGC and PSA including the scarce Eddie Plank and Sherry Magee (Magie) error cards as well … [Read more...] about REA to Offer T206 Set Break Ahead of Spring Auction
Cobb T206 Green Portrait, Mantle Rookie Top $2.9 Million Memory Lane Sale
Two T206 Ty Cobb cards were among the pace-setters as Memory Lane wrapped up its Summer Rarities Auction early Sunday morning. One of eight PSA 8 graded Cobb Green Portrait cards netted $288,000 in the auction, while the hobby's highest graded Uzit advertising back (PSA 6) ended at $99,600 including the buyer's premium. Other pre-War sales included a PSA 8 T206 Cy Young … [Read more...] about Cobb T206 Green Portrait, Mantle Rookie Top $2.9 Million Memory Lane Sale
David Hall’s 5,000+ T206 Collection Being Sold in Several Parts
The hobby’s most complete master set of T206 cards is being broken up and sold at auction. The accumulation of more than 5,000 cards collected by David Hall, founder of Collector’s Universe, will be sold through Heritage Auctions in a series of sales running through 2019 and beyond. The first portion of the collection alone will span three auctions, held in July, September … [Read more...] about David Hall’s 5,000+ T206 Collection Being Sold in Several Parts
Picker’s Rare Find: T206 Broad Leaf Ty Cobb to Enter Market
A newly discovered T206 Ty Cobb with an ultra-rare Broad Leaf 460 advertising back has been authenticated and will be offered for sale in Robert Edward Auctions’ Spring Catalog. Found some time ago along with some other tobacco-related paper items and advertising by an antique/junk hunter in western New York who collects old telephones, the card is expected to bring $50,000 … [Read more...] about Picker’s Rare Find: T206 Broad Leaf Ty Cobb to Enter Market
Clean Sweep Auctions Sale Includes Vintage Cards, Mays Contract, Rare Autographs
Clean Sweep Auctions has opened bidding on the largest catalog auction in the company’s long history. Nearly 600 lots are on the block in the sale, which runs through January 31. As usual, there are popular and rare baseball cards and autographs, but the company’s first auction of 2018 also has an extensive lineup of autographs from golf and boxing. T206 collectors … [Read more...] about Clean Sweep Auctions Sale Includes Vintage Cards, Mays Contract, Rare Autographs