Rare T206 Baseball Card to Be Sold
Rich Mueller
November 15, 2008
American Tobacco Company, maker of the T206 baseball cards, put New York Americans pitcher Joe Doyle in the National League by the use of a NY "Nat'l" team identifier at the bottom of his card.
The company quickly discovered the error, and changed the printing plate to reflect that Doyle was, in fact, not a New York Nationals player.
It was somewhat understandable. During the time period of 1909-1911 when the cards were first issued, there was a Minimum bid for the REA auction is $25,000. It is quite possible, however the card will sell for much more since so few exist.
The Doyle card is a true piece of rare sports memorabilia. It is much harder to find than the famous T206 Honus Wagner card which is considered the 'holy grail' of baseball cards. It is believed there are somewhere between 75 and 100 Wagner cards but perhaps no more than six Doyle error cards.
ong-time dealer Larry Fritsch first discovered the Doyle error in the 1970s. Fritsch, who died this year, bought one in 1987 for $10,000.
Ron Oser Enterprises sold a PSA 2 (good) Doyle in August 2000 for $178,598. In August 2000. MastroNet (now Mastro Auctions) sold a PSA 3-graded Doyle error for for $55,739 in August of 2003.
Doyle, along with Wagner, Eddie Plank and the Sherry Magee misspelling are the most sought after cards in the T206 series. Like Doyle, the "Magie" error was corrected to reflect the correct spelling of the player's name.
The company quickly discovered the error, and changed the printing plate to reflect that Doyle was, in fact, not a New York Nationals player.
It was somewhat understandable. During the time period of 1909-1911 when the cards were first issued, there was a Minimum bid for the REA auction is $25,000. It is quite possible, however the card will sell for much more since so few exist.
The Doyle card is a true piece of rare sports memorabilia. It is much harder to find than the famous T206 Honus Wagner card which is considered the 'holy grail' of baseball cards. It is believed there are somewhere between 75 and 100 Wagner cards but perhaps no more than six Doyle error cards.
ong-time dealer Larry Fritsch first discovered the Doyle error in the 1970s. Fritsch, who died this year, bought one in 1987 for $10,000.
Ron Oser Enterprises sold a PSA 2 (good) Doyle in August 2000 for $178,598. In August 2000. MastroNet (now Mastro Auctions) sold a PSA 3-graded Doyle error for for $55,739 in August of 2003.
Doyle, along with Wagner, Eddie Plank and the Sherry Magee misspelling are the most sought after cards in the T206 series. Like Doyle, the "Magie" error was corrected to reflect the correct spelling of the player's name.
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