1909-11 T206 White Border Near Set (516). ...

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1909-11 T206 White Border Near Set (516). From the Adolph "Herky" Rupp, Jr. Collection. Missing Demmitt/St. Louis and the "Big 4" (Doyle NY Nat'l, Magie, Plank, Wagner) for completion. A total of 69 cards have been graded by SGC. Includes: Graded - SGC NM 7: 1 card, Hart; SGC EX-MT+ 6.5: 1 card, Dutch Jordan; SGC EX-MT 6: 5 cards, Arellanes, Bernhard, Bush, Guiheen, Rockenfeld; SGC EX+ 5.5: 4 cards, Donovan/Throwing, King, Revelle, Thornton; SGC EX 5: 19 cards, Chesbro, Coles, Demmitt/New York, Graham, Hickman, Hooker, Kiernan, Killian/Pitching, Lentz, Lipe, Manion, McCaleese, McGraw/Portrait/No Cap, Orth, Ryan, Thebo, Westlake, Wheat, White/Pitching; SGC VG-EX +4.5: 6 cards, Beckley, Bender/Trees, Conroy/with Bat, Jennings/Both Hands, Jones, Willis/Bat; SGC VG-EX 4: 12 cards, Cicotte, Crawford/Bat, Crawford/Throwing, Evers/Bat/Chicago, Griffith/Batting, Griffith/Portrait, Keeler/Portrait, McGraw/Glove at Hip, McGinnity, Violat, Speaker, Young/Portrait; SGC VG+ 3.5: 2 cards, Bresnahan/Bat, Kleinow/Boston; SGC VG 3: 11 cards, Bender/Portrait, Bresnahan/Portrait, Cobb/Bat on, Johnson/Hands, Johnson/Portrait, Joss/Portrait, Lajoie/Portrait, Mathewson/Dark Cap, Mathewson/White Cap, Walsh, Young/Hand; SGC GD+ 2.5: 3 cards, Baker, Cobb/Bat Off, Cobb/Green Portrait; SGC GD 2: 4 cards, O'Hara/St.Louis, Lajoie/Throwing, Mathewson/Portrait, Young/Glove Shows; SGC Authentic (miscut) - 1 card, Cobb/Red Portrait. Ungraded - Bender/No Trees (GD/VG), G. Brown/Washington (GD), Brown/Chicago (GD/VG), Brown/Cubs (PR), Brown/ Portrait (PR), Chance/Batting (VG), Chance/Red (GD), Chance/Yellow (GD), Chase/Dark Cap (GD), Chase/Blue (GD), Chase/Pink (FR), Clarke/Batting (miscut), Clarke/Portrait (VG), Collins/Philadelphia (GD), Collins/Minneaplois (GD), Dahlen/Brooklyn (FR), G. Davis (FR), Duffy (GD), Elberfeld/Portrait/Washington (PR), Evers/Portrait (PR), Evers/Cubs (GD), Flick (VG), Gandil (GD), Huggins/Hands Showing (GD), Huggins/Portrait (GD), Jennings/One Hand (FR), Joss/Pitching (PR), Keeler/Portrait (), Keeler/Batting (VG), Kelley (VG), Lajoie/Batting (FR), Lundgren/Chicago (PR), Marquard/Hands At Sides (VG), Marquard/Pitching (FR), Marquard/Portrait (GD/VG), McGraw/Finger In Air (FR), McGraw/Portrait/With Cap (FR), Tinker/Batting off Shoulder (VG), Tinker/Batting On Shoulder (GD), Tinker/Knees (FR), Tinker/Portrait (PR), Waddell/Portrait (FR), Waddell/Throwing (GD/VG), Wallace (GD), Willis/Pittsburgh (PR), Willis/Throwing (GD). Grades 5% EX to EX/MT, 40% VG to VG/EX, 30% GD to GD/VG, 25% PR to FR (a few trimmed).

More Information: All Cards are Piedmont & Sweet Caporal brand backs except for:
American Beauty: Knabe, Kroh, Latham, McCormick, Seymour/Throwing, Wilhelm/Bat, Willetts;
Cycle: Sharpe
El Principe De Gales: Abbaticchio/Brown Sleeves, Bliss, Demmitt/New York, McAleese, Puttman, Shannon, Stephens,
Hindu: Shaughnessy;
Old Mill: Bergen/Catching, Breitenstein, Burch/Fielding, Camnitz/Arms at Side, Coles, Ellam, Foster, Hart/Little Rock, Helm, Hooker, Howard/Savannah, Lafitte, Lentz, Lipe, Molesworth, Mullaney, Otey, Paige, Persons, Reagan, Revelle, Smith/Carlos, Smith/Sid, Thebo, Thornton, Violat;
Polar Bear: Ames/Hands over Head, Barger, Beck, Blackburne, Camnitz/Hands Over Head, Carr, Chase/Trophy, Clancy, Congalton, Dessau, Devore, Dougherty/Arm in Air, Downey/Fielding, Duffy, Fiene/Portrait, Ford, Gandil, Geyer, Graham/Boston, Gray, Groom, Hoblitzell, Howell/Hand at Waist, Kleinow/Catching, Knight/Bat, Lake/No Ball, Lake/With Ball, Leifeld/Batting, Lord, Marquard/Follow Through, McGraw/Portrait/With Cap, McIntyre/Brooklyn & Chicago, McQuillan, Meyers, Needham, O'Hara/St. Louis, Overall/Hands Face Level, Payne, Pelty/Vertical, Pfeffer, Pickering, Raymond, Reulbach, Schaefer/Washington, Schlei/Batting, Schulte/Back, Seymour/Portrait, Shaw, Smith/Happy, Snodgrass/Catching, Tannehill/Chicago/Tannehill, Tannehill/Washington, Wiltse, Young;
Sovereign: Abbott, Barry/Milwaukee, Batch, Brown/Portrait, Butler, Casey, Cassidy, Cravath, Mathewson/Portrait, Sheckard/Glove, Smith/Chicago/F, Smith/Heinie, Stone, Thielman, White/Buffalo;
Tolstoi: Delehanty/Louisville, McLean, Randall.


The Adolph F. "Herky" Rupp Jr Collection.

Adolph F. "Herky" Rupp Jr. was born into a world immersed in sports, as the sole offspring of the legendary basketball coach Adolph F. Rupp of Kentucky. This unique upbringing fueled a deep-rooted love for sports. At the tender age of 7, Herky found his calling in the form of sports card collecting, a hobby that he initiated by purchasing gum cards for mere pennies and nickels at his local Corner Grocery.

This childhood pastime swiftly evolved into a profound passion, spanning over the years, and culminating in a comprehensive and diverse collection. His trove features an array of cards from Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Goudey, Kahn, and Play Ball, along with local and regional sets and treasures from the early 1900s, including coveted tobacco and caramel cards.

Herky focused on two primary goals within his collecting journey: the completion of his card sets and the continuous enhancement of his collection's quality. His unwavering enthusiasm and devotion to the hobby remained steadfast for an impressive 68 years until his untimely death from cancer in 2016. His legacy, however, endures in the remarkable collection he amassed, a testament to his love for sports and the art of collecting.