1909-11 T206 Piedmont 150 Sherry Magee (Portrait, Magie Error) PSA VG 3. - From The Rounders Collection...

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1909-11 T206 Piedmont 150 Sherry Magee (Portrait, Magie Error) PSA VG 3. - From The Rounders Collection Sherry Magee was a good outfielder who put together a solid career during his 16 years in the Major Leagues. A lifetime .291 batter, he collected 2,169 hits of which 1,495 went for singles. Solid in the field, he recorded an overall fielding percentage of .971, spending the majority of his time making plays in center field. Decent statistics by any means, his numbers were not considered worthy of Cooperstown, however. But his presence in the hobby is known by many by virtue of a simple printing mistake in one of the industry's most coveted tobacco card sets.

Considered one of the most famous error cards in the hobby, Magee's 1909-11 T206 card incorrectly spelled his last name "Magie." With that single-letter misspelling, his tobacco card has made him a Hall of Famer (of sorts) in the card collecting community. Though the error was eventually caught and corrected, the number of cards that wear the "Magie" moniker remain as some of the most sought after for any advanced collector's T206 collection, regardless of condition. Offered is one of those rarities: the 1909-11 T206 tobacco card featuring Sherry Magee ("Magie") via his Portrait pose, with a "Piedmont - 150 Subjects" advertisement featured on the reverse. This example of the card exhibits some surface wear as well as noticeable corner wear. Graded PSA VG 3. This is one of only 12 examples graded VERY GOOD in the PSA Pop Report with nine rated higher.

More Information: The Rounders Collection

It began, as many baseball card collections do, with a boy in the 1950s buying packs of cards with friends. But while others flicked their cards against walls and attached them to their bicycle spokes, he winced at the damage. Cards were treasures meant to be preserved in the same pristine condition as when a pack was first opened.

Fast forward three decades to the 1980s and an alarming phone call from his mom -- "I’m cleaning out your old stuff from your room, including all these baseball cards." That call reignited a dormant passion, transforming a boyhood pastime into a lifelong pursuit.

This journey continued in the decades since, evolving through flea markets across the Carolinas and Virginia, Southern card shows with Marco Rol, and eventually to the digital frontier under the handle ‘Rounders2.’ Leveraging skills honed as a textile industry executive, he used his keen eye and astute attention to detail to assess tiny blemishes and ensure perfect color registration. As the grading industry emerged, he proactively pursued grading specifications with experts to deeply understand what qualities defined each grade. His precision-driven passion made him a fixture in the card-collecting community.

The result is a carefully curated, world-class collection demonstrating a love of the game's history and a deep appreciation for some of the most creative and beautiful cards. This overall collection and the sets within it were pieced together card by card, traded, and upgraded over the last forty years. His pursuit of perfection and talent for identifying cards that grade well and appreciate in value make this a one-of-a-kind collection, including high grade Hobby classics like 1933 Goudey Gehrig & Ruth, a T206 collection comprised of many stunning, high grade and low pop examples from the expansive and beloved tobacco card set, a 1964 Topps Standup collection that is the #2 Current Finest (and #3 All-Time Finest) on the PSA Registry and an extensive collection of baseball card wax packs from the 1950's through the 70's featuring packs from every year between 1953 and 1979.


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