1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Eddie Plank PSA VG 3 - From The Rounders Collection...

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1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Eddie Plank PSA VG 3 - From The Rounders Collection


UPDATE: Title corrected.

Eddie Plank, a hard-throwing southpaw, was at the pinnacle of his MLB career when the offered 1909-11 T206 card featuring him was issued. From 1909 to '11, he recorded 58 victories for the Philadelphia Athletics and led the team to back-to-back World Series titles in 1910 and '11. An eventual Hall of Famer who posted a total of 326 victories over his 17 seasons in the Major Leagues, Plank was enshrined in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown in 1946, a full 20 years after his death at the age of 50.

Considered the other "Holy Grail" of the hobby's most popular tobacco card issue, just behind the fabled story surrounding Honus Wagner's historic, short-printed card, Plank's short print is thought to be the result of a broken printing plate that ended production of his card shortly after it began. While these stories remain a point of debate much more than a century later, there is full consensus that this pair of Dead Ball Era cards remain among the most important and desirable issues from "The Monster," the name given to the enormous 524-card release.

Plank's portrait, a colorized version of celebrated photographer Carl Horner's studio shot, is found in Very Good condition with this example as it exhibits good color and centering but shows its age with some surface wear and worn corners. Graded PSA VG 3. This particular specimen, with its "Sweet Caporal 350/30" advertising reverse, is one of only three cards graded VERY GOOD in the PSA Pop Report with just eight 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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