t206resource #96

Cobb, Ty (Portrait - Red)

Team
Detroit
Franchise
Detroit Tigers
League
American
Print Group
5 · Super Print

Attributes:HOFPortrait

The 'Ty Cobb' back - a period tobacco advertisement promoting 'Ty Cobb, King of the Smoking Tobacco World' - appears only on this red-portrait subject and is among the rarest and most prized of all T206 backs. It has no checklist page on t206resource.com and is included here as a documented special case.

Confirmed with 27 of 40 backs. Which ones, and what is known about the rest, is below.

  • 27 confirmed
  • 1 possible
  • 2 probably not printed
  • 10 not printed

All 40 backs are listed, including those this subject was never printed with — a back that cannot exist is shown as such rather than left out, which is the difference between “no” and “nobody checked”.

Order

Every T206 back and whether Cobb, Ty (Portrait - Red) is known to exist with it, grouped by what is known and ordered rarest first
BackRank1 = rarest
Confirmed (27)A card with this back is documented.
Ty CobbFactory 33 · North Carolina1
Broad Leaf 460Factory 25 · Virginia4
Drum 350Factory 25 · Virginia5
Red HinduFactory 649 · New York7
Black LenoxFactory 30 · New York8
Broad Leaf 350Factory 25 · Virginia9
Blank Back10
Carolina BrightsFactory 25 · Virginia11
Piedmont 350-460Factory 42 · North Carolina12
Sovereign 460Factory 25 · Virginia16
Cycle 460Factory 25 · Virginia17
TolstoiFactory 30 · New York18
Sweet Caporal 350-460Factory 25 · Virginia19
El Principe De GalesFactory 17 · Virginia20
American Beauty 350 (Frame)Factory 25 · Virginia21
Apple Green Sovereign 350Factory 25 · Virginia22
Sweet Caporal 350-460Factory 42 · North Carolina23
Cycle 350Factory 25 · Virginia24
Sweet Caporal 350-460 OverprintFactory 42 · North Carolina28
Black Old Mill (BBS)Factory 25 · Virginia29
Polar BearFactory 6 · Ohio30
Sweet Caporal 350-460Factory 30 · New York33
Piedmont 350-460Factory 25 · Virginia36
Sweet Caporal 350Factory 25 · Virginia37
Sweet Caporal 350Factory 30 · New York38
Piedmont 350Factory 25 · Virginia39
T213-1 Coupon Type 1Not ranked
Possible (1)Reported but not confirmed — it may exist.
Brown LenoxFactory 30 · New York3
Probably not printed (2)Believed never to have been printed, but not ruled out.
UZITFactory 30 · New York6
American Beauty 460Factory 42 · North Carolina13
Not printed (10)This subject was never printed with this back.
Brown Old Mill (SL)Factory 25 · Virginia2
Brown HinduFactory 649 · New York14
American Beauty 350 (No Frame)Factory 25 · Virginia15
Black Old Mill (SL)Factory 25 · Virginia25
Sovereign 150Factory 25 · Virginia26
Sweet Caporal 150Factory 649 · New York27
Forest Green Sovereign 350Factory 25 · Virginia31
Sweet Caporal 150Factory 25 · Virginia32
Sweet Caporal 150Factory 30 · New York34
Piedmont 150Factory 25 · Virginia35

Something here wrong? Tell me. This catalog is compiled from sources that do not all agree, and corrections from people who know the cards are the only way it gets better.