[ffimarriott]

I have a question (in 3 parts) regarding the number of cards within the T206 set. First, I have been collecting this set since 1989, and am 27 cards away from finishing it (minus the big four of course). The below list came from t206 dot org. The list shows 514 cards, with ten (10) known variations (noted as bv in their list). So when you add these to the below list of 514 cards, you do get the magic number of 524 cards. However, there are also ten (10) other variations t206 dot org noted them in red font in the below list that to me, are just printing or similar flaws.

1. Do I assume that the variations in red font are not part of the actual set?
2. Are all bv variations part of the set?
3. What the heck is the final count without the big four, 520?


CHECKLIST WITH VARIATIONS:
1. Ed Abbaticchio (Blue Sleeves)
2. Ed Abbaticchio (Brown Sleeves)
3. Fred Abbott
4. Bill Abstein
5. Doc Adkins
6. Whitey Alperman
7. Red Ames (Hands At Chest)
8. Red Ames (Hands Above Head)
9. Red Ames (Portrait)
10. John Anderson
11. Frank Arellanes
12. Herman Armbruster
13. Harry Arndt
14. Jake Atz
15. Home Run Baker
16. Neal Ball (New York)
17. Neal Ball (Cleveland)
18. Jap Barbeau
19. Cy Barger
20. Jack Barry (Philadelphia)
21. Shad Barry (Milwaukee)
22. Jack Bastian
23. Emil Batch
24. Johnny Bates
25. Harry Bay
26. Ginger Beaumont
27. Fred Beck
27v. Fred Beck (missing magenta ink)
28. Beals Becker
28v. Beals Becker (missing magenta ink)
29. Jake Beckley
30. George Bell (Hands Above Head)
31. George Bell (Pitching Follow Thru)
32. Chief Bender (Pitching No Trees In Background)
33. Chief Bender (Pitching Trees In Background)
34. Chief Bender (Portrait)
35. Bill Bergen (Batting)
36. Bill Bergen (Catching)
37. Heinie Berger
38. Bill Bernhard
39. Bob Bescher (Hands In Air)
40. Bob Bescher (Portrait)
41. Joe Birmingham
42. Lena Blackburne
43. Jack Bliss
44. Frank Bowerman
45. Bill Bradley (Portrait)
46. Bill Bradley (With Bat)
47. Dave Brain
48. Kitty Bransfield
49. Roy Brashear
50. Ted Breitenstein
51. Roger Bresnahan (Portrait)
52. Roger Bresnahan (With Bat)
53. Al Bridwell (Portrait No Cap)
54. Al Bridwell (Portrait With Cap)
55a. George Brown (Browne) (Chicago)
55bv. George Brown (Browne) (Washington)
56. Mordecai Brown (Chicago On Shirt)
57. Mordecai Brown (Cubs On Shirt)
58. Mordecai Brown (Portrait)
59. Al Burch (Batting)
60. Al Burch (Fielding)
61. Fred Burchell
62. Jimmy Burke
63. Bill Burns
64. Donie Bush
65. John Butler
66. Bobby Byrne
67. Howie Camnitz (Arm At Side)
68. Howie Camnitz (Arms Folded)
69. Howie Camnitz (Hands Above Head)
70. Billy Campbell
71. Scoops Carey
72. Charley Carr
73. Bill Carrigan
74. Doc Casey
75. Peter Cassidy
76. Frank Chance (Batting)
77. Frank Chance (Portrait Red Background)
78. Frank Chance (Portrait Yellow Background)
79. Bill Chappelle
80. Chappie Charles
81. Hal Chase (Holding Trophy)
82. Hal Chase (Portrait Blue Background)
83. Hal Chase (Portrait Pink Background)
84. Hal Chase (Throwing Dark Cap)
85. Hal Chase (Throwing White Cap)
86. Jack Chesbro
87. Ed Cicotte
88. Bill Clancy (Clancey)
89. Josh Clark (Columbus) (Clarke)
90. Fred Clarke (Pittsburgh Holding Bat)
91. Fred Clarke (Pittsburgh Portrait)
92. J.J. Clarke (Cleveland)
93. Bill Clymer
94. Ty Cobb (Portrait Green Background)
95a. Ty Cobb (Portrait Red Background)
95bv. Ty Cobb (Portrait Red Background Ty Cobb Back)
96. Ty Cobb (Bat Off Shoulder)
97. Ty Cobb (Bat On Shoulder)
98. Cad Coles
99. Eddie Collins (Philadelphia)
100. Jimmy Collins (Minneapolis)
101. Bunk Congalton
102. Wid Conroy (Fielding)
103. Wid Conroy (With Bat)
104. Harry Covaleski (Coveleski)
105. Doc Crandall (Portrait No Cap)
106. Doc Crandall (Portrait With Cap)
107. Bill Cranston
108. Gavvy Cravath
109. Sam Crawford (Throwing)
110. Sam Crawford (With Bat)
111. Birdie Cree
112. Lou Criger
113. Dode Criss
114. Monte Cross
115a. Bill Dahlen (Boston)
115bv. Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn)
116. Paul Davidson
117. George Davis (Chicago)
118. Harry Davis (Philadelphia Davis On Front)
119. Harry Davis (Philadelphia H. Davis On Front)
120. Frank Delehanty (Louisville)
121. Jim Delehanty (Washington)
122a. Ray Demmitt (New York)
122bv. Ray Demmitt (St. Louis)
123. Rube Dessau
124. Art Devlin
125. Josh Devore
126. Bill Dineen (Dinneen)
127. Mike Donlin (Fielding)
128. Mike Donlin (Seated)
129. Mike Donlin (With Bat)
130. Jiggs Donohue (Donahue)
131. Wild Bill Donovan (Portrait)
132. Wild Bill Donovan (Throwing)
133. Red Dooin
134. Mickey Doolan (Batting)
135. Mickey Doolan (Fielding)
136. Mickey Doolin (Doolan)
137. Gus Dorner
137v. Gus Dorner (Dopner)
138. Patsy Dougherty (Arm In Air)
139. Patsy Dougherty (Portrait)
140. Tom Downey (Batting)
141. Tom Downey (Fielding)
142. Jerry Downs
143av. Joe Doyle (NY Nat'l Hands Above Head)
143b. Joe Doyle (NY Hands Above Head)
144. Larry Doyle (Portrait)
145. Larry Doyle (Throwing)
146. Larry Doyle (With Bat)
147. Jean Dubuc
148. Hugh Duffy
149. Jack Dunn (Baltimore)
150. Joe Dunn (Brooklyn)
151. Bull Durham
152. Jimmy Dygert
153. Ted Easterly
154. Dick Egan
155a. Kid Elberfeld (New York) (Portrait)
155bv. Kid Elberfeld (Washington) (Portrait)
156. Kid Elberfeld (Washington) (Fielding)
157. Roy Ellam
158. Clyde Engle
159. Steve Evans
160. Johnny Evers (Portrait)
161. Johnny Evers (With Bat Chicago On Shirt)
162. Johnny Evers (With Bat Cubs On Shirt)
163. Bob Ewing
164. Cecil Ferguson
164v. Cecil Ferguson (missing magenta ink)
165. Hobe Ferris
166. Lou Fiene (Portrait)
167. Lou Fiene (Throwing)
168. Steamer Flanagan
169. Art Fletcher
170. Elmer Flick
171. Russ Ford
172. Ed Foster
173. Jerry Freeman
174. John Frill
175. Charlie Fritz
176. Art Fromme
177. Chick Gandil
178. Bob Ganley
179. John Ganzel
180. Harry Gasper
181. Rube Geyer
182. George Gibson
183. Billy Gilbert
184. Wilbur Goode (Good)
185. Bill Graham (St. Louis)
186. Peaches Graham (Boston)
187. Dolly Gray
188. Ed Greminger
189. Clark Griffith (Batting)
190. Clark Griffith (Portrait)
191. Moose Grimshaw
192. Bob Groom
193. Tom Guiheen
194. Ed Hahn
195. Bob Hall
196. Bill Hallman
197. Jack Hannifan (Hannifin)
198. Bill Hart (Little Rock)
199. Jimmy Hart (Montgomery)
200. Topsy Hartsel
201. Jack Hayden
202. J. Ross Helm
203. Charlie Hemphill
204. Buck Herzog (Boston)
205. Buck Herzog (New York)
206. Gordon Hickman
207. Bill Hinchman (Cleveland)
208. Harry Hinchman (Toledo)
209. Dick Hoblitzell
210. Danny Hoffman (St Louis)
211. Izzy Hoffman (Providence)
212. Solly Hofman
213. Bock Hooker
214. Del Howard (Chicago)
215. Ernie Howard (Savannah)
216. Harry Howell (Hand At Waist)
217. Harry Howell (Portrait)
218. Miller Huggins (Hand At Mouth)
219. Miller Huggins (Portrait)
220. Rudy Hulswitt
221. John Hummel
222. George Hunter
223. Frank Isbell
224. Fred Jacklitsch
225. Jimmy Jackson
226. Hughie Jennings (One Hand Showing)
227. Hughie Jennings (Both Hands Showing)
228. Hughie Jennings (Portrait)
229. Walter Johnson (Pitching)
230. Walter Johnson (Portrait)
231. Fielder Jones (Chicago) (Hands At Hip)
232. Fielder Jones (Chicago) (Portrait)
233. Davy Jones (Detroit)
234. Tom Jones (St Louis)
235. Dutch Jordan (Atlanta)
236. Tim Jordan (Brooklyn) (Batting)
237. Tim Jordan (Brooklyn) (Portrait)
238. Addie Joss (Pitching)
239. Addie Joss (Portrait)
240. Ed Karger
241. Willie Keeler (Portrait)
242. Willie Keeler (Batting)
243. Joe Kelley
244. J.F. Kiernan
245. Ed Killian (Pitching)
246. Ed Killian (Portrait)
247. Frank King
248. Rube Kisinger (Kissinger)
249av. Red Kleinow (Boston) (Catching)
249b. Red Kleinow (New York) (Catching)
250. Red Kleinow (New York) (With Bat)
251. Johnny Kling
252. Otto Knabe
253. Jack Knight (Portrait)
254. Jack Knight (With Bat)
255. Ed Konetchy (Glove Above Head)
256. Ed Konetchy (Glove Near Ground)
257. Harry Krause (Pitching)
258. Harry Krause (Portrait)
259. Rube Kroh
260. Otto Kruger (Krueger)
261. James Lafitte
262. Nap Lajoie (Portrait)
263. Nap Lajoie (Throwing)
264. Nap Lajoie (With Bat)
265. Joe Lake (New York)
266. Joe Lake (St. Louis) (Ball In Hand)
267. Joe Lake (St. Louis) (No Ball In Hand)
268. Frank LaPorte
269. Arlie Latham
270. Bill Lattimore
271. Jimmy Lavender
272. Tommy Leach (Bending Over)
273. Tommy Leach (Portrait)
274. Lefty Leifield (Batting)
275. Lefty Leifield (Pitching)
276. Ed Lennox
277. Harry Lentz (Sentz)
278. Glenn Liebhardt
279. Vive Lindaman
279v. Vive Lindaman (missing magenta ink)
280. Perry Lipe
281. Paddy Livingstone (Livingston)
282. Hans Lobert
283. Harry Lord
284. Harry Lumley
285av. Carl Lundgren (Chicago)
285b. Carl Lundgren (Kansas City)
286. Nick Maddox
287av. Sherry Magie (Magee)
287b. Sherry Magee (portrait)
288. Sherry Magee (With Bat)
289. Bill Malarkey
290. Billy Maloney
291. George Manion
292. Rube Manning (Batting)
293. Rube Manning (Pitching)
294. Rube Marquard (Hands At Thighs)
295. Rube Marquard (Pitching Follow Through)
296. Rube Marquard (Portrait)
297. Doc Marshall
298. Christy Mathewson (Dark Cap)
299. Christy Mathewson (Portrait)
300. Christy Mathewson (White Cap)
301. Al Mattern
302. John McAleese
303. George McBride
304. Pat McCauley
305. Moose McCormick
306. Pryor McElveen
307. Dan McGann
308. Jim McGinley
309. Iron Man McGinnity
310. Stoney McGlynn
311. John McGraw (Finger In Air)
312. John McGraw (Glove At Hip)
313. John McGraw (Portrait No Cap)
314. John McGraw (Portrait With Cap)
315. Harry McIntyre (Brooklyn)
316. Harry McIntyre (Brooklyn & Chicago)
317. Matty McIntyre (Detroit)
318. Larry McLean
319. George McQuillan (Ball In Hand)
320. George McQuillan (With Bat)
321. Fred Merkle (Portrait)
322. Fred Merkle (Throwing)
323. George Merritt
324. Chief Meyers
325. Clyde Milan
326. Dots Miller (Pittsburgh)
327. Molly Miller (Dallas)
328. Bill Milligan
329. Fred Mitchell (Toronto)
330. Mike Mitchell (Cincinnati)
331. Dan Moeller
332. Carlton Molesworth
333. Herbie Moran (Providence)
334. Pat Moran (Chicago)
335. George Moriarty
336. Mike Mowrey
337. Dom Mullaney
338. George Mullen (Mullin)
339. George Mullin (Throwing)
340. George Mullin (With Bat)
341. Danny Murphy (Batting)
342. Danny Murphy (Throwing)
343. Red Murray (Batting)
344. Red Murray (Portrait)
344v. Red Murray (Portrait) (Murr'y)
345. Chief Myers (Meyers) (Batting)
346. Chief Myers (Meyers) (Fielding)
347. Billy Nattress
348. Tom Needham
349. Simon Nicholls (Hands On Knees)
350. Simon Nichols (Nicholls) (Batting)
351. Harry Niles
352. Rebel Oakes
353. Frank Oberlin
354. Peter O'Brien
355a. Bill O'Hara (New York)
355bv. Bill O'Hara (St. Louis)
356. Rube Oldring (Batting)
357. Rube Oldring (Fielding)
358. Charles O'Leary (Hands On Knees)
359. Charles O'Leary (Portrait)
360. William O'Neil
361. Al Orth
362. William Otey
363. Orval Overall (Hand Face Level)
364. Orval Overall (Hands At Waist Level)
365. Orval Overall (Portrait)
366. Frank Owen
367. George Paige
368. Fred Parent
369. Dode Paskert
370. Jim Pastorius
371. Harry Pattee
372. Billy Payne
373. Barney Pelty (Horizontal Photo)
374. Barney Pelty (Vertical Photo)
375. Hub Perdue
376. George Perring
377. Arch Persons
378. Francis Pfeffer
379. Jake Pfeister (Pfiester) (Seated)
380. Jake Pfeister (Pfiester) (Throwing)
381. Jimmy Phelan
382. Eddie Phelps
383. Deacon Phillippe
384. Ollie Pickering
385. Eddie Plank
386. Phil Poland
387. Jack Powell
388. Mike Powers
389. Billy Purtell
390. Ambrose Puttman (Puttmann)
391. Lee Quillen (Quillin)
392. Jack Quinn
393. Newt Randall
394. Bugs Raymond
395. Ed Reagan
396. Ed Reulbach (Glove Showing)
397. Ed Reulbach (No Glove Showing)
398. Dutch Revelle
399. Bob Rhoades (Rhoads) (Hand At Chest)
400. Bob Rhoades (Rhoads) (Right Arm Extended)
401. Charlie Rhodes
402. Claude Ritchey
403. Lou Ritter
404. Ike Rockenfeld
405. Claude Rossman
406. Nap Rucker (Portrait)
407. Nap Rucker (Throwing)
408. Dick Rudolph
409. Ray Ryan
410. Germany Schaefer (Detroit)
411. Germany Schaefer (Washington)
412. George Schirm
413. Larry Schlafly
414. Admiral Schlei (Batting)
415. Admiral Schlei (Catching)
416. Admiral Schlei (Portrait)
417. Boss Schmidt (Portrait)
418. Boss Schmidt (Throwing)
419. Ossee Schreck (Schreckengost)
420. Wildfire Schulte (Front View)
421. Wildfire Schulte (Back View)
422. Jim Scott
423. Charles Seitz
424. Cy Seymour (Batting)
425. Cy Seymour (Portrait)
426. Cy Seymour (Throwing)
427. Spike Shannon
428. Bud Sharpe
428v. Bud Shappe (Sharpe)
429. Shag Shaughnessy
430. Al Shaw (St Louis)
431. Hunky Shaw (Providence)
432. Jimmy Sheckard (Glove Showing)
433. Jimmy Sheckard (No Glove Showing)
434. Bill Shipke
435. Jimmy Slagle
436. Carlos Smith (Shreveport)
437. Frank Smith (Chicago F. Smith On Front)
438a. Frank Smith (Chicago White Cap)
438bv. Frank Smith (Chicago & Boston)
439. Happy Smith (Brooklyn)
440. Heinie Smith (Buffalo)
441. Sid Smith (Atlanta)
442. Fred Snodgrass (Batting)
442v. Fred Snodgrass (Batting) (Nodgrass)
443. Fred Snodgrass (Catching)
444. Bob Spade
445. Tris Speaker
446. Tubby Spencer
447. Jake Stahl (Glove Shows)
448. Jake Stahl (No Glove Shows)
449. Oscar Stanage
450. Dolly Stark
451. Charlie Starr
452. Harry Steinfeldt (Portrait)
453. Harry Steinfeldt (With Bat)
454. Jim Stephens
455. George Stone
456. George Stovall (Batting)
457. George Stovall (Portrait)
458. Sam Strang
459. Gabby Street (Catching)
460. Gabby Street (Portrait)
461. Billy Sullivan
462. Ed Summers
463. Bill Sweeney (Boston)
463v. Bill Sweeney (Boston) (missing magenta ink)
464. Jeff Sweeney (New York)
465. Jesse Tannehill (Washington)
466. Lee Tannehill (Chicago L. Tannehill On Front)
467. Lee Tannehill (Chicago Tannehill On Front)
468. Dummy Taylor
469. Fred Tenney
470. Tony Thebo
471. Jake Thielman
472. Ira Thomas
473. Woodie Thornton
474. Joe Tinker (Bat Off Shoulder)
475. Joe Tinker (Bat On Shoulder)
476. Joe Tinker (Hands On Knees)
477. Joe Tinker (Portrait)
478. John Titus
479. Terry Turner
480. Bob Unglaub
481. Juan Violat (Viola)
482. Rube Waddell (Portrait)
483. Rube Waddell (Throwing)
484. Heinie Wagner (Bat On Left Shoulder)
484v. Heinie Wagner (Bat On Left Shoulder) (missing magenta ink)
485. Heinie Wagner (Bat On Right Shoulder)
486. Honus Wagner
487. Bobby Wallace
488. Ed Walsh
489. Jack Warhop
490. Jake Weimer
491. James Westlake
492. Zack Wheat
493. Doc White (Chicago Pitching)
494. Doc White (Chicago Portrait)
495. Foley White (Houston)
496. Jack White (Buffalo)
497. Kaiser Wilhelm (Hands At Chest)
498. Kaiser Wilhelm (With Bat)
499. Ed Willett
500. Ed Willetts (Willett)
501. Jimmy Williams
502. Vic Willis (Pittsburg)
503. Vic Willis (Throwing)
504. Vic Willis (With Bat)
505. Owen Wilson
506. Hooks Wiltse (Pitching)
507. Hooks Wiltse (Portrait No Cap)
508. Hooks Wiltse (Portrait With Cap)
509. Lucky Wright
510. Cy Young (Cleveland) (Glove Shows)
511. Cy Young (Cleveland) (Bare Hand Shows)
512. Cy Young (Cleveland) (Portrait)
513. Irv Young (Minneapolis)
514. Heinie Zimmermann

[ricelynnevans75]

Do I assume that the variations in red font are not part of the actual set?

The cards may be variations, however they are not officially recognized as such. It was likely just something where the printer was low on or out of ink. While the card may be unique, it's not technically considered a variation. The only variation that is truly recognized as such is the Magie/Magee card.

Are all bv variations part of the set?

Not officially. If you'd like to chase them for your own set just to include that, it might be a cool addition however.

What the heck is the final count without the big four, 520?

The final count without the big four is in fact 520. There have apparently been some collectors/dealers/etc who have included the Cobb red portrait with Cobb back as part of the master set which would then make it an overall (with big 4) 525 card set but there aren't many people out there who seem to look at that card in that light.

[ffimarriott]

Thanks so much!!