June 15, 2023: Tobacco Cards Only Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2023
Here’s an outstanding example of a key card from the elegant 1912 T207 Brown Border issue, a unique design of a kind of somber-brown motif that followed several years of colorful tobacco sets that rank among the most important in hobby history. The offered card is in a PSA 1 holder, a condition fairly typical of how these classic cards are usually encountered in mature collections. The card has barely a whisper of the ubiquitous “crackling” that often confronts this high-gloss issue, along with some significant rounding of the corners; the Recruit Little Cigars back is still presentable despite some noticeable staining in two locations, yet still yielding a tolerable presentation of the biography and statistics of the great Hall of Famer.
1912 T207 Brown Background Walter Johnson PSA 1
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