June 15, 2023: Tobacco Cards Only Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2023
Presented is a Clark Griffith card from one of the difficult early tobacco issues, the 1914 T213 Coupon Cigarettes Type 2 offering that mimics the images of T206 cards but is markedly rarer. The fact that the cards were produced and distributed almost exclusively in Louisiana only adds to their cachet. The Hall of Famer Griffith is found here in a PSA Authentic Altered holder in a card that remarkably presents rather well in the front color image, jostled by a less-than-perfect cut at the top and an even more erratic one at the bottom that even intrudes on the team name. The card centering is roughly 60/40 left to right; the pastel yellow and green background colors set off the image of Griffith; there are several instances of very dramatic paper loss on the reverse, seemingly from having been affixed to a scrapbook.
1914 T213 Coupon Cigarettes (Type 2) Clark Griffith PSA Authentic
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