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T206 card displaying Boston Red Sox player Tubby Spencer. The name T206 refers to the catalog designation assigned by Jefferson Burdick in his book The American Card Catalog. It is also known informally as the "White Border" set due to the distinctive white borders surrounding the lithographs on each card. The T206 set consists of 524 cards.
In 2016, a cache of 7 T206 Ty Cobb baseball cards were discovered in a paper bag when a family was cleaning out their deceased great-grandfather's home. [7] These cards were nicknamed the "Lucky 7" [2] and brought the total number of known T206 Ty Cobb's in existence to 22. [6] The cards were authenticated and initially valued at around $1 ...
The most famous T206 Honus Wagner is the "Gretzky T206 Honus Wagner" card. [3] The card's odd texture and shape led to speculation that it was altered. The Gretzky T206 Wagner was first sold by Alan Ray to baseball memorabilia collector Bill Mastro, who sold the card two years later to Jim Copeland for nearly four times the price he had ...
The T206 Honus Wagner has repeatedly set records at auction, most recently in 2016 when it sold for $3,120,000. [21] Wagner was a dedicated non-smoker and objected when America's biggest tobacco corporation planned to picture him on a cigarette card without his permission. [ 22 ]
Several characteristics make this vintage card a standout amongst other forms of tobacco advertising of the time and lend to its value as a highly sought-after collectible. [ 3 ] This set was a step further in comparison with another American Tobacco release, the T201 set of 1911, that had featured two players on the same card.
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