The best known example of the tin that held Ty Cobb brand tobacco more than a century ago—and maybe one of the ultra-scarce T206 Cobb cards-- is on the auction block. The gold-topped tin, complete with the original tax stamp still attached, could sell for a six-figure price when bidding ends next month. The tin last sold in 2012 for over $88,000. … [Read more...]
Lucky 7 Find Plus One: Family Uncovers 8th Cobb Tobacco Card in Dusty Box
Here's one for the hobby history books. An eighth copy of the rare 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb back baseball card has been located by the same family from a rural southern town that discovered “The Lucky 7 Find” of rare Cobb cards in 2016. Incredibly, exactly two years after the initial finding comes another Cobb specimen with its ultra-rare “Ty Cobb King of the … [Read more...]
Cobb Backs Get New Values as 3rd Card Sells
Of the seven cards in the “Lucky 7” find of T206 Ty Cobb backs announced last week, four remain. The cards, discovered last month while family members were cleaning up the contents of an old house in the southeastern part of the country, became a national story. Sent to PSA for grading and authentication, they were assigned grades ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 with four of the … [Read more...]
Rare Ty Cobb Tobacco Tin Leads off Wheatland Auction
One of a small number of surviving century-old Ty Cobb Tobacco tins headlines Wheatland Auction Services’ August sale which launched Thursday. The 4-1/2"-tall tin, which features an image of the Hall of Fame slugger on the front, is recognized is considered one of the most desirable tobacco artifacts, baseball or otherwise. It’s often referred to as the “King of Tobacco … [Read more...]