You may have a collection of T206 cards, but Heritage Auctions is offering a tobacco card era display piece that your fellow hobbyists almost certainly do not. One of only three examples known to exist, the large Piedmont Cigarettes tri-fold cardboard advertising sign is definitely as eye-catching now as it was more than 100 years ago. Measuring just over … [Read more...] about Historic Piedmont Cigarettes Baseball Advertising Sign a Rare Gem
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Marketing the T206 and M101 Sets: Old Sporting Life Ads Offer Insight
An issue of The Sporting Life sold on eBay for over $2,000 on Sunday. While surviving copies of the long defunct sports paper aren’t common, that’s a lot more than they usually bring. This one attracted bidders not for the stories inside or whose picture may have been on the front of the September 4 issue. It was because of one of the ads … [Read more...] about Marketing the T206 and M101 Sets: Old Sporting Life Ads Offer Insight
Selling Packs with T206 Cards in 1909 Was Sometimes Hazardous
Eventually they would be sold with more kid-oriented products like caramels and bubble gum but 110 years ago, if you wanted a picture of a professional baseball player (and who wouldn't before color magazines, TV or even radio?), you had to have access to tobacco, or at least someone who used it. When the American Tobacco Company's massive promotion began in 1909, word … [Read more...] about Selling Packs with T206 Cards in 1909 Was Sometimes Hazardous