A large collection of ungraded tobacco cards that have been in a Georgia family for generations will hit the auction block later this year. The stunning stash of ungraded century-old find includes over 2,000 T206s including dozens of Hall of Famers, 245 T210 Old Mill Tobacco cards including a Joe Jackson and over 180 T205s. The Jackson card that is part of the 1910 … [Read more...]
1-of-a-Kind Mike Mowrey Photo Was Used for His T206 Card
They’re colorful works of art, but those who created T206 baseball cards started with black and white photographs. The images used to create them aren’t commonly found, but they offer some fascinating insight into what the artists saw when they were turning the photos into cards that would be inserted into millions of packs of cigarettes from 1909=1911. One of those … [Read more...]
Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight
Forty-eight years after one collector had a chance encounter with some tobacco cards at an antique shop in Virginia, his set of T206 cards is the star of its own auction. On Thursday, Robert Edward Auctions unveiled the 522-card set of Paul “Jack” Pollard in a special standalone auction running through January 17. The set includes every card except for the famed … [Read more...]
High Grade T206 Set Nets over $3.5 Million at Auction
Hundreds of online bidders fought over one of the hobby's best collections of T206 baseball cards ever assembled Thursday night. When the curtain came down on the collection of 522 cards consigned by Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller, over $3.5 million had been spent. The figure, which included 20 percent buyer's premiums, was almost $1 million more … [Read more...]
One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market
The Detroit Institute of Arts boasts of possessing “the largest and most significant art collections in the United States,” with more than 65,000 works dating “from the earliest civilizations to the present.” For six months in 2018, that included Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller’s collection of baseball cards – specifically, his complete gathering of T206 … [Read more...]
Notes: eBay “Monitoring” USPS Situation; Doncic Whale; Beckett Partners for Card Supplies; LeBron Shoes; Knights Sticks
eBay seems a little irritated with whatever is going on with the United States Postal Service. The company reached out to sellers via a blog post this week, stating that "delivery and scan delays persist, and we are monitoring not only the delays but ongoing negotiations in Washington." eBay also extending estimated delivery times for sellers and seems to be … [Read more...]
Family’s Heirloom Collection of Tobacco Cards Set for Auction
Passed down through three generations, one family’s large collection of tobacco cards is about to enter the market for the first time. Lelands says it has received the consignment, which includes over 1,300 cards including numerous Hall of Famers. Dubbed the “Generation T collection, the group includes over 400 T206 cards with five featuring Ty Cobb, nearly 400 … [Read more...]
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...]
North Carolina Man Finds Rare T210 Old Mill Joe Jackson
If you list it, they will come. The lure of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson baseball cards remains strong a century after his heyday. And a 26-year-old North Carolina resident owns one of the toughest Jackson cards around. It will be part of a Heritage Auctions sale in two months and is sure to draw some interest. Ben Foster, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has a T210 Old Mill card of … [Read more...]
Wid Conroy T206 Photograph at Auction
Wid Conroy was what we’d call today a “super utility man,” capable of playing any infield or outfield position. He was almost always in the top ten in most offensive categories and once finished second to Ty Cobb in stolen bases. Conroy was so well thought of that American Tobacco featured him on two different cards that were distributed in cigarette packs from … [Read more...]