From a humble paper bag to international fame, they became one of the most memorable collecting stories of the new century. Now, all seven Ty Cobb baseball cards from The Lucky 7 Find – one of the greatest sports card discoveries of all-time – have been sold, realizing nearly $3 million. The T206 White Border Ty Cobb red background portrait with the "Ty Cobb … [Read more...]
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Second T206 Cobb Back Coming to Auction
A second Ty Cobb Tobacco back card from the Lucky 7 find is coming to auction early next year. The owner of one of the four cards graded 2.5 by PSA has consigned it to Heritage Auctions’ Winter Platinum Night sale on February 25-26. In October, Robert Edward Auctions offered the first of the seven rare Cobb cards to be offered at public auction. The PSA 1.5 sold for … [Read more...]
REA to Auction Cobb Card from Lucky 7 Find
One of the seven Ty Cobb Tobacco cards from the Lucky 7 Find earlier this year is going on the auction block. Robert Edward Auctions’ fall catalog includes the PSA 1.5 example that was part of a jaw-dropping hoard of seven cards found in a paper bag during a South Carolina house cleaning project last winter. It's the first of the seven cards to be offered in an auction … [Read more...]
A Dozen Ways To Collect The T206 White Border Set
More than 100 years after its creation, the 1909-11 T206 White Border set continues to fascinate collectors. For as many collectors intrigued by the task of tackling 'The Monster', though, probably as many are turned away at the impossibility of doing so. For most collectors, piecing together an entire 524-card set is out of the question. However, there are other ways to … [Read more...]
Jackson, Cobb Cards Combine for $1 Million-Plus at SCP Auctions
A pair of iconic pre-war baseball cards led the bidding in SCP Auctions’ 2016 Mid-Summer Classic online auction, which concluded early Sunday morning. The top card, which sold for an astounding $667,189, is one of just two examples of the legendary 1909 E90-1 Joe Jackson American Caramel card graded NM-MT 8 by PSA, with none higher. Jackson's E90-1 representation is one of just … [Read more...]
Lucky 7 Find Hits eBay
The three remaining cards from the ‘Lucky 7 Find’ have been listed on eBay. Mint State, which is handling the sale of the century-old Ty Cobb cards found in an old house in the southeastern part of the country last month, is offering them for prices ranging from $500,000 to $1 million. Two of the cards graded PSA 2.5 carry a price tag of $500,000 each while the 3.5—the … [Read more...]
Highest Graded Cobb Back from Lucky 7 Find Sold
The highest graded card in the ‘Lucky 7 Find’ of T206 Cobb backs has been sold, leaving just three of the seven cards left. PSA President Joe Orlando says the VG+ (4.5) copy was claimed over the weekend. Sources tell SC Daily a private collector purchased the card for between $1 million and $2 million. Two of the three cards graded 2.5 by PSA and another rated 1.5 were … [Read more...]
2 of Rare Cobb Cards Found in Bag Sold
Rick Snyder has been a sports card dealer for a long time. He’s bought and sold plenty of expensive cards. He’s never experienced anything quite like this. “Oh my gosh. My phone has been blowing up,” the owner of South Carolina-based MINT State said Thursday morning, about 12 hours after word of his involvement in one of the hobby’s great all-time finds had … [Read more...]
Million Dollar Find in a Paper Bag
The population of one of the rarest baseball cards in the world has grown by seven after an amazing discovery in the rural South. Only about 15 of the rare 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb variation, distributed only in tins of the short-lived Ty Cobb Tobacco product, were known to exist until a family began going through the belongings of a family’s deceased great-grandfather. While … [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...]
