It’s a postcard just about every fan of the Detroit Tigers would have wanted when it was first printed: close up image of the team’s young star. The Wolverine News Company of Detroit produced cards of the most prominent members of the team that captured their first American League pennant. Not many survived, but one of them is among the headliners in Heritage … [Read more...] about Rare Cobb Wolverine News Postcard Coming to Auction
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Humble Stack of Baseball Postcards Yielded Record-Setting 1907 Cobb Rookie
Tucked in with some far less notable issues in the collection of a long-time hobbyist, a 1907 Ty Cobb Wolverine News rookie card sold for a record price of $15,352 in the Lelands.com Monthly Auction Sunday night. The 1907 Ty Cobb Wolverine News rookie card is one of the few known specimens of an issue that dates to the earliest days of Cobb’s playing career – and is considered … [Read more...] about Humble Stack of Baseball Postcards Yielded Record-Setting 1907 Cobb Rookie