Lot # 286: 1911 T3 Turkey Red #12 Wild Bill Donovan - PSA VG-EX 4 (MK)

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 17 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2021 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/8/2021 12:00 AM to
11/27/2021 9:00 PM



Produced in 1910-11 by the American Tobacco Company, the Turkey Red cabinet cards were redeemably by mailing in coupons found in packs of Turkey Red, Fez and Old Mill brand cigarettes.  The large-format cards were produced on heavy stock, measuring 5 ¾” x 8” and feature beautiful, colorful lithographic printing featuring one of 126 different subjects (including 25 boxers, which are catalogued as T9 cards, but are actually part of the same set).  Cards are found with checklists on the reverse, or in the case of card numbers 77-126, with a Turkey Red advertisement.  Due to their size, the cards are often found with pinholes and back damage from mounting in scrapbooks or hanging on walls, and are seldom found in higher grades.  Difficult to find in quantity, they are considered to be among the most beautiful and desirable of all the baseball tobacco issues.

Gorgeous midgrade Wild Bill Donovan, attaining a grade of VG-EX 4 by PSA, the "MK" qualifier related to light pencil markings on the checklist reverse, as a long-ago collector ticked off the cards he had (and yes, he had the Cobb).  The image quality is extremely strong, some very light staining evident along the center of the right edge.  A very strong card, as T3s are difficult to obtain in middle grades.

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