Lot # 337: 1911 T3 Turkey Red #100 Davy Jones - PSA PR-FR 1

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 4 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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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.

Though this T3 card of Davy Jones has attained a grade of PR-FR 1, it is really just the upper-right corner that is responsible for the grade.  Some light edge staining and corner wear might reduce the card to one of the "collector grades," but the missing corner is the sole culprit bringing it as low as PR.  The reality is that the image is bright and crisp the card quite appealing despite the numerical assessment.  The fact that just 28 PSA-graded examples of this card exist makes the corner clip even more tolerable!

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