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.
A large strip of paper loss on the reverse, likely from scrapbook removal, is the sole reason for the FR 1.5 grade assigned to this Turkey Red cabinet card of Hans Lobert. Boasting the eye appeal of a midgrade card, the scrapbook is likely what protected the card from damage for so many years, its removal causing the damage that impacted the grade. An affordable example of a tough card, with the appearance of a much higher grade example, a perfect demonstration of "buy the card, not the holder."