Lot # 454: 1911 T5 Pinkerton Cabinets #603 Nap Lajoie (HOF) - SGC A

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $250.00

Bids: 21 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2022 9:00 PM to
4/2/2022 9:00 PM



Issued in 1911 as a premium for which a consumer of Pinkerton's tobacco products could redeem ten coupons, the T5 Pinkerton cabinets are online T3 Turkey Reds - they are "true" cabinets, consisting of a photograph affixed to a heavy cardboard mount.  Like the N173 Old Judge cabinets, it is unknown how many subjects were actually produced, and a complete checklist will likely never be developed (though early advertising for the promotion indicated that 376 different cabinets were initially available).  Today, the T5 Pinkerton cabinets are among the most desirable baseball issues of the era.  The Pinkerton issue included two different cabinets featuring Nap Lajoie, this one picturing him reaching, ostensibly to catch a thrown ball.  This example has been graded A by SGC (as is the case with many Pinkertons) is an attractive one, with a gray cardboard mount, and some staining and chipping along the top edge of the photo.  Paper loss and remnants from scrapbook removal are evident on the reverse.  

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