Lot # 740: 1917 Boston Store #30 Ty Cobb (HOF) - PR-FR 1

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 62 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/11/2024 12:00 AM to
3/30/2024 9:00 PM



Though more scarce, the Boston Store set catalogued as H801-8 utilizes the same 200-card base set (though some variations are known) as the Collins-McCarthy issue, a clean and stark black and white photographic set similar in design to a number of other baseball sets released in the early 1920s.  The cards were produced on thin stock with a glossy surface, making them susceptible to creasing and wrinkles.  Featuring promotional advertising for a Chicago department store, the cards are very scarce and desirable today.  The issue is rare enough that the total graded population of most of the cards remain in the single digits, and despite the preponderance of of hobby auctions and internet-based card dealers making an enormous variety of inventory available daily, not a single complete set appears on PSA's massive set registry. One of just six examples of Ty Cobb's card graded by PSA, this is marred by a variety of condition issues.  However, from the standpoint of rarity, beggars can't be choosers, and this is a card that does not make itself available publicly very often, with just three examples of public sales we can find since 2015, two of which were resales of the same SGC NM 7 card.  A truly rare Cobb collectible from a challenging set.

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