Lot # 320: 1914 T222 Fatima Walter Johnson (HOF) - PSA PR 1

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $1,000.00

Bids: 14 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2020 Auction",
which ran from 11/13/2020 7:13 AM to
11/29/2020 7:43 AM



An incredibly attractive set of photographic cards the T222 Fatima issue was produced by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company of Virginia in 1914. The cards extremely condition-sensitive due to the brittle photographic paper are relatively scarce today highly desirable among advanced collectors. Each card depicts a player in a full-body pose each an attractive photo. The cards despite being brittle and susceptible to a variety of condition woes are extraordinarily attractive. While the card reverse refers to a 100-card set the set is actually complete at 52 cards. The majority of cards are found with a small black number beneath the player's name - the number is between 2-9 or 12-15. Those cards numbered between 12-15 are short printed cards that are particularly scarce and far more valuable than the other more common cards. The T222 card of Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson besides being the key card in the set from the standpoint of player popularity is also one of the scarce short prints. For that reason this is easily the most important and difficult to acquire card in the entire T222 set. Its rarity is a reason why few people even attept to complete this set. This is an extraordinarily rare card. It is so rare in fact that VintageCardPrices.com has recorded only two sales of this card in the past five years. This is the first example of the card that we can find to have become available at public auction since 2015. This one graded PR 1 by PSA is an exceptional issue for the grade. Significant wear is evident as is the case with many cards from the issue this example seems to have suffered a tear which