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.

Another pleasing example of one of the very desirable horizontal cards in the Turkey Red set, this one features Dodgers first baseman Tim Jordan making a play on Giants infielder Buck Herzog in a clean, colorful example.  The horizontal cards are among the most attractive and clean in this collection of T3 cards we are offering, and this is no exception, with light corner wear reducing the technical grade but not interfering with the beauty of the card.