"The Monster" has a number of rarities that are well-known among collectors the first tier of which include the "Big Four" of Wagner Plank Magie and Doyle. Those four cards are enormous and well-chronicled cards that routinely make waves in the hobby for their record sale prices. The next tier of rarities in the set includes this the Ray Demmitt St. Louis variation largely considered one of the six most difficult T206 cards to obtain. Demmitt was a journeyman outfielder who compiled a seven-year career with five different teams. A member of the Yankees Demmitt was traded during the winter of 1909 to the St. Louis Browns for catcher Lou Criger. When producing the baseball cards for the 1910 season most of the ATC factory issues continued to depict Demmitt as a member of the Yankees. Of all the factory issues only the Polar Bear issue made the change to depict Demmitt with his proper team. This created a significant variation within the set. The Demmitt/St. Louis variation is considered to be one of the key rarities within the hobby's most widely-collected prewar issue. Adding to the challenge of course is the fact that Polar Bear cards were not well-protected from the tobacco in the packs. Being scrap tobacco as opposed to cigarettes the loose tobacco in the packages made contact with the cards inside resulting in significant staining and condition issues. We're pleased to present a clean relatively strong collector grade Demmitt. This example boasts minimal staining and a very strong eye appeal for the grade with bold color and image clarity and a clean Polar Bear reverse. One of the six most difficult cards in the T206 u