Produced in 1910-11 by the American Tobacco Company, the Turkey Red cabinet cards were redeemable 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 printings 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.

This attractive horizontal example of Hall of Famer Johnny Evers exhibits corner and edge wear consistent with the grade, though, as is the case with many Turkey Reds, the wear is restricted to the border areas and does not appear to infringe dramatically on the quality of the image itself. Moderate soiling is visible but not particularly distracting. An outstanding collector grade from one of the hobby's most beautiful issues.

PSA has only ever graded 94 total examples of this T3 Turkey Red with a checklist back, with only forty receiving a higher grade than the Good 2 offered here of Hall of Famer Johnny Evers.