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1909 T206 Black Lenox Ty Cobb Red Portrait (PSA 3) - One of ONLY 4 PSA Encapsulated Copies!
If you are seeking Ty Cobb's rarest and most desirable cardboard artifacts, then this magnificent PSA 3 Black Lenox "Red Portrait" offering is the card for you! Its irrefutable rarity is justified by the illustrious PSA "pop" chart that lists only 3 other specimens at this plateau with a mere single copy graded higher! Furthermore, of the 1,684 PSA encapsulated "Red Portrait" Cobb's, the 4 existing Black Lenox specimens represent a microscopic 0.1% of the total population. The "Black Lenox" ad back obscurity is additionally substantiated by the renowned T206 Resource website that list it as the 8th scarcest cigarette back of the 39 possible tobacco brand/factory # combinations. This magnificent keepsake sporting an incredible paucity level is highly coveted by the most sophisticated tobacco enthusiasts who painstakingly scour the hobby to locate one of the few existing examples.

Author of baseball's highest lifetime batting average (.366) and 4,189 safeties, the "Georgia Peach" stands as one of baseball's five original Hall of Fame 1936 charter members, and along with Willie Mays, is arguably the greatest 5-tool player the game has ever seen. What better card to capture for the fiery Cobb than this rare T206 memento portraying his iconic Carl Horner portrait image affixed to a robust red background. Vibrant facial hues depict an almost "3-D" effect with the relatively well-centered image residing between four modestly clean borders. Even corner reflects an eye-pleasing uniformity, and only an upper left quadrant vertical crease as well as some enamel peel situated near the upper left corner prevent a higher grade.

The critical reverse side "Lenox" advertisement, including a clear "Factory #30, 2nd Dist. State, N.Y"., typography, is portrayed in jet black print that is vividly registered and set against a diminutively toned background that includes some negligible soiling. A seldom-encountered opportunity, this ultra-rare heirloom soundly represents one of Cobb's most exalted tobacco cards, and one that anxiously awaits a new home in any world-class T206 gathering!

MIN BID $7,500
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