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1909 T206 Ty Cobb Red Portrait "Piedmont 350 Subjects/Factory 25" (SGC EX/MT 6)
Presented here is a magnificent SGC "EX/MT 6" Red Portrait T206 Ty Cobb that portrays eye appeal beyond the assigned grade. One of the most highly coveted cards in the current market, T206 Cobb values continue to escalate with the surge of an uncontrollable tsunami. For the past several years, values for these cardboard antiquities have more than doubled/tripled, and in some cases reached exponential heights. In fact, a Red Portrait Card in a PSA 8 holder recently fetched a staggering $192,000 in a public auction, shattering the previous record high of $67,000 by nearly 200%! Indeed, all T206 Cobb's are on every collector's want lists and why not? No serious vintage collection can be considered complete without a prestigious pre-WWI card of the immortal Ty Cobb, and no Cobb cardboard memento could possibly be more renowned than his legendary T206 Red Portrait subject reflecting the majestic Carl Horner portrait Cobb image. Of the highly coveted four T206 Ty Cobb's, both the "Red" and "Green" portrait poses stand as hobby icons.

Still holder of the highest major league lifetime batting average (.366), Ty Cobb is arguably one of the top 5 ballplayers of all-time, and a 1936 charter member of baseball's illustrious Hall of Fame. His fiery play easily places him as the most intense competitor the diamond has ever seen, and his relentless will to be the best at anything he did ably assisted him in earning an incomprehensible 12 batting titles in 13 seasons! Synonymous with Cobb's elite hobby stature is this brilliant offering that reveals remarkable clarity and contrast. Sparkling facial hues, a bright red background, right angled corners, clean surfaces, bright white borders and a super clean Piedmont Cigarettes 350 Subjects verso complete this timeless marvel that easily suffices as one of the hobby's hottest cards. One of the cornerstones of the baseball card market, its exalted Carl Horner image of the immortal "Georgia Peach" unquestionably stands as one of the most recognized cardboard illustrations extant!

MIN BID $5,000
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