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Extremely Rare T206 Brown Lenox Ed Willetts (Willett) PSA 3 VG – "POP 1" & One of Only 3 PSA Graded Brown Lenox Willetts Examples!
ULTRA-RARE BROWN LENOX!!!... The highly respected T206 Resource website soundly outlines the scarcity level of all 39 possible T206 ad backs with the top three rarities including the Ty Cobb King of the Tobacco Smoking World, Brown Old Mill and Brown Lenox. Simply stated, locating any of those three T206 cigarette ads is a daunting task, justifying why this extraordinary T206 Brown Lenox Ed Willetts (Willett) offering resides as one of the rarest tobacco cards on the planet. At the time this was written, PSA's illustrious population report only listed two other Brown Lenox Willetts with this 3 VG marvel only bested by a single PSA 3.5 specimen. Right-handed hurler Ed Willett pitched 10 MLB seasons, with the first eight campaigns spent in the Motor City.

His finest season was 1909 when he won 21 games to the tune of a 2.34 ERA, ably assisting the Tigers winning the American League Pennant. Likewise, this extremely rare T206 offering offers championship caliber via its near-impossible to find Brown Lenox verso. The classic Willett pitching pose still portrays eye pleasing features including rich background and facial hues as Willett is about to unleash one of his tantalizing pitches. Yet, as most elite T206 enthusiasts surely realize, it is the super rare BROWN LENOX Cigarette advertisement including the "Factory #30, 2nd Dist. State, N.Y" typography that steals the show. One of the most extraordinary T206 ad backs extant, it now surfaces in splendid eye pleasing condition, as one of only three PSA encapsulated Willetts examples and an undisputed world-class tobacco memento!

MIN BID $5,000
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