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1909-11 T206 Vic Willis Portrait Brown Hindu – PSA 4.5 VG-EX+ – "POP 2" Brown Hindu and the Highest Graded Brown Hindu Example!
BROWN HINDU WILLIS!!!... Hall of Fame right-handed twirler Vic Willis pitched 13 MLB seasons, winning a formidable 249 games. Posting a sensational 2.63 lifetime ERA, Willis tallied 20 or more wins in eight of those 13 campaigns, including 22 victories in 1909 when he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates claim their inaugural World Championship. This extremely scarce PSA 4.5 VG-EX+ T206 Vic Willis "Portrait" Brown Hindu keepsake likewise merits championship caliber, joined buy only a single other example as the highest graded PSA specimen! A bona fide POP 2 marvel, it merits serious attention from the most sophisticated tobacco card collectors.

Substantiating that notion is the esteemed T206 Resource website that lists Brown Hindu as the 14th scarcest cigarette advertisement of the 39 possible listed ad backs, and the 12th scarcest definitive T206 issue (Red Cross & Type 1 Coupons are listed as scarcer issues than Brown Hindu, with these two cigarette ad backs NOT true T206s). The exalted Vic Willis portrait image originally struck by none other than Carl Horner depicts stellar contrast, clarity and facial hues. A somewhat faded crimson red background has eluded any obtrusive surface flaws, with modest corner wear and some border toning the primary culprits preventing a PSA 5 assessment. Most significantly, the Brown Hindu/Factory 649 ad back is relatively clean, the most critical aspect of this seldom surfacing tobacco heirloom that stands tall as the finest of its kind!

MIN BID $1,000
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