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1909-11 T206 Cy Young Cleveland Bare Hand Shows Sovereign 350/25 PSA 7 NM - POP 3 Sovereign Cigarettes; Only One PSA Sovereign Graded Higher!
HIGH-GRADE T206 CY!!! Tantamount to Cy Young's undisputed stature as one of our National Pastime's greatest all-time hurlers is this miraculous PSA 7 NM T206 Bare Hand Shows Sovereign 350 masterpiece that has only been bested by a single PSA copy! Joining two other Sovereign subjects at this hallowed plateau, it's one of the finest preserved CY Young tobacco keepsakes, boasting an obscure ad back. When we speak of baseball's most unbreakable records, the first one that comes to mind is Denton True "Cy" Young's unfathomable 511 lifetime victories, as well as completing an unthinkable 749 complete games, or 92% of his 815 MLB starts!

It would take 25 wins a year for twenty years just to reach the 500-mark, still leaving a pitcher 11 victories short of Cy's impossible record total. These unachievable marks left baseball no other choice but to link Cy's iconic name to the annual award for pitching excellence. Cy Young obtained this legendary nickname when he was trying out for the Canton, Ohio minor league team in 1889. One of his blazing fastballs whizzed past the catcher and broke the rear fence, prompting a reporter to state, "the fence looked as if it had been hit by a cyclone!" Word of this quote spread like a brushfire throughout the local town, and the "Cy" nickname was forever etched in stone.

Synonymous with Young's pinnacle standing are the breathtaking aesthetics emanating from this timeless classic. Cy's revered pitching pose literally jumps off the card, with the crystal-clear renowned image encompassed by a sparkling array of yellow, green, and orange tints. The well-centered illustration resides between four dazzling white borders; no notable surface flaws are evident; the right-angled corners are consistent with the grade; and the critical Sovereign 350 Subjects ad back boasts a vivid green color. It boggles the mind to think that a 114-year-old card could possibly retain a majority of its original pack-fresh attributes, with the sparkling aesthetics of this extremely well-preserved tobacco keepsake bordering on even a higher assessment. Our utmost compliments to its previous owners for handling this timeless marvel with kid gloves, and considering Young's incomprehensible statistical achievements, it is only fitting that there still exist a handful of remarkable cardboard gems equal to his unparalleled legacy!

MIN BID $3,000
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