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1910 T213 Coupon Cigarettes Type 1 Ty Cobb SGC 4 VG-EX – POP 1; Highest Graded Example on Any Professional Grading Pop Chart!
PINNACLE COUPON TYPE 1 COBB!!! Sophisticated tobacco collectors are well aware of the unparalleled prestige associated with the iconic Carl Horner portrait pose of Tyrus Raymond Cobb, boldly affixed to his red and green background T206 subjects. This majestic illustration was also utilized for Cobb's extremely rare 1910 Type 1 Coupon Cigarettes T213 subject, residing as one of the Georgia Peach's most elusive tobacco cards on the planet.  Memory Lane is extremely proud to present this SGC 4 VG-EX 1910 T213 Coupon Cigarette Type 1 Cobb, with this POP 1 scarcity being the undisputed finest of its kind on the combined SGC and PSA census reports! Indeed, its closest peers are five 2 GOOD specimens (3 SGC, 2 PSA), with a meager 14 total inferior examples in any grade.  1910 Type 1 Coupon tobacco cards are immensely scarcer than there later issued 1913 Type 2 and 1913 Type 3 brethren, and capturing any Ty Cobb specimen would be a momentous achievement, let alone this stand alone best of the rest marvel.  By 1910, the immortal Cobb had already captured three successive AL batting titles and was now in the midst of replacing the great Honus Wagner as baseball's superior player. The 1910 campaign would see the legendary Motor City superstar nail down this fourth consecutive title via a sensational .382 mark, on his way to an unprecedented nine consecutive batting championships and 12 in a 13-year period! Remarkable to say the least, Tyrus was now America's pinnacle sports star, tantamount to the splendid aesthetics of this unique for the grade masterpiece. The well-centered classic portrait pose is encompassed by a relatively clean bold red setting, with the fine contrast only partly offset by a slight off-registration. Vibrant facial hues and the lack of any notable surface creases/flaws are virtually impossible achievements for any Type 1 Coupon subject, with mid-grade examples near-impossible to come by. Even corner wear and toning along the verso's lower region account for the grade, with the final superlative being the following bold black advertisement: "COUPON (MILD) CIGARETTES – Base Ball Series – FACTORY NO. 3. DIST. LA." The irrefutable highest graded example, its supreme Pop status is synonymous with the player itself, with Cobb's pinnacle .366 lifetime battling average and arguable legacy as baseball's greatest five-tool player substantiating his standing as one of the baseball's five elite 1913 HOF Charter Members!!

MIN BID $10,000
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