It’s a gold rush for the offered 1911 T205 tobacco card starter set of (79) different cards. With exception to (8) tough American Beauty backs, each relic otherwise displays a common advertising back. Includes:
Hall of Famers/Stars/Shortprints/Tough Variations: (14 cards) with Barger (PR, Partial “B” on Cap), Bresnahan (PR, reverse paper loss, Mouth Closed), Chase (GD, Diamond Frame Extends Past Shoulders, American Beauty), Crandall (trimmed, “t” Not Crossed in Name), Dahlen (FR), Hoblitzell (VG, “Cin.” After Second 1908 in Stats), Huggins (GD), McBride (PR, paper loss), McGraw (FR), Pelty (VG), Raymond (PR, reverse pen mark), Rowan (VG), K. White (GD) and Wilhelm (VG, Piedmont version);
American Beauty Back Commons: (7 cards, all black print, unless noted) with Austin (FR), Blackburne (VG), Corridon (VG), Downey (PR, reverse paper loss), Ferguson (PR, reverse paper loss, green print), Herzog (VG) and B. Lord (GD);
Other Commons: (58 cards, 37% VG, 19% GD, 5% FR and 39% PR with 32% displaying front/back paper loss or residue, rubber band residue, punch holes or writing) with Ames, Archer, Bates, Beck, Bergen, Bridwell, Byrne, Delahanty, Dooin, Doolan, Egan, Evans, Ewing, Fletcher, Flynn, Ford (Black Cap), Foxen, Gibson, Goode, Graham (Rustlers), Groom, Harmon (Both Ears Show), Hauser, Jacklitsch, Killian, Kling, Konetchy, Kroh, LaPorte, Lennox, Livingston, Mattern, McIntire, Merkle, Meyers, Miller, Moriarity, Murray, Oakes, Oldring, Olmstead, Parent, Paskert, Payne, Quinn, Reulbach, Richie, Schulte, Sheckard, Steinfeldt, Stone, Street, Summers, Tannehill, Titus, Willett, Wilson and Wolter. Opening Bid $400.