You’ve probably heard about this by now, but there was an incredible baseball card find a few weeks ago in South Carolina. A family was cleaning out their great grandfather’s house and found seven Ty Cobb T206 baseball cards at the bottom of a paper bag. What makes this group of Ty Cobb T206 cards so incredible is that all seven cards featured an extremely rare “Ty Cobb Tobacco” advertising back. So rare, in fact, that before the Lucky 7 Find, there were only 14 examples of this card front/back
It has been nearly 100 years since the infamous “Black Sox” Scandal, so I'm not ever sure if people care about it anymore. I mean, we all acknowledge the fact that it happened, but do we care as much about that as we do about Barry Bonds or Alex Rodriguez and their alleged damage to the integrity of the game? I think not. Probably because we didn't live through it that it doesn't impact us as much and it’s
The past few months have been incredible for us. Business is stronger than ever, as we have been buying large collections of sports cards consistently on a weekly basis. We've even hired more staff just to keep up with the increased workload. This past week, we were given the opportunity to acquire a collection that consisted of hundreds of T206 baseball cards, and we were very excited at the possibility. In the past, acquiring collections has been much easier as most sellers have been
Offered this week is a T206 Ty Cobb Bat Off Shoulder Detroit SGC Authentic baseball card with a Sweet Caporal Back. Ty Cobb, the man they called "The Georgia Peach," compiled a lifetime .367 batting average, the highest in the history of the game. He was also the all-time leader in hits and runs scored until Pete Rose and Rickey Henderson eclipsed him in those two categories. Despite nearly a century since his playing days concluded, Cobb still remains #2
This week we are presenting this beautiful T206 Ty Cobb w/ Bat Off Shoulder baseball card graded SGC 20. Ty Cobb – synonymous with turn of the century baseball and excellence in the game – is depicted on this American Tobacco T206 card in this classic pose donned in his collared Detroit jersey with bat in hand. Identified as the “Bat off Shoulder” version, this example of the greatest hitter in baseball history presents with stunning eye appeal due to the clarity of