Family Discovers Eighth T206 Ty Cobb Card
March 14 2018 - 4:30PM
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) is pleased to announce
that an eighth copy of the rare 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb
back baseball card has been located by the same family from a rural
southern town that discovered “The Lucky 7 Find” of rare Cobb cards
in 2016. Incredibly, exactly two years after the initial finding
comes another Cobb specimen with its ultra-rare “Ty Cobb King of
the Smoking Tobacco World” card back. It arrived at PSA
headquarters this past week for grading and received a mark of PSA
Good 2 by its team of card experts.
The earlier seven Cobbs were sold by MINT State, a
PSA-authorized dealer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on behalf of
the family for approximately $3 million through direct sales. Their
grades ranged from PSA FR 1.5 to VG-EX + 4.5 with four graded PSA
Good + 2.5 and one PSA VG + 3.5. Based on the amounts realized in
the previous sales, this most recent addition could bring as much
as $250,000. Regardless, the family has decided to retain it as a
keepsake. At least for now.
“The family’s intent is to keep this latest addition as a
memento,” said Rick Snyder, owner of MINT State, who initially
reviewed the cards before submitting each of them to PSA for
authentication and grading. “It’s a family heirloom that reminds
them of an event that changed their lives forever.”
The original seven cards were unearthed while the family, who
wishes to remain anonymous, was sifting through the contents of
their late great grandparent’s home. The cards were found in a torn
paper bag that was on the floor. Initially, they thought the bag
was trash but after looking at other things found in the house,
they were drawn back to the paper bag. Once it was opened, they
realized there were aged post cards and other types of cards
inside. At the bottom of the bag, face down, were the seven coveted
Cobb cards.
The eighth card was discovered after the initial house cleaning
was completed, lying between two books inside an old dusty box.
According to PSA President Joe Orlando, its eye appeal exceeds the
technical grade. “The color in the background is rich and striking
just as it was on the first seven Cobb cards,” he said. “The name
‘The Lucky 7 Legacy’ was added to its PSA label so the connection
to the original find was clear to the hobby, while still
distinguishing it from the initial group.
“This just goes to prove that buried treasure still exists in
the collectibles world, even well above sea level.”
The T206 White Border set, affectionately known as “The
Monster,” is not only the premier set of the tobacco-card era, it
is indisputably the most collected and valuable baseball card set
ever issued. Perhaps best known for its inclusion of the “Holy
Grail” of sports card collecting, the iconic Honus Wagner card, the
T206 set contains 525 different cards with 16 tobacco brand
advertisement backs. The rarest ad back – and by a considerable
margin – is the “Ty Cobb” reverse design which proclaims Cobb to be
the “King of the Smoking Tobacco World.” Found only on the reverse
of the slightly glossier Ty Cobb red background portrait variety,
one of four Cobb cards in the T206 set, the “Ty Cobb” back is by
far the rarest of the 16 tobacco brand backs that had only 15 known
examples as late as February 2016. That all changed with the
discovery of “The Lucky 7 Find.” Today, thanks to “The Lucky 7
Legacy” discovery, that number has now grown to 24. Even with the
recent discoveries included, the Cobb card remains clearly tougher
to find than the famed T206 Honus Wagner.
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experts have examined and certified over 29 million collectibles
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Terry Melia
PSA
949-567-1126
tmelia@collectors.com
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