Tobacco Era Cards (1909–1911)
Ty Cobb T206 'Tris Speaker Find' (group purchase)
The 'Black Swamp Find' and the 'Tris Speaker Find' are the two most-cited modern-era discoveries. The 'Speaker Find' established that historic discoveries are still possible and reset assumptions about the population of high-grade Cobbs.
- Sale price
- $1.00M
- USD · hammer + buyer's premium
- Sale date
- April 22, 2016
- Venue
- Heritage Auctions
- Authentication
- Various PSA grades (PSA 4–PSA 8)
Provenance
Original brown-paper bag found in a Defiance, Ohio estate in 2014, containing seven matching T206 Cobb 'Cobb Back' variants — a previously unknown find.
Condition
Range; the highest-grade example PSA 8.
Editorial note
The 'Black Swamp Find' and the 'Tris Speaker Find' are the two most-cited modern-era discoveries. The 'Speaker Find' established that historic discoveries are still possible and reset assumptions about the population of high-grade Cobbs.
Sources cited
Heritage Auctions catalog 7150
auction house
ESPN: 'Rare Ty Cobb cards found in Ohio attic'
trade press
Reported figures reflect publicly-cited hammer + buyer's premium as of source date. May differ slightly from auction-house internal records. Educational reference, not appraisal.
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