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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
Great card from a great set. Back in the early 2000's I BIN'd a really clean set (or very close to it) of these on Ebay, and drove up to Albany, NY to pick them up at a card shop.
I think they sat there on Ebay for weeks before I pulled the trigger on them.
Sold them off shortly after. I don't think they are super rare, but I don't think I've had even another single since then.
I love the over-sized tobacco cards and the great litho work on them.
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A full set is a very rare find, that is awesome.
These are in the sweet spot of tough, I think. Tough enough that you have to hunt to get them (for example, there are 0 cards form this set on eBay right now at any price) but they are out there and building a set is a realistic goal rather than an exercise in futility like the super rare sets. They look better in hand, the larger size lends to the lithography. These and the N43's are probably the nicest art sets of boxers before the T9's, but like the T9's aren't always available. I'm up to 3 now after buying 2 as type cards (always dangerous, a type buy leads to a set build later...).