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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb
Dustin:
Not new but they are extremely rare. In a typical year, it would not be unusual to see a total of two or three examples from this set come up in major auctions, that's about it. Key HOF'ers are Cy Young, Jesse Burkett, John Clarkson & recently discovered Buck Ewing, a couple of years ago. One other note, HOF'er, George Davis was traded from Cleveland to New York during February of 1893. Depending on how early in the season the cards were produced he could have been issued although the card is not known and I don't see him on the poster, difficult to tell for sure though since one image is almost totally obliterated.
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thank you so much for the explanation. So I'm guessing these tobacco cards were just based out of Cleveland and were not country-wide?
I also just learned Burkett was born and raised in WV so that's pretty awesome!