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Posted By: David Smith

Thank you, Ted.

My idea fantasy idea went some what along these lines;

The ATC was going to introduce the new Ty Cobb brand of tobacco and wanted some good publicity. So they decided to hold a special party for VIP's only. Once this idea was annnounced, someone in the Marketing Department (or maybe Cobb himself) thought it would be an even better idea if the party was held in Georgia, that the tobacco would get its debut there (in a limited geographical area) and that special Ty Cobb cards could be printed up and used as tickets for the event.

So as NOT to be confused with regular white border cards, these special cards were printed with a glossy front, a Ty Cobb back in green ink and a factory number that did NOT ever have any cards associated with it.

Think about it, what profession was Cobb's Father in? Wasn't he a Judge or something? How about Senator Russell's Father? With Cobb being a famous baseball player from Georgia who had a prominant Father, wouldn't it be realistic for him to want to debut his own brand of tobacco back home and do so with a ball or party where only the upper class of Georgia would attend?

All of these things are plausible and would explain why Sentor Russell had a card in his collection and why five of these cards were found in one family's possession.

Then again, I am probably totally off with this whole idea. Wouldn't be the first time.....

David