T206 Honus Wagner with Chesterfield back? :)

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Posted By: Richard Dwyer

This guy never gives up!

"Now there is no claim of any card inside, however this it the first Chesterfield unopened pack from that time frame I have ever seen and the factory number certainly qualifies."

http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-Unopened-Box-Of-Chesterfield-Cigarettes-T206-Era_W0QQitemZ310132722054QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item310132722054&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39% 3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

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Posted By: mj

I saw that lol I have it saved in my ebay search simply out of curiosity of which smarties out there actually THINK this thing has even the remotest possibilities of having a card in it hahaha I got a pretty good chuckle when I saw it.

Reminds me of a previous post I had made where the lot went up to, I think around $700, for 3 examples of clear reprints of wagner, mcgraw, and speaks....I was cracking up but shaking my head at the same time

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Chesterfield cigarettes were first manufactured and sold in 1883 by the Drummond Tobacco in St. Louis. Then
the American Tobacco Co. (ATC) acquired Drummond (circa 1910) and they shortened it to DRUM.

Anyhow, the Chesterfield brand was renewed when ATC was divested in 1911 and a lot of their Cigarette pro-
duction was transferred to the L&M plant in Durham, NC (Factory 42).

Therefore, there is no way a T206 Honus Wagner would be found in a Chesterfield pack......all T206 Wagner
cards were inserted in Piedmont or Sweet Caporal packs (Factory 25 or 30).

The 1909 stamp was applied to T-packs for several years after 1909.


TED Z

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Posted By: Richard Dwyer

There's a possibility there's a T206 card in every pack this dude sells. If you read the descriptions of all the packs he's sold, you'll see that he overhypes everyone of them. Haven't seen one pack yet that he sold, was authentic. The tax stamp shows overprinting with 1917. I believe this dude knows what he's selling is bogus.

edited to add: It's extremely funny that this guy thinks there might be a chance of a "card" T206 era.

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Posted By: J.McMurry

I'm waiting for the T206 Marlboro lights opportunity before throwing big money at one of his auctions.