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Posted By: <b>goudeyhunter</b><p>I know this is probably a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if anyone on the board has a sample from the 1922 Fan's Cigarette's set? These seem to be pretty mythical, but I was interested in seeing a posted picture of this type.

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Posted By: <b>Jaime Leiderman</b><p>I think Leon has one... or even two of them. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Glen V</b><p>Lipset sold one for $11,000 in his April 2001 Auction. According to the text it was auctioned on March 1994 by Christies but went unnoticed and sold for $1,380. I can't post the picture - no scanner.

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Posted By: <b>Eric Eichelkraut</b><p>let's see what you have....

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Posted By: <b>Eric Eichelkraut</b><p>..would be a great price. I've never spent more than $500 on any card come to think of it, but wouldn't think twice in this instance. I thought there were only a couple cards actually known.

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>It's a moot point, because it's unlikely one will be coming to market any year soon.

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I believe there are only two cards known (Frank Baker and Carson Bigbee), and only a single sample of each one of these is known. So, it's not likely that you'll find one, unless the speculation that Leon owns them is correct.

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>I know who owns the only known example, and he's not selling it.

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Posted By: <b>Andy Baran</b><p>To the best of my knowledge, no one has actually seen the Bigbe card. Until the Baker was discovered, there was only a photocopy of the Bigbe card floating around.

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Posted By: <b>Glen V</b><p>Like Andy said (and the SCD says) only the Baker card has been seen, plus a Xerox of Bigbee.<BR><BR>Don't know who owns the Baker, but its probably not Leon - he would have shared the image with us by now.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I don't have a T231 Fan's Cigarettes....there is a large cloud of controversy about this card, and the fact if it is "even" a card. I would also like to know who won the one in the Lipset auction as I have some ideas.....Before I would plunk down that kind of money for a card (10k or so) I would want some more verification of this series....as it seemed like other bidders did too....The opening bid was 10k in that auction and if I remember correctly it only had 1 bid ? regards all

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Posted By: <b>Jaime Leiderman</b><p>Was this set catalogued in the original ACC?<BR>How they ended up with the T231 designation?

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Posted By: <b>David</b><p>I have never seen the card in person, so it should in no way be interpreted that I am offering an opinion on the card's authenticity yea or nae. Leon is right that there is not-so-public controversy surrounding the Baker card. And only adding to mystery, the card is currently owned by ... Lew Lipset. It was not actually sold in his auction.

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Obermeyer</b><p>The first listing for the T231 set in the ACC is in the 1953 edition: <BR><BR>T231 - Baseball Players, Fans cigts, sm. sepia, numb.<BR><BR>The value is placed at $0.10... more than a T206, but less than an Obak.<BR><BR>Jeff<BR><a href="http://www.seattlehockey.net" target=_new>http://www.seattlehockey.net</a><BR>