[npa589]

So, in another thread on here - I saw a newspaper article that may be old hat to many of you - but I had never seen it before. I also came across another user on the thread posting this T206 Ad. The image described in the article combined with the ad made me try to picture what it would have been like in the context of the time. History rewrites the value of baseball cards, evidence we've seen proven even from the 90s til now.

Cobb in 1909 was clearly great - hitting .377, but he also was only a couple years into full playing time - and didnt win MVP until 1911. Wagner had of course already cemented himself as a legend and was clearly the best player in the league. In the context of the time though, I'm sure many would have traded Cobb for

But many of the stars of 1909-11 are statistically forgotten about today - even if they were amongst the cards that kids were "besieging" the adult cigarette purchasers to acquire.

Every thread is made more enjoyable with a picture - so please feel encouraged to include examples from your own PC. I think it would be fun for this thread to take on a life of its own too --- hypothetical trading, or simply a post meant to highlight a player who dominated for 5 years, but was largely forgotten about in the history of baseball - save for being immortalized in the T and E sets.