You may also want to add among your questions;
1) For what purpose was the card created? (often self-evident and generally advertising of some kind--but for what product/service?)
2) Are there known variations of this card? Are there known errors, corrected or uncorrected?
3) Was distribution limited to certain areas of the country? Part of artificial scarcity, i.e. "1 of 1"?
4) Is the subject found only in this or very few sets, or the only card in which he appears in a particular uniform? Rookie or last card?
5) In addition to whatever advertising may appear on the card itself, was the card marketed through media or other means when first issued? What were those (newspapers, trade mags, storefront/in-store displays)?
6) Pricing? What did one have to do to acquire the card or set if not pay retail money (e.g., giveaway, given with purchase of something else, redemption, mail-in offer) Was pricing tiered and if so at what levels-- wax packs, cellos, trays, racks?
7) Are there any reproductions known, either licensed or counterfeit?
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