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Posted By: Scott M

I've mentioned this little story to other board members in the past but I just had to tag along with Daves comment near the top of the thread about how the tobacco smell can linger on cards which have been in close proximity with tobacco over a period of years.

A fair portion of my collection was obtained in the early 70s with my father. We were lucky enough to obtain a hoard of T205s and T206s which had been stored in several original Sweet Cap and Piedmont boxes for at least a decade or two if not more.

The boxes themselves were already opened and void of the cigarettes but the smell of tobacco was strong on our cards for years afterwards.

Being our first experience with tobacco cards, my father could often be found afterwards at early Willow Grove, PA card shows sniffing a dealers cards for authenticity