Posted By:
Jeff ShepherdFrom the Mastro November 16th-17th, 2001 sale - lot #350, pg.124 - maybe this has been brought up before. The writeup for this lot leans quite heavily in favor of this card being issued in a pack of cigarettes:
"...this is the only card in the entire original collection of 500+ T206's which has a slightly irregular cut. The provenance of this card, examination of the collection from which it originates, and examination of the card itself allow us to know with virtual certainty that this card was issued and packaged in exactly this form in a pack of Piedmont Cigarettes in 1909."
Yeah I'm a bit lost on their "virtual certainty" deduction. Hand-cut, then inserted in a pack? In regards to Piedmont-back Wagners, it does mention the Gretsky PSA 8, and one that possibly sold in the Trader Speaks in the 70's for $3876.00 - with this offered lot being the presumed third Piedmont Wagner.
