ive been collecting for 35 years but i am still clueless on this card. I am sure there are guys with 5 years collecting that know more then I on certain subjects.
It reminds me of a story i heard (could be an old wives tale) of a truck that got stuck in a bridge. No one could figure out how to get the truck unstuck as it was really wedged in the tunnel under the bridge. Many things were tried, but to no avail... no one could get this truck unstuck,not police, not firemen, not all the engineers. but everyone had an opinion on how to do it. Then a young kid rode up on his bike and asked what was going on. He then said, why dont they just let the air out of the tires.
I have a theory myself.....
I will say this first... No one here knows for sure, none of us were there. Assumptions are not facts, they are opinions. I know when i threw out an opinion before, guys came unglued because it differs from their opinion.
My girlfriend lets me know everyday my opinion doesn't count for much!
Relax and have fun, this is baseball cards!!!!!!!
This can be analyzed from a hundred directions. Different finishes could be simply from different batches. Sure only 15 are known today, but in 1911 or whenever, maybe 10000 existed, we dont know, maybe they were destroyed or never issued, or lost in a warehouse fire or the dog ate them. No one knows, they only assume. They could have been salesman promos or just press proofs that never materialized. From what i have gathered, the tobacco wasn't that popular and wasn't around long. Good chance, if the company discontinued the brand, maybe most, but not all the cards got pitched out in the trash!
Point is, the difference could be this: simply different batches of ink. It does happen. If they were printed a week or month apart.
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05-02-2010, 08:38 PM
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