Drawings & Tobacco Art Cards

[jingram058]

I have a modest collection of these cards, all Helmar and Banty Red. They come up on eBay, Amazon, Mercari, even Etsy, etc., from time to time. When first released, and they are only made in very small numbers as they are essentially hand made, they seem to sell for colossal sums. Eventually, many come back up for sale later, and though I do not know why, often at very reasonable prices. I put this small album together as a way to show off the ones I have. I especially like the Mantle-Mays-Reese New York set with Mel Allen-Russ Hodges-Red Barber Says and the re-done 1954 Red Man Reese that replaces cartoonish original artwork with a color photo. To me, this is a great and relatively inexpensive way to put together a collection of pre- and post-war HOF'ers cards (or should be HOF'ers).

[Leon]

Nice eye candy for those that collect it. I don't have enough room for my regular oddball stuff!