Info on T227, Series of Champions cards (hey Don!)

[puckpaul]

Great set of cards from 1911. 24 cards in the set from multiple sports (checklists available online) with four baseball, Cobb, Baker, Bender and Marquard. Set was indicated as having 25 cards but 25th never issued as far as we know(no example ever found). Two cards are quite difficult to find, CP Rodgers and Bruce Brown, each of which died around the time the set was produced with the theory that production was stopped. Boxer Jack Johnson is another key card.

Cards were large sized and issued in soft tobacco pouches, I believe, and are thus rarely found in top condition.

There are complete sets around in collectors hands. The baseball cards are not plentiful but do come up for auction and sale fairly regularly. The cards can be “Honest Long Cut” or “Miners Extra” backs.