Tobacco Card Stories

[canjond]

John - to answer some of your questions, most cards were tucked against the cigarettes however not all where - it really was dependant upon the brand.

In terms of other stories, one of the more famous stories was the man who pulled an Old Judge card from an unopened pack of Old Judge cigarettes at the east cost national (I think) a few years back. SGC graded the card on the spot as a 98. I believe someone has a scan of the card and the flip makes mention to it being pulled from the pack.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by canjond

John - to answer some of your questions, most cards were tucked against the cigarettes however not all where - it really was dependant upon the brand.

In terms of other stories, one of the more famous stories was the man who pulled an Old Judge card from an unopened pack of Old Judge cigarettes at the east cost national (I think) a few years back. SGC graded the card on the spot as a 98. I believe someone has a scan of the card and the flip makes mention to it being pulled from the pack.

Coincidentally, about two days ago I was wandering around the Internet and found this exact card on BMWCards.com. Here's a link to the image of the card -- if you go to the 'Graded Cards' section of BMW's website there is a small write-up of the (now sold) card.



Regards,

Richard.

[barrysloate]

I know the collector who owns that Alcott. He's very low key and not in the hobby mainstream.

[packs]

Why did SGC put that label on? Weren't they all pulled from cigarette packs?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by packs

Why did SGC put that label on? Weren't they all pulled from cigarette packs?

They were all pulled from packs but SGC didn't see all of them originally being pulled. Big difference....at least imo...

[canjond]

I agree - I like the fact that SGC put the info on the card. I doubt there is another pack in existence that stills holds an N172.

In terms of other stories, I know a few board members had a small find of Honest Long Cut tobacco packs in the early 1980s. All were opened and I believe many T205s were pulled.

[rc4157]

Thanks for posting the pictures of the cards with their packs, much appreciated on this end.

RC

[bbcard1]

20 or more years ago, I was introduced to an old guy (probably in his 90s) who talked about hanging around outside of the pool halls and the duckpin bowling alleys in downtown Roanoke waiting for the men to come out. He said they would throw their cigarette packs in the gutter and he would fish them out...he probably had a couple hundred t206s and t205s. He told me a story about how all the boys had heard of Honus Wagner and never could get a card of him so he cut a picture out of a magazine and pasted it on a t206 and traded it to one of the other boys for like 20 t206s. A few years later, I helped broker some cards for a collector in Lynchburg...did great by him considering the time...but among his cards were a t205 with a picture of Honus Wagner pasted on the front. Lynchburg is about 50 miles from Roanoke so I concocted a fantasy in my head of farm boys trading the card and it making it's way across the tobacco fields from Roanoke through Bedford to Lynchburg. I got the card (the guy gave it to me for my troubles...) and I still have it to this day...grateful for the opportunity to share the story with some fellows who might have similar tales.