Summer Live and Premium 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/2/2018
Graded 30 GD 2 by SGC. Hall of Famer. In 1911, the advertising efforts of General Baking Co. yielded several identical 25-card productions. Five different G.B.C. brands were involved in this insert card promotion; among this group, the offered Ty Cobb example was issued with a loaf of Brunners Bread. Due to the very limited geography of their distribution, these Brunners Bread cards are intensely scarce (as are the cards from any of the other four sponsors). This bright and highly appealing specimen stands as an ideal representative of its type. The card's centering is very favorably aligned, and the corners reflect moderate, generally inoffensive wear. Faint horizontal, surface wrinkling can barely be seen near the image's center, and a small chip is evident at the top-edge border. Overshadowing these discrepancies, however, is a compelling richness of color in the cardfront depiction, which is also notable for exceptional register of the portrayal. Good condition, but projecting truly extraordinary visual appeal.