Imagine how high Cobb prices would be if this trend had continued

[Pat R]

Apparently when they were first distributed Cobb cards were pretty scarce.

Charlotte News July 19 1909

Cobb Ad July 19 1909.jpg

Concord Tribune July 17 1909

Cobb Ad July 17 1909.jpg

and in this clip Mr. Boyd, Mr. Murphy and the paper are asking for "pictures" of Cobb while Mr. Smith
is rewarding people for throwing them away.

Charlotte Evening Chronicle May 15 1909

Cobb Ad May 15 1909.jpg

[Jay Wolt]

Pat that's fascinating, thanks for posting the newspaper clippings

[Fred]

That was a fun read.

[T206Collector]

Wonderful, thanks for sharing!

[deeg23]

I love seeing these old newspaper clippings... thanks for sharing!

[AGuinness]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
Did an inflation calculator, which said $10 in 1909 is equivalent to $276.96 today. I actually thought it might have been higher...


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[insidethewrapper]

Here's a few clippings about the collectors of the T206's :

[frankbmd]

Does anyone else see the analogy between the ATC and PSA business models?

“If we grab ‘em by the short hairs, we’ll have an endless revenue stream as a monopoly.”

[jerrys]

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[mrvster]

reads....just incredible!

[silvor]

Originally Posted by AGuinness

Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
Did an inflation calculator, which said $10 in 1909 is equivalent to $276.96 today. I actually thought it might have been higher...


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$234,297.40 if that $10 was put into the S&P 500.

According to this....
https://dqydj.com/sp-500-dividend-re...nt-calculator/

No taxes, inflation, reinvesting dividends, but still...

[The Nasty Nati]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Apparently when they were first distributed Cobb cards were pretty scarce.

Charlotte News July 19 1909

Attachment 339894

Concord Tribune July 17 1909

Attachment 339895

and in this clip Mr. Boyd, Mr. Murphy and the paper are asking for "pictures" of Cobb while Mr. Smith
is rewarding people for throwing them away.

Charlotte Evening Chronicle May 15 1909

Attachment 339896

I wonder which Cobb the kids were after, the Cobb Portrait Green or the Cobb Bat On Shoulder? Both came out the same time. You'd think it would be relatively easy to find at least one example of a Cobb if there were 2 different Cobbs available to pull during the early Piedmont 150 series.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

I wonder which Cobb the kids were after, the Cobb Portrait Green or the Cobb Bat On Shoulder? Both came out the same time. You'd think it would be relatively easy to find at least one example of a Cobb if there were 2 different Cobbs available to pull during the early Piedmont 150 series.

^^^^^^^^^^

interesting points

[mrvster]

that proved Wagner never approved cased closed!


What about Plank???

exactly like Wagner....you don't see any in tobacco issues so case closed on both!

[sreader3]

Pat that is awesome. Had not seen that particular article before.

Would love to get my hands on that reply letter from American Tobacco to Congressman Calder!

[insidethewrapper]

If any card is not included in a package ( tobacco or bubble gum , candy etc ) is it part of the set ?