Posted By:
Hal Lewis"These T206 cards all feature advertisements for a variety of tobacco products made by Duke's monopoly, with one notable exception: a very rare issue of a Ty Cobb portrait with the slogan "Ty Cobb, King of the Smoking Tobacco World" on the reverse. Other scarce issues from this set include the famous Honus Wagner card, an Eddie Plank issue, and an array of variants and misprints, all of which make it nearly impossible for collectors to complete the set. The Russell collection contains 497 different cards and variants from the T-206 set, an amazing accomplishment for a juvenile collector and a testament to the tenacity of the young Russell."
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At first glance, I thought they were saying that HIS "set" contained ALL of those rare T206 variations ...
but perhaps they were just saying that the "T206 set" contains those cards and that his 497 cards do not necessarily include those rare variations?