Chances of tobacco card original art showing up?

[steve B]

I'd say the chances are slim at this point, but you never know what will turn up.

Among the missing stuff , assuming ALC did the cards the same way they did the cigar box labels.

Uncut sheet/part sheet
Original art
Progressive proof books

I haven't seen any of them for any of the ALC baseball sets. I have seen progressive proof books of cigar box labels, so I know they made them for those at least.

Stuff that probably existed but almost certainly is long gone.

The halftone negatives for the halftone portions of the cards.
The transfers used to lay out the stones/plates
The actual stones, either a master or a production stone (There's a master that includes the back of a 1910 era hockey card but I don't think it's from ALC)
Possibly negatives for the individual colors that weren't halftone.
Any packing /shipping materials - like a box used to ship the cards.
ALC internal documents - Orders, work orders, invoices, etc.

Steve B