SCP Auctions July 2009 Internet Auction

The 1910 T210 Old Mill Tobacco card of Joe Jackson is one of card collecting's "dream cards." It is also the only tobacco card of Joe Jackson, and one of the very few cards of Jackson ever issued. This rare Old Mill card features Jackson as a minor leaguer with New Orleans in 1910. He spent the majority of 1909 in the minors and started the 1910 season in New Orleans. Connie Mack who discovered Jackson would ultimately traded him to Cleveland in the middle of the 1910 season with the provision that he would not report until his New Orleans season was over. Jackson would burst on the major league scene in 1911 by belting .408 in his first full season with Cleveland. His .356 lifetime average would automatically guarantee him a spot in the Hall of Fame, were it not for his envolvment in the1919 Black Sox scandal. The T210 set is comprised of eight different series, each representing a different minor league. With 640 players, it is the largest tobacco set of the twentieth century and is immediately identifiable due to its distinctive red borders. Jackson is part of "Series 8" which features Southern Leaguers, and which also happens to be the rarest series of the T210 Old Mill set. Understandably, Joe Jackson is by far the key card in the set. The PSA population report list only a total of six PSA graded Joe Jackson Old Mill cards to date with only one example grading higher. The T210 Old Mill cards are somewhat fragile making them virtually non existent in high grade. This example has a strong image with minor wear to each of the four corners. A crease is present that runs across the middle of the card which ever so slightly breaks the surface of the image. This is an extraordinary and extremely attractive example of one of card collecting's rarest and most desirable cards, featuring the legendary Joe Jackson.