Lot # 495: 1911 T205 Gold Border Collection (43) Including Joe Tinker

Collection of forty-three different 1911 T205 Gold Border cards, highlighted by Hall of Famer Joe Tinker. The tobacco advertisements on the reverses are Piedmont and Sweet Caporal (except for one Hassan and two Polar Bears). Condition is 39% Vg-Ex (including a few Ex), 37% Gd to Vg, and 24% lesser. This collection consists of the following: Austin, Bailey, Ball, Bergen, Camnitz, Carrigan, Crandall/"t" crossed (Pr, Polar Bear), Dickson, Doyle, Dygert, Elberfeld, Ford/black cap (Pr), Gardner, Goode, Hauser, Hoblitzell/"Cin." after 1908 stats (Pr), Hummell, T. Jones, Krause, Livingston, Lobert, B. Lord, H. Lord, Mattern, H. McIntire (Hassan back), Meyers, Moran/no stray line, Murphy, Oldring, Phelps, Quinn, Reulbach, Rucker, Schaefer, Schulte, Simmons, Stahl, Stone, Street, Tannehill, Tinker (Pr, Polar Bear), Wiltse/only right ear shows (Vg), and Wolter. This is an ideal medium- to lower-grade collection of cards for the collector who wants real, authentic 1910-era tobacco cards but isn't interested in spending the fortune it would take to acquire them in a higher grade. Total: 43 cards.