Lot # 582: 1910-1912 Plow Boy Tobacco Doc White PSA POOR 1 - Ad Back - The Only PSA-Graded Example!

Graded POOR 1 by PSA. This is the ONLY example graded by PSA to date! Outstanding modestly-graded example of Doc White from this unusual sepia-toned 1910 cabinet-card issue that features Cubs and White Sox players. Issued by the Spaulding & Merrick Tobacco Company to promote its Plow Boy Tobacco brand. Their rarity is related to the fact that they were issued only in the Chicago area. Plow Boy Tobacco cards measure 5-3/4 x 8 inches. They are easily one of the rarest of all twentieth-century tobacco issues, and of additional note, these cards show players in poses that are unique to this set. Plow Boy Tobacco cards were issued with two different advertising reverses, one with a simple advertisement and another with the same advertisement along with a checklist of premiums available. The offered example features the advertising reverse without the premium checklist. The card has a crisp image with even wear on the corners and a boldly printed advertisement on the reverse. Downgraded due to a pinhole on the top border. A very attractive example worthy of even the most advanced prewar-card collection.