1916 M101-5 Sporting News #12 Beals Becker PSA FAIR 1.5 - Extraordinary Rarity!

The M101-4 and M101-5 Sporting News sets are traditionally thought of as being pretty straightforward. There are some incredibly rare advertising back varieties, and these are extremely popular with collectors, but the fronts are generally considered to be of a similar scarcity in the two sets. There are generally no rare cards or pose variations - WITH SEVERAL NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS. For reasons unknown, three of the numbered cards in the M101-5 series (#12, 23, and 186) are known to feature two completely different players and poses. These extreme rarities are referred to in the M101-4/5 checklists as "short prints." Presented here is a fascinating card depicting Beals Becker of the Philadelphia Phillies, one of the extreme rarities from the M101-5 series. Card #12 is almost never Beals Becker; it is almost always Lute Boone. The short-print Becker card is almost unheard of! Graded FAIR 1.5 by PSA. This is an extremely rare opportunity to acquire this virtually impossible M101-5 rarity of Beals Becker.