1893 Just So Tobacco George Davies SGC EX 60 - Highest Graded!

Graded EX 60 by SGC. Issued in 1893, Just So Tobacco cards are one of the most unusual and most obscure of all nineteenth-century baseball-card issues. Featuring portraits of the Cleveland Spiders, as they were known at the time, cards from this set are legendary for their incredible rarity. They are very distinctive both in size (measuring 2.5 x 3.875 inches) as well as their very close to black-and-white (yet, according to catalogs, still technically sepia) appearance. The 1890s were a very slow decade for baseball-card sets. Just So Tobacco is one of the very few issues of the era, adding to its great significance to collectors. Offered is Spiders' pitcher George W. Davies, identified beneath his portrait as "G. W. Davies." The Spiders of the 1890s earned the dubious distinction of being one of the dirtiest playing clubs to ever take the field in the history of the game. This is an extremely attractive example of this extraordinary rarity. The card is crisp and clean, both front and back, with perfect contrast, no creases or wrinkles, excellent centering, and four strong corners. Just So Tobacco cards are virtually nonexistent in the marketplace. We estimate that fewer than twenty-five examples in total are known to exist (PSA and SGC have combined to authenticate 25 examples of all players). When a Just So does come up for sale, it is almost always in low grade. This card has survived miraculously in incredible condition, and presents an extremely rare opportunity to acquire an extraordinary example of one of card collecting's most legendary sample-card rarities.