1910 T210 Old Mill Tobacco "Series 8" Joe Jackson SGC VG 3 (MBA Silver Diamond)

Graded VG 3 by SGC. Presented is an incredible example of one of baseball-card collecting's most legendary icons: The 1910 T210 Old Mill Tobacco card of Joe Jackson. Every short list of the collecting world's most valuable and important cards features this important extreme rarity. Of additional special note, this T210 Jackson is one of the finest examples in terms of condition of the very few known (and as can easily be seen, displays stronger than its SGC-assigned grade). The T210 Old Mill Tobacco card of Joe Jackson is one of those cards that anyone who really looks at the history of cards, and understands what has been issued for all players, will appreciate as one of the most fascinating and noteworthy baseball cards ever issued. It is the only tobacco card of Joe Jackson, and one of the very few cards of Jackson ever issued. This card features Jackson as a minor leaguer with New Orleans in 1910. This is not, in fact, Jackson's rookie card, as he appears in the 1909 E90-1 American Caramel series with the Philadelphia Athletics. Jackson played a total of ten games with the A's in 1908 and 1909. He spent the majority of 1909 in the minors and started the 1910 season in New Orleans. Mack 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. This rare Old Mill card features Jackson in 1910 with New Orleans. 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 happens to be the rarest series of the T210 Old Mill set. Understandably, Joe Jackson is by far the key card in the set. Fewer than twenty Joe Jackson Old Mill cards are known to exist and it is without question one of his rarest and most sought after cards. As is often the case with these red-bordered cards, there is some wear to the red borders, mostly in the corners. The wear to the edges is very minor, and is far less than normally found with T210s. Extremely well centered, with a bright, clean, crisp image, and strong printing to the advertisement on the reverse. This card features a tremendous photographic image of a young Joe Jackson, looking forward to an exciting Major League career. This is an extraordinary and extremely attractive example, literally one of the very finest in existence, of one of card collecting's rarest and most desirable cards, featuring the legendary Joe Jackson as a minor leaguer early in his baseball career. Awarded an MBA Silver Diamond by Mike Baker Authenticated for high-end eye appeal. A corresponding MBA sticker is affixed to the front of the holder.