Sports Collectors Digest

VINTAGE ‘TEXAS TOMMY’ CARD COLLECTION IS A SWEET FIND

The “Black Swamp Find” and the “Lucky 7 Find” are two significant baseball card discoveries in the last decade that have captivated collectors.

Those finds produced eye-popping pre-war tobacco cards from T206s to 1910 E98 that feature high-grade examples of plenty of Ty Cobb masterpieces.

Following every significant sports card find, collectors hold their breath for the next important discovery in the hobby. The “Texas Tommy Find” is the next in line.

The collection, stored in a Yahtzee! game box for decades, features extremely rare candy cards, including a 1914 E224 Texas Tommy Ty Cobb graded PSA 1 and a “Shoeless” Joe Jackson graded PSA 2.5. It is the first Texas Tommy Cobb card ever graded and just

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