They had unearthed eight super-rare Ty Cobb cards from about 1910. Only 24 of the cards--which promote “Ty Cobb King of the Smoking Tobacco World” on the back--exist, making them three times rarer than the iconic Honus Wagner. The Ty Cobb tobacco brand is believed to have been a test and premium product sold on a limited regional basis. “Ty Cobb was on the first page of a nine-pocket sheet,” Sheldon said. Just for fun, yesterday I asked Snyder what the odds were of another Cobb surfacing before breaking the news to him about Adam’s Cobb.

Source: Forbes April 23, 2018 17:48 UTC