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Wondo
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1 1 24459851 GOOD+ 2.5 1910 T229 Kopec Cigarettes Sports Champions Jack Johnson Card
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  • Dpeck100
    Dpeck100 Posts: 10,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1 1 24459851 GOOD+ 2.5 1910 T229 Kopec Cigarettes Sports Champions Jack Johnson Card >>




    Sounds exciting!

    Can you give the back story on why it is your while whale? I assume the card is very rare and just like to learn about cards.

  • scooter729
    scooter729 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭
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    Awesome John! Was this part of the big lot from Legendary recently? Tremendous card and impossible set!
  • Stone193
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    Hiya John - congratulations.

    I could use some context tho. Thanx.
    Mike
  • RedRomad275
    RedRomad275 Posts: 728
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    Please share the back story and scans of the card once you get it.

    Red

    Looking for 81-84 Topps Stickers in PSA 9 or better, 81 Topps Scratch offs, 83 Topps Fold outs in PSA 8 or better, 83 Fleer Stamps and 81/86 Fleer Star Stickers in PSA 9 or better.
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  • Dboneesq
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    << <i>Please share the back story and scans of the card once you get it. Red >>


    +1

    VCP lists the 1910 T229 as "PET CIGARETTES". Is it the same thing?
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • Wondo
    Wondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
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    This did come from the last Legendary auction. T229 Kopec is an extremely very rare Northern California issue from 1911 (although typically erroneously dated 1910). The issue has a second back, PET Cigarette, that Burdick originally designated T224, but later combined with T229. I've been searching for a Jack Johnson sample for darn near a decade - I missed one in a Mile High auction a few years ago. This is the first example graded by PSA; I believe SGC has graded three PETs, but no Kopecs. I am pumped!



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    Wondo

  • DanBessette
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    That's a monster card, congratulations!!!
  • Big80s
    Big80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
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    Great snag, John! That set is a nightmare. Congrats!
    Let's Rip It: PackGeek.com
    Jeff
  • Beck6
    Beck6 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭
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    Great card! Congrats!
    Registry Sets:
    T222's PSA 1 or better
  • eagles33
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    Congrats on the score. It's always great to cross off something off your list that you've been looking for for so long
    Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
  • calaban7
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    John , nice capture .----- Sonny
    " In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act " --- George Orwell
  • kingbeeswax
    kingbeeswax Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭
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    Very cool. Congrats!!
    rarevintageshirts on ebay auctions link
  • wrestlingcardking
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    This card is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I want the Frank Gotch Kopec as my sig line states.............
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • mattyc_collection
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    Amazing card!
  • wrestlingcardking
    wrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
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    For reference, I have been looking 12 years for a Kopec Gotch and found only one in a private collection. I appreciate this score as much as any one collector!
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • miwlvrn
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    Wow, that's awesome! Count me in as someone who had an interest in that one too. Thanks for sharing such an amazing pickup, congrats.

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