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1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb (Red Portrait)

Maker
American Tobacco Co. (T206)
Year
1909-1911
Rank
3 of 100

1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb (Red Portrait)

1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb (Red Portrait) by American Tobacco Co. (T206) (1909-1911) is ranked 3 in the FLOAT 100 for Trading cards. It sold for $432,000 in March 2024. Cornerstone Cobb from the most important set in the hobby.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Cornerstone Cobb from the most important set in the hobby.

T206 Ty Cobb Red Portrait (Cobb/Cobb back), PSA 2.5

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$432,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
March 2024

The premium Cobb-back Red Portrait variant; PSA 2.5 realized ~$432,000 at Heritage, Mar 2024. The far more common front-only Red Portrait trades much lower; grade noted to match the cited realized lot.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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