This 1909-11 T206 Rube Manning Batting with its Piedmont back carries an SGC 4.5 VGEX+ grade. Issued in cigarette packs by the American Tobacco Company, the T206 set is the most famous tobacco issue ever produced and a cornerstone of pre-war baseball collecting. Original cardboard that has survived more than a century offers genuine dead-ball era history for T206 set builders and vintage collectors. Every graded example is encapsulated for long-term protection and display.
Rube Manning was a pitcher for the New York Highlanders, the club that later became the Yankees. He was part of the New York staff during the years the T206 set was issued.
