1910 Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects Set and Checklist (T226)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

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Title	Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects (T226)
Year	1910
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Black and White
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1910 Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects Set Overview

T226 Red Sun Jack Johnson Boxing The Red Sun cards are one of the rarest and most distinctive tobacco cards around.

They are easy to spot a mile away with unique olive green borders and a bright red ink advertisement on the back. The cards have black and white images and, combined with those green borders, they have a rather drab appearance that is drastically countered with the red advertisement on the back. Red Sun also created a baseball set with the same design, cataloged as T211.

While they are easy to distinguish from other tobacco cards that mostly had white borders, they are certainly not easy to find. Red Sun cards were not widely distributed and, as a result, not many were printed.

The set is headlined by many big names, including the legendary Jack Johnson.

Like the baseball cards, the boxing Red Sun cards are quite rare. Even commons in decent shape usually cost more than $100.