1910 Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects Set and Checklist (T226)
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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
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.
1910 Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects Set Checklist
- Abe Attell
- Matty Baldwin
- Patsy Brannigan
- Knockout Brown
- Sailor Burke
- Young Corbett
- Johnny Coulon
- Leach Cross
- Young Donahoe
- Jem Driscoll
- Mickey Gannon
- Joe Gans
- Jimmie Gardner
- Jack Goodman
- Charlie Griffin
- Grover Hayes
- Dick Hyland
- Joe Jeannette
- Jim Jeffries
- Jack Johnson
- Al Kaufman
- Stanley Ketchel
- Bert Keyes
- Sam Langford
- Harry Lewis
- Willie Lewis
- Young Loughrey
- Johnny Marto
- Phillip McGovern
- Honey Mellody
- Owen Moran
- Tommy Murphy
- Battling Nelson
- Dick Nelson
- Young Nitchie
- Jack O’Brien
- Tommy O’Keefe
- Bill Papke
- Unk Russell
- Jim Stewart
- Harry Stone
- Tommy Sullivan
- Jack Sullivan
- Mike Sullivan
- Eddie Walsh
- Jimmy Walsh
- Bull West
- Kid Willette
- Johnny Willetts
- Ad Wolgast
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