REA, then a division of MastroNetInc., offered this massive find of 768 1952-55 Red Man Tobacco cards (760 with tabs) in their July 2000 Baseball Cards and Memorabilia auction. The same auction included a lot of 1971 Milk Duds Giant Assortment of 661 Unassembled Complete Boxes.
They described the lot as the biggest group of Red Man Tobacco cards they had ever seen. It included four 1952 complete sets, six 1953 sets, four 1954 sets, and one 1955 set missing two cards (#AL15 and #AL18). 25% were Nr/Mt to Nr-Mt-Mt, 30% ranged from Ex to Ex-Mt, 35% were Vg to Vg-Ex/Ex, and 10% were lesser.
Here’s the auction catalog cover if you want to own a cheap piece of hobby history.
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