This tobacco card was put out by the Aug. Beck Tobacco Company of Chicago as a premium in their  Yum Yum Brand of Tobacco and Cigarettes during 1893 This is one of Ten Sports Cards in this series that are known.  This Card is RARE!!!  None of the Price Guides and Reference books that I am aware of had one available to be able to show a picture of one.  That includes Price Guide to Golf Tobacco Cards (Smedley Bedrock), The World Index (British Cartophilic Society) and the American Card Catalogue (Burdicks).  The card measures 2 ¾ inches by  1 13/16 inches approximately. The Card is printed on Thin Stock paper.  The card does have some creasing near the bottom of the front, and some  touches to the corners.  It has survived well over the 130 years it has been around.  I have scanned the card front and back fairly large for you to be able to judge condition for yourself .  Finding one of these cards in any condition is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The rarity is probably due in part to the exchange offer on the back of the card.  The company made prizes available in exchange for certain amounts of cards. I imagine many cards were sent into the company in exchange for those prizes.  They rarely come on the market for sale.  Once this goes into someone’s golf collection I doubt it  will ever come back on the market.  This is arguably one of the rarest American Golf cards. 

I  will be trying to list several  EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different categories), including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco, Cigarettes , Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities, Dog Breeds,  Circus themes and many more.  To view the other cards I have up on ebay please click  on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It will take you directly to them.

Due to my work schedule and distance to the post office I am only able to ship  Monday Mornings.  If I haven’t received payment for an item by Sunday evening,   the item will have to wait until the next Monday  to go out. Its unfortunate but unavoidable.   If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that you do not bid or buy. Thanks again. 

This will be mailed from the USA. 

For USA purchases I Can combine shipping.  Please message me for details.