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Graded VG-EX+ 4.5 by PSA. This is the ONLY example ever graded (at any level) by PSA! Presented is an extraordinary example of Black Sox star Joe Jackson featuring the exceedingly rare Gimbels advertising back. This is a very rare back for any M101-4, let alone for Joe Jackson, one of the key cards to the set. This card (and set) is usually referred to as issued by The Sporting News, but the M101-4/5 sets were actually issued with a variety of advertising backs as well as with blank backs. The M101-4/5 sets were also issued as promotional vehicles for a number of regional businesses, among them Gimbels Department Store, which had locations in New York, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee in 1916. Research by collector Todd Schultz has turned up period newspaper advertisements that reveal these cards were issued by the Milwaukee store in groups of twenty cards. (Todd's research and copies of the ads can be found here: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=203319.) Like most of the regionally issued M101-4/5 sets, we have never seen or heard of a complete set of Gimbels, which makes this Jackson an extremely significant offering. To date, PSA and SGC have combined to grade only 182 examples (of all subjects) from this rare set. Only three examples of Jackson have ever been graded (this one and two SGC). The card features Jackson in a classic batting-pose photograph by Charles Conlon, which is the same photograph used to produce Jackson's Cracker Jack card. This is an outstanding and extremely attractive example in all respects. The image is bold and crisp. It is centered very well for this card, with even wear to the corners. Gimbels cards (like all M101-4/5 related sets) have a glossy coated surface that is very susceptible to creasing. This card is free of any creases or wrinkles. The printed advertisement for Gimbels on the reverse is bold and crisp. This is an exceptional card worthy of the finest Joe Jackson or rare vintage baseball-card collection. Opening Bid $10,000.