1909-12 Murad Cigarettes (T51) Multi-Sport Forum

Thanks to an eBay purchase that arrived today, I now sit at 18/150, or exactly 12% complete on this set. With 150 subjects, I don't know if I'll ever complete it. But it's been a fun try so far, and even after this latest lot (which brought in five new ones) I haven't paid more than $10 a card. I'm sure that will change once I start chasing some of the more popular schools, but I've got plenty more small ones to pick up. I still have two more sitting at COMC waiting to be shipped, and technically have the West Point card as well but I consider it part of my Army West Point collection. Hopefully I'll be able to find another one.

Not a large milestone, but a fun one nonetheless - mainly referring to getting past 10% complete on a tobacco set over 100 years old! I absolutely love these cards, not just for their history but also for the unique artwork on them. I discovered that they were extremely affordable (in my eyes, anyway) and relatively plentiful (so far) when I bought the West Point one, and decided to chase the full 150, seeing as I won't be purchasing any new product besides a handful of singles for the foreseeable future.

Anyone else trying to assemble a complete tobacco and/or prewar set in any sport?

I am not trying to collect this set but I think that it is huge that you now have more than 10. I feel like these cards are hard to find and get them in good condition. Congrats man!

Nice job. I love the history of cards that are so old.

As with you it has also amazed me how affordable some of the cigarette/tobacco cards are given their age.

I managed to find some football (soccer) ones and one cricket from the 1930s in an antique store here and paid less than $1 NZ per card. I thought I had got a real bargin but when I did a bit of searching on prices I found out I did alright but was hardly going to retire on them!

I love the cigarette cards

The german cards are the best

Love the movie stars but there are lots of great sets 

Will start looking for the albums 

I'm not currently going after anything pre-war, but chasing as many different Matt Kenseth cards as I can locate. Best of luck to you to be able to complete it. Congrats on the milestone.

That is an awesome milestone.  It will be fun to chase these for years.

A milestone is a milestone and that's great. I'm working the 1914-15 Sweet Caporal World War 1 (T121) set. Well, I haven't touched it a bit. But I'm at 10% of 10% so you can see how hard I've been working it.

Did you get the State University of Kentucky?

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/133600/cid/8887297/1909-12-Murad-Cigarettes-(T51)-NNO-Kentucky

Hahaha haven't added that one yet. Is that considered the Billy Ripken of this set?

Nice cards to collecting. Congrats on your milestone.