1912 T202, Hassan Baseball #115, The Athletic Infield ⭐ Frank Baker & Jack Barry (End Panels)
This is the first 1912 T202 Hassan Tri-fold card in my collection - I'm over the moon!🔥
I can vow right not, this will not be the last I add to my collection - these cards are phenomenal.
I bought this card raw, on eBay, and sent it directly to PSA through the seller.
It just came back from PSA in a 3.5 holder, which is a very respectable grade for a 114-year-old T202 Hassan Triple Folder, particularly one featuring such an important group of players in baseball history.
Aesthetically, what particularly impresses me is the combination of exceptional color, strong visual presentation, relatively clean surfaces, and the survival of the original triple-folder construction.
As a practical matter, what particularly impresses me is this is a genuinely scarce surviving example of a historically important baseball card.
The Philadelphia Athletics' $100,000 Infield

The four men pictured together are:

First base - Stuffy McInnis, an outstanding defensive first baseman.
Second base - Eddie Collins, Hall of Famer; among baseball's greatest second basemen of all time.
Shortstop - Jack Barry, the defensive cornerstone of the Athletics dynasty.
Third base - Frank Baker, Hall of Famer; premier Deadball Era power hitter.

Together, they formed one of baseball's most celebrated infields.

Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics won American League pennants in 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914, capturing World Series championships in three of those seasons.

This 1912 baseball card is smack in the middle of that extraordinary period.

That is enormously important, even to the most casual observer.