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Honus Wagner baseball card
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Honus Wagner baseball card.

Credit: Courtesy of http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

Tobacco companies produced the first baseball cards, and placed them in packs of cigarettes to appeal to young male smokers. Honus Wagner was so opposed to tobacco he asked that his card be removed, unwittingly creating what turned into one of baseball's most valuable collectibles.

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