Lot 149. Rare 1920s-30s Candy Wrapper Featuring a “Brown’s” Baseball Player. In this case, the player represents the “Brown Cracker & Candy Co.” A fixture in Dallas from about 1910, the company remained in business until the 1940s. Subsequently, it was bought by the Sunshine Biscuit Co. Clyde Barrow once worked for Brown. The wrapper, in blue and orange, is for a “Let’s Go! Chocolate Milk Nut Bar.” Free of tears, the wrapper is adhered along the left edge to a sheet of paper. We have left it to the wrapper’s new owner to decide whether to remove it. There also is a small piece of paper adhered in the upper right corner. The quality and condition are outstanding!
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 150. Rare 1930s Wrapper for “Hoffman’s Big League (Candy) Bar” featuring baseball artwork. Produced by the E. A. Hoffman Candy Co. of Los Angeles, the wrapper shows a batter with a baseball behind him. The edge of the artwork has baseball gloves in the corners, crossed bats in the horizontal centers and baseballs the rest of the way around. Exhibiting no tears, the wrapper is adhered along the left and right edges to a sheet of paper. It has light surface wrinkles, primarily toward the corners, and a vertical crease. Attractive and unusual.
Winning Bid $102.
Lot 151. 10 1934 R320 Goudey Cards. These cards are ex: #17, 39, 46. Vg-Ex: #3, 8, 15, 31, 55. Vg: #10 Klein. Also, #27 Appling, 1/16” short left to right, otherwise vg-ex.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 153. 33 Different 1940 R335 Play Ball Cards Including 8 High Numbers. In general, the fronts of these cards are very strong. Most have back damage, which ranges from slight to significant. The grades reflect the card fronts. Ex-m: #4, 12, 62, 76, 78, 82. Ex+: #52, 83, 123, 142, 151, 203. Ex: #56, 77, 152, 189, 200, 202. Vg-Ex: #60. Vg: #181, 185, 220. G-Vg: #20, 25, 155, 163. G: #198.
Winning Bid $113.
Lot 154. 26 Exhibit Cards - 11 1947-66, 15 1963 Stat Backs.1947-66: 11, 10 different, including Mazeroski batting vg+, B Robinson ex+, Runnels ex-m, Santo nm. Also, Battey. Chance, Cheney, Craig, McBride, Lee Thomas (2); 1 nm, 2 ex-m, 2 ex, 2 vg. 1963 Stat Backs: 15, 14 different, including Drysdale ex+, Kuenn ex+, Neal ex-m+, Piersall nm, F. Robinson ex-m, Runnels nm, Billy Williams ex-m+, Wills (2, one ex-m+, one nm). Also, Aspromonte, Coleman, Herbert, Hinton, O’Dell and Wagner; ex-m to nm.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 161. Topps Coin Collection of 180 - 52 from 1964, 128 from 1971. Among the 1964 coins are #55 Clemente (3 coins, 2 vg, 2 ex+), 82 Rose ex, 83 Aaron ex, 143 Mazeroski All-Star ex, 150 Clemente All-Star ex and 151 Mays All-Star vg. The 45 other coins include 38 different and average vg. The 128 1971 coins include 26 Hall of Fame players such as: #3Bunning (2, ex), 7 Jenkins (4, vg-ex), 15 Mazeroski ex, 24 Carew vg, 50 F. Robinson (2, 1 vg, 1 vg+ to ex), 61 Cepeda vg-ex, 63 Gibson ex+, 71 Clemente vg-ex, 80 Hunter ex, 90 Palmer (2, 1 vg-ex, 1 ex+), 105 Perex (2, 1 vg-ex, 1 ex+), 123 Stargell ex-m, 125 Marichal ex+ (oc), 149 Bench vg-ex, 153 Mays ex-m. Of the 128 coins from 1971, 85 are different, and they average ex.
Winning Bid $75.
