Lot 798. 5 Early 1900s Actresses on 3 Old Mill Colored Silks and 2 Sweet Caporal Pins. The silks are rich and colorful with actresses Maxine Elliot, Elsie Ferguson and L. Harris. Unstained and vg-ex to ex. The sepia pins have images of Deyo and Madeline Bouton. Vg-ex to ex with the paper backs present. Wonderful period pieces.
Minimum Bid $20.
Lot 799. 11 Scarce Early 20th Century Caramel Flag Cards. These cards are much less common than tobacco cards. E15 American Caramel Flags. Nine different. E16 John H. Dockman & Son Flags, China. E17 Breisch-Williams Flags, Bolivia. Five cards are ex or better, and six are less than ex.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 800. 44 1940s Card-O Ships & Planes. Group consists of: 8 Series A “U.S. Navy” cards. All have the “Card-O” designation on the back. 6 Series B “Aeroplanes.” All are the front-without-numbers, text-back variety. 17 Series C “Aeroplanes,” all without the “Joker” designation. 6 Series D “Aeroplanes.” Five have the “Card-O” reference. Of these, four say “25 cards” and one says “27 cards.” The other card has the “27 cards” back. There also four Aircraft Recognition Cards, one Air Squadron Insignia card with a Walt Disney Productions copyright on the back, and two Mixed Series cards.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 801. Topless Topps 1952 “Wings” 1-Cent Box. The bottom of the box dates the set at 1952, although it was listed in the American Card Catalog as a 1953 set. The box bottom displays well, with one tear and several creases.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 804. 31 1953 R701-15 Bowman Television and Radio Stars of the National Broadcasting Co. These are the cards with the vertical backs. All different: #12 vg+ to ex, 14 ex, 16 Audrey Meadows ex, 18 ex-m, 20 MacDonald Carey ex, 22 g, 26 Les Brown ex-m+, 30 ex, 36 vg-ex, 38 ex, 44 Cliff Arquette ex, 46 Ted Mack ex, 48 ex, 50 Loretta Young ex+, 54 J. Fred Muggs vg-ex, 58 vg-ex, 66 ex, 68 ex+, 70 Mr. Wizard ex, 72 vg+ to ex, 78 ex, 80 ex, 82 ex+, 84 Imogene Coca nm, 86 ex-m, 88-90 all ex, 92 ex, 94 ex and 96 ex+.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 805. 1956 Topps U.S. Presidents Partial Set of 24 out of 36 cards. Topps used the artwork that it acquired when it purchased Bowman Gum to reissue this set. What a great start on this historical set! Cards here are #3, 5, 6, 7, 9-12, 14-23, 25-27, 31, 32 and 34. Ex-m with a few less and a few better.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 809. Non-Sport Grab Bag of Trade Cards, Topps Cards, “Playbill” Programs and More! Perhaps most intriguing are six 19th century trade cards promoting Dalmatian Insect Power, and Dr. Edmond Beale’s German Tea as well. Each 2 ½” x 4 1/8” b&w card features a humorous drawing. All vg++ to ex. Topps Cards: 1966 Batman Orange Backs, 22 cards, #4, 5 (2), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (4), 10 (2), 11, 12 (2), 13 (2), 14. One card f-g, 1 g, 1 g-vg, 2 vg, 2 vg-ex, 1 vg+ to ex, 8 ex, 5 ex+, 1 ex-m. 1956 U.S. President, 7 different, 1 f, 1 g, 4 vg, 1 vg-ex. Engrav-o-tints set of 10 including Como, Gabor, Powell, Dinah Shore, ex. Coca-Cola airplane card, Lockheed “Constellation”; two Old Mill Actress silks with backing intact, four Leaf Spook Stories cards, a “Good Guys and Bad Guys” card, an Adams Family card, a Terror Monster Series Card, a Useful Birds of America card and an All-Star Drug Detecting Dogs card. Average vg. Also, three insult cards and three miniature pieces of U.S. currency. Also, a 3” x 6” sticker, “Free the Hostages,” refers to the U.S. hostages held by Iran 1979-81. Playbill: “The King and I” 1984, “Amadeus” with Mark Hamill substituting and “42nd Street.” Also, programs for the Metropolitan Opera and the Joffrey Ballet (2). Average ex. 1990s ticket stubs for “Guys and Dolls,” “Miss Saigon” and “Mostly Mozart ’92.”
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 810. Rare 1973 Topps Creature Feature Display Box Proof. Vintage Topps and Bowman display boxes are clearly difficult to acquire. This offering takes difficulty to the next level. The box is a 10-cent 1973 Creature Feature proof box testing the yellow and black colors. It comes flat and unfolded, measuring about 14” x 20 ½”. Some relatively insignificant creasing does not affect the box’s strong visual appeal.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 811. 1991 Pro Set “Desert Storm” Near Set of 238 + Extras. Nm-m. Cards 147-150 are missing. Also includes 8 cards from the 1991 Topps “Desert Storm” second series and 13 from the 1991 Pacific Trading “Operation Desert Shield” set.
Winning Bid $10.
