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Sports - The Olympics, Motorcycle Racing, Etc.
4 Lots
Lot 186. 34 1921 W551, 1926 W512-13 Strip Cards with Weismuller, Tilden, Carptentier. 14 different. W551: Lenglin f. Molla Mallory, 5 cards, vg-ex, 2 vg, 2 g-vg. Joe Moore, 2, vg-ex, vg. Joie Ray vg. Helen Wainwright vg. Johnny Weismuller, 5, ex+, vg-ex, vg, g-vg, g. W512-13: #33 Helen Wills, 4, vg-ex, vg, 2 g-vg. 36 Bill Tilden, 4, ex, vg, g-vg, g. 37 Wainwright vg-ex. 38 Weismuller, 3, vg, 2 g-vg. 40 Aileen Riogin 2, vg-ex, g. 45 Mickey Walker g. 47 Georges Carpentier, 3, g-vg, 2 g. 48 Benny Leonard f-g.
Winning Bid $100.
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Lot 187. 1929 Ogden’s “Famous Dirt-Track Riders” Partial Set of 12 Different Cards. These cards are both colorful and scarce. Each shows the rider in a portrait and in action. Cards present are #1, 3, 7-9, 13, 18, 19, 21, 23-25. Card #8 is Sprouts Elder, a member of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame and one of the fathers of American Speedway (Class A short track) racing. He won championships in Australia, South America and Britain, where he was extremely popular with spectators. Vg to vg-ex collection.
Minimum Bid $50.
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Lot 188. 1937 Player Cigarettes “Speedway Riders” Set of 50. This set features color portraits of the top motorcyclists of the 1920s-30s. Among them are two members of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Cordy Milne, U.S. Speedway racing champion in the 1930s, and Jack Milne, the first U.S. world champion. Vg-ex with some cards better, some less.
Minimum Bid $50.
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Lot 189. 1939 Player & Son “Cycling” Set of 50 Cards. These color cards trace the development of the bicycle from the early 1800s in photos and illustrations. It shows hobby-horses, velocipedes, tricycles and bicycles. Ex to ex-m set with some cards better, some less.
Winning Bid $25.
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