Lot 37. 3 Different 1800s Harper’s Color Baseball Woodcuts. 1. 1866 Harper’s Baseball Woodcut Featuring “Athletic” and “Atlantic” Players. Philadelphia was a central part of baseballs’ earliest history. Amateur teams probably started playing there as early as 1830. In 1860, James N. Kerns formed a club, simply named “Athletic Base Ball Club.” “Athletic” (Base Ball Club was dropped) soon dominated amateur play in the area. The Nov. 3, 1866 Harper’s Weekly chronicles a championship match between the “Athletic of Philadelphia” and “Atlantic of Brooklyn” and contains the publication’s fourth baseball woodcut print. The score was “Athletic” 32, “Atlantic” 12. The famous Harper’s illustration shows the Athletic players in uniforms with the familiar Old English “A” on the front. The Atlantic players have “ABBC” on their uniforms. The ex woodcut measures 10 ½” x 14”. There is slight amount of inoffensive staining in the upper border and lower right corner that does not affect the image. 2. Oct. 26, 1867, “The champion nine of the Union Base-Ball Club of Morrisania, New York,” 7” x 11” with a very slight chip in upper left, ex. 3. July 25, 1874, “The Philadelphia Athletics,” 10” x 14” with slight inoffensive tears and a small amount of tape in the top right corner. Vg-ex. A very young Cap Anson is pictured with bat in hand.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 38. Aug. 31, 1889 Harper’s with a 2-Page Litho – “A Collegiate Game of Base-Ball.” This detailed woodcut from W. P. Snyder artwork may be Harper’s most artistically appealing baseball litho. Some chips and small tears along the edges. The artwork and the wide border around it appear nm and could be beautifully matted and framed. A spectacular example of 19th century baseball. Ex complete issue.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 41. 6 Different 1909-11 T206 Cards That Grade Ex. Each has a Piedmont 350 Subjects back. Donovan (throwing). Easterly. Hayden. Jones (Detroit). Kruger. Paskert. Quality, crease-free group.
Winning Bid $393.
Lot 42. 4 Different 1909-11 T206 Vg-Ex Cards. Piedmont 350 Subjects backs. Byrne. Doolan (fielding). Kroh. Mattern. The SMR and the 2007 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards value these cards at $280.
Winning Bid $289.
Lot 43. 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Cabinet Card of #4 HoF Catcher Roger Bresnahan. Our consignor purchased this card in the 1970s. Planning to keep it and enjoy it forever, he had it professionally restored to enhance its appearance and his enjoyment. For health reasons, he is now parting with this T3 and others that he had restored. This card displays nicely with remarkable restoration in the upper corners, more restoration in the lower left and extensive restoration in the lower right. The restoration in the lower corners is especially well done. Technically, the card grades p with type loss apparent in the lower corners on the back.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 44. 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Cabinet Card of #12 Wild Bill Donovan. Donovan twice won 25 games in the first decade of the 20th century. The front of the card is ex with scant evidence that a pin hole in the top border has been professionally restored. The restoration at the pin hole is slightly more evident on the back, which also has several light impressions where checkmarks in pencil were recorded and then erased. Our consignor had this beautiful card fixed in the 1980s to enhance its appearance and his enjoyment. He now finds it necessary to part with the card for health reasons.
Winning Bid $163.
Lot 45. 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Cabinet Card of #38 Jake Stahl. Great-looking card that has had all four corners professionally restored, is technically otherwise vg with a couple of light creases and has an ex appearance. To improve his enjoyment of the card, our consignor had the corners professionally restored in the 1970s.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 47. 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Card of #95 George Gibson with a Turkey Red Back. Our consignor has enjoyed this card since the 1970s. To improve its appearance, and his enjoyment, he had some colored added to the gray borders. The front has a vg to vg+ appearance, and the back shows surface wear resulting in tiny areas of paper loss. Very collectible. Gibson was one of the first Canadians in the majors.
Winning Bid $204.
Lot 48. 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Cabinet Card of #105 Hans Lobert with an Ad Back. F-g with some stains on the front, limited professional restoration and an extremely clean back. A shortstop, third baseman, coach and manager, Lobert was the basis for the character played by Edward G. Robinson in the 1953 movie “Big Leaguer.”
Winning Bid $152.
Lot 49. 3 Vg 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders. The cards are Baker-Downie, Blair-Harzell and Graham-Mattern. All have strong colors and display nicely.
Winning Bid $113.
Lot 51. 1912 T202 Triple Folders – 7 Different. Sullivan Puts Up a High One (Gray, Groom) g. Jim Delahanty at Bat (Delahanty, Jones) g. Lobert Almost Caught (Kling, Mattern) p-f. A Close Play at Home Plate (Pelty, R. J. Wallace) f. Clarke Hikes for Home (Bridwell, Kling) f. Lord Catches His Man (Lord, Tannehill) f. Close at the Plate (Payne, White) g.
Winning Bid $206.
