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Non-Sport Memorabilia
10 Lots
 Lot 53. Circa 1865 Carte de Visite of Abner Doubleday from a Mathew Brady Negative. For many years, conventional baseball history, relying on the early 1900s Mills Commission, credited Doubleday with inventing the sport. His place in history as a Civil War figure is much more secure. Doubleday is credited with firing the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter. He saw action at Fredericksburg and performed admirably at Gettysburg after achieving the rank of brigadier general. Nevertheless, he ran afoul of Maj. Gen. George Meade, who was eventually replaced by Lincoln for his ineffectiveness. Doubleday then spent most of the remainder of the Civil War carrying out administrative duties in Washington, D.C. Later in his career, he commanded an African-American unit in Texas, and he patented a cable car railway that still runs in San Francisco. In the photo, Doubleday is posed in his military uniform. A single star on his shoulder reveals his rank and dates the photo as Civil War vintage. After the war, Doubleday reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. More common is a full-length portrait by Brady taken after Fort Sumter. Here, Doubleday sits, and a few jacket buttons are undone. The studio stamp on the back recognizes E. & H. T. Anthony of New York and notes that the photo is from a “negative in Brady’s National Portrait Gallery.” During the Civil War, Brady provided thousands of negatives to the Anthony studio. The CDV measures the traditional 2 3/8” x 4” with clipped corners; it is untrimmed. The sepia photo shows light foxing. There is a minute spot of paper loss and a very tiny inute brown stain on the background, both away from Doubleday’s image. The card has ghost Doubleday signatures on the front and back. The signature on the front is over an area where another signature appears to have been removed. This is an excellent and scarce photo of one of the 19th century’s more interesting historical, and mythical, figures.
Winning Bid $390.
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 Lot 139. 1952 Wells Lamont “Red Ryder” Uncut Card Panel in Original Packaging. The panel, which features 6 “Red Ryder Playmates Trading Cards,” is packaged with a pair of Wells Lamont gloves. The panel is MINT. The complete set of 14 Red Ryder cards was issued in two panels of four cards each and one panel of six cards. Although the package is 56 years old, it could easily be mistaken for new. And it hasn’t had a “facelift.” An incredible example!
Winning Bid $175.
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 Lot 140. 1940s-50s Exhibit Card Vending Machine. The glass front displays two exhibit cards, which are included. The case is made of metal. The machine has two different sections, each advertising a different issue. The left side features a Hot Rod with signage above reading “Hot Rods and Custom Cars…1 card 2 cents.” The right side features a card of Andy Williams. The signage above reads “Buy the Beatles and other popular Recording Stars Here!” This machine is 18” high, 7” wide, & 7 ¾” deep. It is in good condition and full working order.
Winning Bid $200.
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 Lot 141. 1849 Sartain’s with the First Appearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells. July to Dec. bound magazines, including the first appearance of one of Poe’s most famous poems, The Bells in the October issue. For those interested in gothic literature, this is an even more fascinating volume because it features an early reprinting of G.G. Foster’s The Nightmare and a full-page steel engraving of the famous Fuseli painting commissioned to illustrate it originally. The overall condition of the book is g with a broken binding, missing title page and heavy toning. The condition of the important pages is ex with either light toning or, in the case of the engraving, only toning to the margins. Extremely rare subject matter.
Winning Bid $102.
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