Lot 56. 10 1880s–1930s Type Cards – E, M, R and T Examples Including 3 HoFers! Most of these issues are extremely scarce. 1. 1888 Tuck & Sons Artistic Series of Baseball Die-Cuts, New York. Incredible colors and eye-popping presence, strong front, a small amount of paper loss and scrapbook residue on the blank back, otherwise vg-ex. 2. 1910-11 M116 Sporting Life Tinker (blue back), ½” x ¼” chip not affecting Tinker’s image, which is very strong, significant paper loss on the back, p. Even in vg, this card books at $480. 3. 1910 E91, Set C American Caramel Miller, f-g. 4. 1914 T330-2 Piedmont Art Stamps Barry, great-looking example, staple holes near the top, otherwise g+ to vg. 5. 1914-16 T213 Coupon Cigarettes Type 2 Hughie Jennings (one hand showing), bold colors, fantastic image, moderate paper loss on the back, f with a front that has generally a vg appearance. 6. 1919-21 W514 #120 Barnes, some paper loss on the blank back, vg+ front. 7. 1923 W572 Jack Smith, paper residue on the blank back, g-vg front. 8. 1928 W502 #11 Uhle, vg-ex front with sharp corners, “One Bagger” back with minor scrapbook residue. 9. 1933 E285 Rittenhouse Candy Hartnett, paper loss and scrapbook residue on the back, g+ front. 10. 1937 Goudey Knot Hole League card, f-g. These seldom-seen cards and HoF players could be yours for as little as our
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 57. 10 1900s Pittsburgh Pirates and Federals Type Cards Including Caramel Cards. Some scarce examples including five “E” cards. 1. 1909 E101 “Set of 50” Gibson, superb image, f with a tiny spot of paper loss on the front and paper loss on the back that doesn’t affect the type. 2. 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel #15 Leach, powerful image, “15” written in lower right front corner, otherwise a nice g-vg. 3. 1910 E91 Set C American Caramel Phillipi (Phillippe), f+, minor paper loss on back. 4. 1915 E145 Cracker Jack #118 Konetchy (Pittsburgh Federals), top left corner absent, tear on front, significant paper loss on back, image area displays nicely, p. 5. 1927 E126 American Caramel Series of 60 #1 Gooch, some back damage not affecting the type, f. 6. 1911 S74 Silk, colored version, Leifield, moderate scrapbook residue on the back and fraying at the top, otherwise vg. 7. 1909-11 T206 Leach (portrait), excellent color, powerful image, g. 8. 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folder “Donlin Out At First” with Philippe and Gibson on the end panels. A heavy vertical crease in the middle of the card, not uncommon with this issue, f+ to g. 9. 1923 W515-1 #50 Maranville, tightly trimmed, sharp image, damage to the blank back, g-vg front as trimmed. 10. 1928 W513 #76 Grantham, well centered, moderate border chipping, clean front and back, f-g. A nice group for Pirates or vintage type collectors.
Winning Bid $163.
Lot 58. 12 Different 1909-11 T206 Cards Featuring Cincinnati Reds. The players are Bescher (hands in air) vg, Campbell vg, Downey (fielding) vg, Dubuc vg, Egan vg, Ewing vg, Hoblitzell vg-ex, Karger vg+, Lobert g-vg, Oakes g-vg, Paskert vg and Spade vg. Nine Piedmont backs, and three Sweet Caporal backs.
Winning Bid $222.
Lot 59. 2 Scarce 1910 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements – Chief Bender, HoF Umpires. Each supplement is 1/8” short of 8” x 10”, apparently as issued. The earlier, from a Van Oeyen photo and dated March 31, pictures N.L. umpires Bill Klem and Bill Johnstone and A.L. arbiters Billy Evans and “Silk” O’Loughlin. Klem became one of the first two umpires enshrined at Cooperstown in 1953. Evans joined this elite fraternity in 1973. The premium displays as vg+ to ex. It has a number of very light creases, noticeable principally in the corners. There also is a 5/8” tear along the top edge, which has been reinforced with tape on the back. The Bender premium, dated Dec. 8, is adhered to a photo album “stick ‘em” page. It shows one vertical and one horizontal fold, one additional heavy crease and several lighter creases, and the album’s vertical glue lines show through very lightly. There is a chip to the premium in the lower left. The premium displays very decently with a strong Van Dyck image of Bender. These premiums, which turn up infrequently, will make a nice addition to a Sporting News, premium or type collection.
Winning Bid $110.
Lot 60. 11 Different Cincinnati Reds on 1910-11 M116 Sporting Life Cards. Nice group of cards from a relatively scarce issue: Beebe vg-ex, Charles vg-ex, Downey vg-ex, Jim Doyle vg-ex, Fromme vg-ex, Hoblitzel (Hoblitzell) vg, Lobert ex+, Mike Mitchell vg+, Rowan ex+, Spade vg+ and Suggs vg-ex. All of the backs are printed in blue.
Winning Bid $393.
Lot 61. 1911 T5 Pinkerton Cabinet Card Photo of #421 Harry L. Gasper. This issue consists of actual photo adhered to a variety of backs, including true cabinet mounts. Like many others in this perplexing set, this photo is attached, partially, to construction paper. The sepia photos measure 3 7/8” x 5 15/16”, including the white border. Cards attached to thick photo cabinet mounts typically were borderless, and the photo itself measure 3 9/16” x 5 9/16”. It exhibits excellent contrast, has a small chip in the upper right corner, several tiny, light stains, a couple of very minor creases and some very light impressions toward the bottom where it is glued to the paper backing. Most of the card is loose from the backing. Very collectible example with a generally vg appearance.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 64. 4 Different 1914-16 T213 Coupon Type 2 Cards. These cards feature Ames (Cincinnati) f-g, Herzog (“B” on sweater) f-g, Mitchell g and Mowrey (Pittsburgh Nat.) f-g. Uncommon issue.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 65. 26 Different Strip Cards Including HoFers and an E285 Rittenhouse Card. This collection provides “type” cards and a couple of starter sets. 1933 E285 Rittenhouse: Berger, ex. 1925 W504 Universal Toy: Stock, g-vg. 1919-21 W514: #10 Schulte, f-g. 1920 W516-1-2: Rudolph (miscut) p. 1920 W519 Numbered 1: #10 Griffith, f. 1920 W519 Numbered 2: #12 Veach, g. 1920 W519 Unnumbered: Cravath p, Kreuger p-f, Morton vg and Murphy g. 1920 W520: #20 Nunamaker, f-g. 1921 W521: #1 Morton p-f, 3 Cravath g, 4 Kreuger p-f, 10 Griffith p, 11 Baker g, 12 Veach f-g, 19 Eddie Collins p-f, 18 Frisch p-f, 20 Schang(e) f-g. 1923 W572: Eddie Collins g-vg. 1921 W9316: #4 Griffith f-g, 6 Schang(e) g, 8 Sisler p, 9 Schalk g and 10 Barnes p-f.
Winning Bid $163.
Lot 66. 5 1920s W Cards, All HoFers – Cobb, Johnson, Speaker, Hornsby, Alexander. 1. 1920 W516-1-2 #9 Grover Alexander, vg. 2. 1921 W551 Walter Johnson, g, looks better. 3. 1921 W516-2-2 Tris Speaker, g+ to vg. 4. 1926-27 W512 #3a “Ty” Cobb, border trimmed, moderate creasing, damage to the blank back, strong image of Cobb, f. 5. 1926-27 W512 #9 Rogers Hornsby, g. Colorful and highly collectible, these cards present an opportunity to acquire period cards of some of the finest players who ever stepped onto a baseball diamond without having to spend thousands of dollars.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 67. 6 1926-29 Postcard-Back Exhibit Cards – All HoFers, One Apparently Uncataloged. The card of Paul Waner is a sepia portrait with a plain background. It appears to be checklisted only with the photo background. Like the five other cards, the Waner has writing on the back, typically “XXX” in pen; some have a small amount of additional writing. The front of the Waner card is g. The front of the Simmons card, also sepia, is g-vg. Cards of Cochrane, Klein, Traynor and Hack Wilson, all printed in dark violet, have impressions from two or six letters in pencil on the front and grade f-g. With the backs taken into consideration, all six cards grade p-f or f. All six are uncommon, and they display far better than the grades indicate.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 68. 1930 Blue Ribbon Malt Chicago White Sox Uncut Sheet of 27 Cards. One of the better early White Sox display items, including Red Faber, Willie Kamm, Ted Lyons, Blondy Ryan and Ed Walsh. This example of the 12” x 40” advertising piece is matted to 14 ½” x 41”. It has tape, which slightly affects two cards, in four places along the edges, and all of the cards show very light stress creases from having been rolled or somewhat heavier but non-offensive creases. The sheet displays decently and will make a fine addition to a White Sox or type collection.
Winning Bid $121.
Lot 69. 4 1933 R319 Goudey Cards Including Gehringer and Averill. The cards of the two Hall of Fame players and one common grade vg: #194 Averill, 210 Davis and 222 Gehringer. The other card, #240 Schumacher, has a solid vg front, and on the back, several light scratches that result in a tiny amount of ink loss on the “i,” “g” and “L” in “Big League.” A surface crease also is visible on the back but does not show on the front. The two vg Hall of Fame cards are worth much more than our
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 70. 6 Different 1933 R305 Tattoo Orbit Cards. Scarce issue with this group including Cissell g-vg, Collins f-g, Kamm g, Koenig f, Tinning g-vg and Warneke vg.
Winning Bid $125.
