Lot 16. 1888 H804-3 Buffords Sons Trade Card “A Short Stop.” This “801” series card features superb color lithography on the front and a premium promotion on the back that began Sept. 12, 1888 and ran for 30 days. Technically g-vg with a light vertical crease and a stain, the card displays very nicely, and better than the grade. It’s a 19th century classic especially desirable because of the advertising for the G.A.T. Co. on the back, for the “Great American Tea Co.” Established in 1870, it later became the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., or A&P. This card and Lot 15 constitute one-half of the scarce four-card set.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 17. 1889 N154 Duke “Presidential Baseball Club” Card Featuring Presidents Cleveland, Harrison. Duke issued this 18-card set of sepia photos with its Honest Long Cut products. Each card shows the head of President Cleveland, McKinley or Harrison on the body of a baseball player. Three cards, including this one, show two presidents. This card has been trimmed at the top and is about 3/16” short. The Presidents’ images are unaffected, and the card generally has a vg+ to ex appearance with the top two corners clipped and a minor crease in the lower right corner. Cleveland, Harrison or McKinley held the U.S. presidency from 1885-1901.
Winning Bid $110.
Lot 18. 1892 Spalding Baseball Player Die-Cut with Chadwick’s Description of the Game. This scarce die-cut stands about 5 ½” tall and is as much as about 3” wide. As is typical, the top of the player’s bat is missing. Otherwise, the figure is f-g. On the back, Henry Chadwick, the father of baseball, provides a brief explanation of baseball’s origins and how the game is played.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 19. 1907 PC778 Morgan Stationary “Red Belt” Postcard – Hit and Run. Postmarked on the front and back (1908), this card was sent to a Columbus, Ohio, address. The message mentions the Cincinnati Reds: “Do you know the news? Our Cin. Team is going to win the Pennant.” No doubt the writer was joking because the 1908 Reds finished below .500 and in the second division. Very nice vg+ to ex example with a small insignificant scuff in the upper left. This card and three others offered here constitute one-third of the set.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 22. 1907 PC778 Morgan Stationary “Red Belt” Postcard – Practice (Practice) Makes Perfect. Sam Leever is pictured on the front with two other players. Neatly addressed on the back in pen to a Columbus, Ohio, resident, the card has a 1908 postmark on the front and another on the back. It has 1/4” tear in the lower right that is difficult to see on the front; otherwise vg, and scarce. This card and three others offered here constitute one-third of the set.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 24. 6 Different 1909-11 T206 Cards. This group consists of Ames (portrait, Piedmont 150 back) g, Hinchman (Cleveland, Sweet Caporal 150 back) g, McGinely g, Schreck (Schreckengost) g, Willett g and Wright g. The last four cards have Piedmont 350 backs.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 25. 6 Different 1909-11 T206 Cards – Pattee Horizontal Card, Wiltse Portrait, Etc. All of these cards have some alteration to the backs. Three cards have been stamped with a name and address: Gasper vg, Howell (hands at waist) vg and Wiltse (portrait, no cap) g-vg. The grades indicate the condition of the card with the stampings ignored. The Pattee card has minor to moderate back damage, and “150” is written in pencil on the front. Otherwise, it has a decent appearance. The cards of Ganzel and Phelan have g-vg fronts and extensive back damage.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 27. 1910 M101-2 Sporting News Supplement of Bobby Wallace (HoF). The weekly out of St. Louis used a Van Oeyen photo for this Dec. 21, 1910 supplement of the future Hall of Fame shortstop for the St. Louis Browns. Vg-ex; extremely nice example for this issue.
Winning Bid $70.
Lot 28. 1910 Stock Certificate for the American Caramel Co. – Source of Classic 1908-27 Cards. Established in 1898, American Caramel joined other candy companies and numerous tobacco manufacturers in producing quality baseball and non-sport cards in the early 20th century. The company’s issues include the attractive 1909-11 E-90 cards and the rare 1910 E125 die-cuts. The American Bank Note Co. of New York printed this stock certificate, which is dated 1910 and signed by D F Lafean, the company president and a member of Congress. The certificate has an ornate border and a vignette of an eagle. It has several pin holes, some punch holes and several vertical creases. It displays well and will be a nice addition to a collection of American Caramel baseball or non-sport cards.
Minimum Bid $40.
Lot 29. 1910-11 M116 Sporting Life Hughie Jennings (HoF) Blue Background Card. At first glance, this attractive card has a vg appearance. Surface abrasions in the corners and a pin hole make the grade technically p-f. The card has a clean back, the pin hole is tiny and inoffensive, and we’ve seen much less distinguished M116s graded higher.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 30. 2 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders. Thomas Clarke and Harry Gaspar grade vg+, and Edward Grant and John McLean, g.
Winning Bid $50.
