Lot 180. Nolan Ryan 2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Signed Double-Swatch Card. This card, identified as TT-34, is #1 OF ONLY 15 MANUFACTURED by Donruss Playoff. It shows Ryan as a member of the Texas Rangers. His signature is a bold gem mint 10. The card, which contains a jersey section and a bat sections, grades nm. Kevin Keating authenticated the autograph.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 182. Mickey Mantle 2006 Topps Sterling Moments Quad Card with Jersey and Bat Sections. Topps ISSUED ONLY 10 OF THESE CARDS, which contain three jersey sections and one bat section. Identified as MM-HR27, this card is #6 of the 10. It commemorates Mantle’s 27th home run, which he hit on July 25, 1952 at Briggs Stadium. Ex-m.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 184. 1898 Cigar Box Lid with N28 and N29 Allen & Ginter Champions – Ewing, Cody, Etc. The lid is from a box of Big Run cigars, an American Tobacco Co. brand. By 1890, John Buchanan Duke absorbed his major competitors, including Allen & Ginter, and formed American Tobacco. The artwork Allen & Ginter used for its famous 1888 World’s Champions cards were now the property of the new company. American Tobacco displayed six champions and other artwork on the inside of the cigar box lid: baseball player Buck Ewing, rifle shooter Buffalo Bill Cody, runner L. E. Myers, cyclist Percy Stone, billiards player J. Schaefer and pedestrian James Albert. The lid outside has the Big Run name, a tax stamp and a stain. The inside, with the artwork, has a stain immediately left of center at the top. Measuring 8” x 4.75”, it displays very nicely and will make an excellent complement to a 19th century or Allen & Ginter collection.
Winning Bid $390.
Lot 186. 1909 E254 Colgan’s Chips Honus Wagner Card as Part of a Display. Contained in a 5”x7” frame and mounted to a black background, the Wagner card is well centered, perfectly focused and strongly contrasted. The front of the card is g-vg and attractive, with a crease running along Wagner’s right cheek and beyond. In addition to the card, the display includes a relevant 2.5” x 5” vintage advertisement. It pictures a Colgan’s tin top box, circular gum and the Colgan’s card of Wagner! Completing the display is a Colgan’s tin top with this text: “Colgan’s Mint Chips The Gum That’s Round.” An exceptional display featuring one of baseball’s best players of all time!
Winning Bid $630.
Lot 187. Rare 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Co. Card of Lajoie (HoF). If this card were a building, it might be a candidate for the cover of “House Ugly” magazine. It has multiple creases, a couple of very small edge tears, a couple of edge “nicks” and a scuff on the blank back. However, to the collector who needs this rare example for a set, it may very well be a thing of beauty. Technically p and well worth our
Winning Bid $390.
Lot 189. 1911 T205 Gold Border Card of Frank Chance. Very nice card of the first baseman among the Chicago Cubs’ legendary Hall of Fame trio. Piedmont back. Vg+.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 191. Hack Wilson (HoF) Oct. 11, 1930 Montreal “La Presse” Rare Newspaper Supplement. “La Presse” published a series of color images of athletes, including hockey, tennis and baseball stars, in the 1930s. This specific color-tinted 11.25” x 17.5” supplement doesn’t seem to be on any readily accessible checklist. Contained within a 19.25” x 23.25” frame, it exhibits a number of light creases, minor discoloration along some edges and appears to be attached at the corners to a backing. After three years with the New York Giants, Wilson joined the Cubs in 1926 as their center fielder. The year of the “La Presse” supplement was his best in the majors. He slugged 56 home runs, contributed 191 RBI and batted .356 with a .723 slugging average. As we researched this item, one veteran collector told us he hasn’t seen a “La Presse” baseball premium in 20 years. If this example is not one-of-a-kind, then it likely is one of very few in existence!
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 192. 1933 R333 DeLong #13 Rabbit Maranville (HoF). For this issue, this card is unusually and exceptionally nice. Vg-ex with a light crease visible only on the back.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 194. Rare Photo of 1934 Chicago Cubs Wearing and Promoting Herbert Panama Hats. The photo includes four Hall of Fame members, Mike Kelly, a coach; Chuck Klein, Gabby Hartnett and Kiki Cuyler. Some other good players are in the photo too, Woody English, Riggs Stephenson, Lon Warneke, Charlie Root and Babe Herman. The 8” x 10” b&w photo is matted and in a vintage 12.5” x 14.5” wood frame that has a wood backing. The photo has one crease in the upper right corner, and another in the lower left. Focus and contrast are sharp. A few photos of individual players have surfaced. This is the first group photo we have seen for Herbert’s.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 195. 1934 “Mickey Mouse Plays Baseball” Cereal Box Figures. Six figures of Mickey as a baseball player cut from a cereal box panel, which is partially intact and includes the title and a figure of Mickey as “The Pinch Hitter.” Other figures depict him as “The Base Stealer,” a fielder catching “A High One,” “Warming the Bench,” “The No Hit No Run ‘Pitcher’,” and “Mickey Fielding a High One.” G-vg. Rare!
Winning Bid $110.
