Lot 33. 11 1939-46 Salutation Exhibits Including Ted Williams. Williams is the small-projection; No. 9 does not show. Vg. The other cards feature Elliott vg-ex, Hassett vg, Heath (small projection) g-vg, Holmes (with “An Exhibit Card”) vg, Lombardi (“Cordially yours,” large projection) g-vg, Mize (Made in USA in left corner) vg+, Pafko (“C” on cap) f, Walker (“D” on cap) vg, Walters vg-ex and Warneke p.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 34. 10 Exhibit Cards: Salutations, 1947-66, Canadian and Stat Backs Including Mantle. Mickey Mantle is the subject of a 1962 Stat Back exhibit. Vg. He is also on a reprint of a 1947-66 exhibit, p. Two other exhibits are Stat Backs, from 1963: Dean Chance vg and Kaline vg-ex. Cards from the 1939-46 Salutation set are Holmes (Yours truly with “An Exhibit Card”; writing on the back, otherwise) vg, and Ted Williams (small projection, No. 9 not showing) vg. The representative of Exhibit Supply Co.’s 1947-66 issue is a promotional card of Del Crandall printed on thin paper, g-vg. A card of Ronnie Lee, #51, is from the 1953 Canadian issue vg-ex. The two other cards have Walter Johnson vg-ex, from the 1948 Baseball’s Great Hall of Fame issue, and Whitey Ford, on a 1947-66 reprint, vg-ex.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 39. 21 Different 1953 Bowman Color Cards Including Ford. Mixed-condition group with the most desirable cards being #105 Joost (oversized left-to-right; otherwise) vg-ex and #153 Ford f. The other cards are #6 Ginsberg g-vg, 17 Staley g, 20 Lenhardt g-vg, 24 Jensen f-g, 30 Cavarretta p, 35 McDermott g-vg, 39 Richards p-f, 42 Brown p-f, 48 Sauer f, 49 Stanky f-g, 50 Kretlow f-g, 52 Marion g, 53 Rice g-vg, 54 Carrasquel p, 69 Grimm p-f, 76 Hearn f, 83 Daniels f-g, 103 Ennis f and 110 Rush f-g. These cards have a vg "book" value of about $500. We'll start the bidding at 10% of that.
Winning Bid $113.
Lot 40. 9 Different 1953 Topps Baseball. #46 ex+, 47 vg+ to ex, 49 ex, 52 vg+ to ex, 55 ex, 56 vg+, 59 vg-ex and 63 vg-ex. In addition, this group includes #241 graded VG-EX 4 by GAI. The lower numbers are double prints.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 41. 10 Red Man Tobacco Cards – 8 1954 and 2 1955 – 7 HoFers. All 10 cards are without tabs. The 1954 cards are NL #1 Ashburn nm+, 5 Irvin ex-m, 7 Mueller ex+, 10 Schoendienst g, 11 Spahn ex, 13 Campanella f-g and 24 Burdette g-vg, and AL #10 Pierce ex+. The two 1955 cards are AL #5 Fox ex and 18 Doby vg-ex.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 42. 12 1954-56 Topps Cards Including Podres and Newhouser (HoF). Seven cards are from 1954: #19 g-vg, 22 (2 staple holes; otherwise) g, 41 vg-ex, 46 vg, 71 Smith f, 166 Podres g-vg and 184 vg-ex. The 1955 cards are #24 Newhouser vg and 63 Collins vg-ex. Cards from 1956 are #80 ex, 123 McMillan f and 155 Kuenn f.
Winning Bid $20.
