Lot 313. 29 Different Circa 1910 Comic Postcards. These cards represent 12 sets of baseball postcards, in addition to mixed sports and non-sport sets and single postcard issues. Cards from baseball sets: 1-3. PC798-2, “A Delayed Steal” vg-ex; “A Double Steal” p-f and “Making a Squeeze” vg. These cards have a large non-sport scene at the top and a smaller baseball scene below. 4. PC798-6, “He Bit at Every Ball.” These cards present sepia P. Crosby artwork inside an embossed cream-colored frame. Vg+ 5. PC798-7, “Baseball: Out on a Foul!” Multi-colored embossed card showing a batter, an umpire, and a catcher about to grab a foul ball. P-f. 6. PC798-10, “A Close Decision.” Roth & Langley card with a 1909 copyright and the title in a somewhat decorative type style. Vg. 7. PC798-11, “A Steal.” Woman in a “Crescent” baseball uniform and a man in a uniform too inside a wide black border and a narrower white border. Vg. 8. PC798-20, “Slam Em Over de Plate.” S125 series, boy in overalls. Vg. 9. PC798-26, “Sports – Baseball.” U.S. 720 series by F. von Bardeleben. Pitcher and a player on second base. Vg. 10-12. PC798-34, “After the Game” g; “A squeeze Play” vg-ex and “Foul Ball” p. Sepia images of men and women players inside an embossed cream-colored frame. 13-14. PC798-47, #978 “A Pitch in Time Saves the Nine” vg and #1011 “Batter Out” f-g. Colorful action scenes. 15. PC798-50, “Stopping Two Beauties in Center.” No. 66 Series, sepia, artwork by F. Haass. Vg. 16. PC798-53, “I Expect to be Home Soon,” J. Ottmann Lith. Co., 1905. Vg-ex. 17. PC 798-57, A Puzzler for Fair.” Little boy with bat, blue and red uniform. F-g. 18. PC798-64, “He Caught a Fowl.” B&w postcard with “For hand coloring” on the back. G. Single cards: Where applicable, we’ve provided the number from Frank Keetz’ list of single comic baseball postcards. 19. “A Sacrifice.” Card issued as a supplement to the June 18, 1911 “Boston Post.” Non-baseball scene of a couple walking as a man looks on. No baseball connection except the title. Vg. 20. “A Joyful Easter.” Similar to #11 in Keetz’ list. Nice embossed card with rabbits playing baseball before stands filled with chicks (the poultry kind). Vg-ex. 21. “Baseball.” 1907, three boys playing ball as two boys and a dog watch. Gene Carr “signature.” 27 in Keetz. P. 22. “Honey you sure made a big hit with me!” More recent chrome. 73 in Keetz. Vg-ex. 23. “Ok, Big Boy.” Linen by Asheville Post Card Co. 125 in Keetz. Vg. 24. “Some catcher.” 1913, girl on a fence wearing a catcher’s mask. 143 in Keetz. G. 25. “Will you have a ‘high ball’?” Simple line drawing, 1905, undivided back. Keetz 194. G-vg. Cards from mixed sets: 26. “I didn’t want to hit it that time” from Series No. 25 “That’s What They All Say!” Vg. 27. “Play Ball,” dog and diapered boy with curly hair, Ullman, 1905, #1495. F-g. 28. “If I were a ‘Freshman’ young and green…,” Series 89, Helen E. Jeffers cited, embossed, Stecher Lith. Co. of Rochester. Vg-ex. 29. “Will I? Ever again take her to a Ball game Nix!” 1910, “Will I” issue, Series No. 36, A.S. Meeker, New York. Vg-ex. Twenty of these cards have been postmarked, have messages on the back, or both, and six have writing on the front.
Winning Bid $146.
Lot 315. 4 1910s M101-2 “Sporting News” Supplements with Pittsburgh Pirates – Fred Clarke, Etc. Printed on very thin and somewhat brittle paper, these supplements look much better than the grades indicated: Fred Clarke, Oct. 7, 1909, horizontal strip of tape across the blank back, p. Chas. B. (Babe) Adams, Jan. 20, 1910, f. George Gibson of Pittsburgh and Arthur Raymond of New York, March 10, 1910, g. And Martin J. O’Toole and Wm. Kelly, Oct. 26, 1911, f.
Winning Bid $66.
Lot 316. Feb. 16, 1911 M101-2 “Sporting News” Supplement of Robert Bescher. Very nice example of this issue, which is printed on thin and slightly brittle paper. This supplement has a small crease in the lower right corner and two tears along the right edge, the largest ¼”. Technically p.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 317. 2 M101-2 “Sporting News” Supplements – John B. McLean and Jake Daubert. An enterprising collector added statistics to each. The McLean premium is from Oct. 6, 1910, and Daubert, from Oct. 23, 1913. McLean has tape in the lower left corner, damage to the blank back and chips in three corners. Daubert has three partial punch holes along the left edge, a corner chip, minor back damage, and a lower right corner held in place with tape. Technically, both are poor, although their appearance is better.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 318. 1911-16 T216 Kotton Thin-Paper Card of Admiral Schlei. This scarce thin-paper variety measures 1 3/8” x 2 17/32” with glue or moisture stains on the back and on primarily the borders on the front. No Schlei examples in any condition are in PSA’s population report. G.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 321. 7 Different 1914 B18 Blankets Including HoFers Chance, Stengel and Wallace. These blankets feature Boone (blue infield) g; Chance (brown pennants, blue infield) g-vg; James (white infield) vg; Milan (green pennants) g; Morgan (brown pennants) g-vg; Stengel (blue infield) g-vg and Wallace (red basepaths) g. The blankets of Boone, Chance, Milan, Morgan and Wallace are sewn (separately) to a cloth backing. This condition has not been considered in the grading.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 322. Ivy Wingo 1916 Ferguson Bakery BF2 Felt Pennant. A catcher, Wingo played for the Cincinnati Reds 1915-26 and again in 1929. Ex with stains on the back that don’t affect the front.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 323. 12 1920s Baseball Strip Cards – 4 HoFers – Grimes, Jennings, Johnson and Robinson. These cards are from six sets. 1926-27 W512 #7b Scott (Chicago, A.L.) vg+. 1928 W513 #76 Grantham g, 77 Moore g and 81 Harris g-vg. 1923 W515-1 #16 Grimes g-vg, 20 Mays f and 34 Jennings g. The Mays and Jennings cards are trimmed to about 1 ¼” x 2 ¼”. 1920 W516-1-2 #8 Walter Johnson p-f. This card is tightly trimmed, to about 1 3/16” x 2 5/16”. 1921 W551 Barnes f. And 1921 W9316 #1 Veach g and 3 Wilbur Robinson f and 10 Barnes p-f.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 325. 1927 W560 Card of Lloyd Waner. This card was neatly trimmed from its neighbors on the sheet and measures the standard 1.75” x 2.75”. The red line separating the cards shows on three sides. Ex.
Winning Bid $30.
