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Baseball Postcards
5 Lots
 Lot 135. 1910s “Root for the Yanks,” “My Cinderella Girl” Postcards, Comic Baseball PCs. In a postcard from the Parker-Brawner Co., a woman sits on a fence as a baseball game progresses in the background. Text below the woman exhorts the reader to “Root for ‘The Yanks’!” The woman holds a fan the says “Forty Thousand Tons!” Presumably, the fan refers to fertilizer production; an Indiana salesman is listed as a contact on the back. Attractive and desirable postcard, g-vg with a chip in the lower right corner; postmarked in 1913. A black & white postcard with a baseball scene promotes the 1910 play “My Cinderella Girl” at the Whitney Opera House in Chicago. Vg-ex. The two other postcards are PC798-22, “Give Me a Chance?” and the J Johnson PC, Valentine Series No. 407, “To My Sweetheart.” The first is f-g, and the latter, g.
Winning Bid $113.
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 Lot 136. Collection of 6 Chicago White Sox Team and Stadium Postcards. White Sox squads for 1906 and 1947 are pictured. The 1906 photo, by F. P. Burke, includes Comiskey, Walsh and Altrock. Vg+ to ex, lightly addressed on the back in pencil to a Norway address. The 1947 real-photo postcard is ex-m; the emulsion is light along the edges. Ruffing, Faber, Lyons and Appling were team members. Two stadium postcards are pre-linen: “American League ‘Sox’ Ball Park Chicago,” #50631, from Max Rigot, view from left field, large man in right corner, nice vg+ to ex. And “South Side ‘White Sox’ Ball Park, Chicago,” No. 506, Franklin Post Card Co., 1913 postmark shows partly on the front, g-vg. Same photo as the previous, but zoomed in more. A linen card postmarked 1945 is titled “Comiskey Park, Chicago, Ill,,” #81A, Tichnor Bros., vg+ to ex. Also, a chrome postcard, view from behind home plate, ex+.
Winning Bid $168.
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 Lot 137. 8 Chicago Cubs Postcards – Wrigley Field, Spring Training, 1945 Team. Led by manager Charlie Grimm, the 1945 Cubs won their last N.L. pennant of the 20th century. Solid pitching by Hank Wyse, Hank Borowy, Paul Derringer, Ray Prim and Claude Passeau provided the foundation for Chicago’s success. Phil Cavarretta won the N.L. batting title, and Stan Hack, Andy Pafko and Bill Nicholson contributed timely hits. The real-photo card is ex-m+. One of the pre-line stadium cards shows the “Chicago Cubs Training Grounds and Catalina Island Country Club House, Catalina Island, California.” This colorful Tichnor card is vg+ with an ex appearance. The other pre-linen is “580. National League, ‘Cubs,’ Ball Park, Chicago,” from the Acmegraph Co. of Chicago. View from right field, game in progress, vg+, looks better, light stain on unused back. Another card, postmarked 1931, has characteristics of both a pre-line and linen card. It’s an aerial view with “301, Cubs Ball Park, Chicago” in the top border and “Wrigley Field, Home Grounds of the Chicago Cubs, 113804” in the bottom border. Text on the back acknowledges the “Chicago World’s Fair 1933.” Vg+ to ex. The four linen cards are: 1-2. “Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, 61” from Chas. Levy, one postmarked 1940, vg+ to ex, and the other, unused, ex, date in pen on back. 3. “Wrigley Field, Home of the Chicago Cubs, 162,” J. O. Stoll Co., postmarked 1944, vg-ex. 4. Same image on front as the previous, “Beautiful Wrigley Field…Home of the Chicago Cubs,” image of Gabby Hartnett on the back, issued by Curteich. Vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 138. 8 Yankee Stadium Postcards. The House the Ruth Built lives on in photographic images such as those used for these postcards. Six are pre-linen or very early linen. 1. “Yankee Stadium, New York,” one runner touching home, another rounding third base, Underwood & Underwood, vg++ to ex. 2-3. “Yankee Stadium, New York City,” essentially the same exterior view in both. The first, from Manhattan Card, has the title at the top center, a car in the foreground, and several people are shown. Vg+ to ex. The second, from C. T. American Art, has neither the car nor the people, and the title is at the left top. Postmarked 1929, vg+ to ex. 4-5. “Yankee Stadium, New York,” same exterior view, both with “24828.” The back of one identifies Haberman’s of Brooklyn as the source and the number “234,” while the other is from Haberman’s of Bronx with the number “125.” The first is ex with minor pencil writing erased from the otherwise unused back. The second is vg+ to ex. 6. “The Yankee Stadium, New York City,” aerial exterior, people arriving at or leaving the stadium, Manhattan Post Card, vg front, minor paper loss along the edges on the back. 7. “67A.-, Yankee Stadium, New York,” appears to be a real photo, same image as 2a above, vg+ to ex. 8. Linen, “Yankee Stadium, New York City,” 159 and 79633, Acacia Card, aerial, fans in stands, no action on field, light-orange border, ex-m.
Winning Bid $113.
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