Lot 1. 1888 H804-3 Buffords Sons Trade Card “A Short Stop.” This “801” series card features superb color lithography on the front and an advertisement on the back for tea, coffee and a “Combination Spone Holder and Moistener” from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P). The promotion is for the company’s store in New Haven, CT. Technically g with a vertical crease that extends from the upper right to the center left, the card displays nicely. The back is clean. This 19th century classic especially desirable because of the advertising for A&P.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 3. 1909-11 E90-1 American Caramel Card of Lou Criger. This card has strong corners and colors, is centered toward the top and has black marks, possibly from a rubber stamp, on the front. The back is clean. Vg.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 5. Sweet Caporal, Cracker Jack, Our National Game Pins and Topps Pins and Coins. Eleven pins are from the 1910-12 P2 Sweet Caporal set: Barger, Barry, Doolan, Elberfeld, Erwin, Jennings, Konetchy, Krause, Murray, Rucker and White. All are significantly stained – from about 25 percent to 85 percent. Only Jennings and Rucker have pins, and seven have their paper backs. The other pins are free of stains: 1933 PR4 Cracker Jack, Dizzy Dean, g+. 1938 PM8 Our National Game, Cronin g-vg, Gehringer g-vg and Ott vg. 1956 Topps, Hegan g+ and Mays g-vg. 1964 Topps Coins, #97 Brock vg and 133 Killebrew g-vg. 1971 Topps Coins, #16 Aparicio, 22 Howard and 24 Carew, all vg. Twenty-two pins or coins.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 6. 1911 E136-2 Zeenut Pacific Coast League Card of Babe Driscoll (Name Correct). Possibly the most attractive of the Zeenut issues, these cards were produced without coupons. Driscoll played from Los Angeles 1911-13. The card grades g+ to vg because of a relatively heavy crease in the lower right. It has ex corners and a strong appearance.
Winning Bid $50.
