Baseball Cards - Individual Cards to Sets
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Lot 6. 1956 Topps Baseball Set of 340 Including a PSA-Graded Ted Williams Card. PSA assigned a grade of NM-MT 8 (OC) to the Williams card, #5 in the set. Other key cards grade: #1 Harridge f-g, 2 Giles vg, 10 Spahn g, 11c Cubs g, 15 Banks vg+ to ex, 20 Kaline vg, 30 Robinson vg, 31 Aaron g, 33 Clemente g, 72c Phillies vg+, 79 Koufax g, 85c Indians vg-ex, 90c Redlegs vg, 95c Braves f, 100c Orioles vg-ex, 101 Campanella vg, 107 Mathews g, 110 Berra vg+, 113 Rizzuto p, 118 Fox g, 120 Ashburn f-g, 121 Pirates vg+ to ex, 130 Mays g-vg, 135 Mantle f, 145 Hodges vg-ex, 150 Snider f, 164 Killebrew g-vg, 166 Dodgers p, 181 Martin vg, 187 Wynn g-vg, 188 White Sox g-vg, 200 Feller f-g, 213 Tigers vg, 226 Giants vg, 235 Newcombe vg+, 240 Ford f, 251 Yankees vg, 260 Reese vg-ex, 292 Aparicio rookie vg and 332 Larsen f. All of the team cards listed through #100 are the variety with no date and the name at the left. The rest of the set grades Ex+: 5 cards. Ex: 24. Vg-ex: 99. Vg: 119. G-vg: 19. G: 26. F-g: 4. F: 3. A total of 266 cards, or more than three-fourths of the set, grade vg or better, and more than 40 percent of the set is at least vg-ex.
Winning Bid $1,075.
Lot 31. Rare 19th C. American Eagle Tobacco “Chew National League Fine Cut” Trade Card. Magnificent trade card, arguably the most desirable of all the baseball trade cards. Calvert Lith. Co. of Detroit produced this card, which has artwork that the U.S. Postal Service re-used in a 42-cent 2008 stamp honoring Jack Norworth’s “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” In printed advertising on the back and in a stamp on the front, the card promotes T. C. Chittenden, a retailer in Watertown, NY. The American Eagle brand also is advertised. The front of the card is a beauty; vg-ex. The back has glue stains; all of the type is readable, with one word light. Great example accompanied by a canceled copy of the 2008 stamp.
Winning Bid $291.
Lot 32. 2 1880s Unscored Scorecards – “Low Ball” and “Put It There,” Plus an Illustration. Each scorecard, 5” x 5.5” when opened, has vintage baseball artwork on the cover, a blank back and space inside for entering the lineups for two teams and scoring the game. Both scorecards are free of creases and have an ex appearance. “Low Ball” has two light stains on the back and shows light toning where the names of the “Batsmen” are to be entered. “Put It There” is essentially the same with somewhat darker toning inside. With these complete scorecards is the illustration from the cover of a scorecard titled “A High Fly.” It has been trimmed to 2.5” x 5”, has paper loss on the blank back and has a front that grades vg+.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 33. 1888 Metamorphic Trade Card with an Ad for N173 Old Judge Cabinets. Titled “An Interesting Interview,” this card is the preferable version, with the ad on the back for the Old Judge cabinet cards, which were issued in 1888 and 1889. The card also comes without the ad. Text on the back informs the tobacco purchaser and reader that a cabinet photograph is available for 35 “Slips” (coupons) packed in Old Judge and Gypsy Queen Cigarettes. This card is interesting because a stamped number reduces the requirement for slips to 25. In addition, it is overprinted with “Empty Covers of Boxes not containing Slips, received in place of Slips.” The front of the card has a large, moveable umbrella. When lifted, it reveals two panels. In the bottom panel, a boy is being spanked because he came home from the general store with a cigarette brand other than Old Judge. In the top panel, the boy is back at the store, and he tells the proprietor, “Gimme Old Judge and no foolin this time.” Technically g+ to vg with a vg-ex appearance.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 35. “Vermont Find” N173 Old Judge Cabinet-Style Photograph of John Doran. Represented by two different images in the N170 Old Judge set, Doran played for Omaha in the Western Association. This 4.25” x 6.25” photo came from a collection discovered in Vermont. This “find” included 50 original glass-plate negatives used in the production of Old Judge cabinet cards. The photo has Doran’s name at the bottom, as well as “Copyright 1888 Goodwin & Co.” Apparently photos from this find were originally sold in 2004 as dating from 1888. It seems more likely, however, that they were printed in the early 1900s, possibly as early as 1902. Showing Doran with a ring bat, the photo exhibits numerous light stress creases, which are visible primarily when the photo is held at a certain angle to light, and strong contrast. Doran later played briefly for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, which was considered a major league at the time. Very strong photo.
Winning Bid $201.
Lot 36. Jocko Flynn N173 Old Judge Cabinet-Style Photograph from the “Vermont Find.” In the N172 Old Judge set, two different images exist of Flynn, who pitched for Omaha in the Western Association. This 4” x 6” photo came from a collection discovered in Vermont that included 50 original glass-plate negatives used in the production of Old Judge cabinet cards. It has Flynn’s name at the bottom, along with “P.O. W.A.,” which apparently means Pitcher, Omaha, Western Association. “Copyright 1888 Goodwin & Co.” appears next to Flynn’s image. Apparently photos from this collection were originally sold in 2004 as dating from 1888. It seems more likely, however, that they were printed in the early 1900s, possibly as early as 1902. This photo shows Flynn ready to deliver a pitch. It exhibits numerous very light stress creases, which are visible primarily when the photo is held at a certain angle, and strong contrast. It is mounted on a 5” x 6.75” heavy-paper backing. Flynn made it to the majors for one season – in 1886 – and he won 23 games while losing only six for Cap Anson’s Chicago White Stockings. Arm problems relegated him to the minors for the rest of his career. He still holds the record for most wins in a season by a pitcher who had a one-year major league career.
Winning Bid $182.
Lot 37. Scarce 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates Composite Postcard with Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke. Masterpiece Jockey Club issued this postcard to promote its five-cent cigars. Titled “‘The Pirates’ Pittburg’s Great Baseball Team, 1908,” it shows 10 Pirates besides Wagner and Clarke. The back has advertising for a Pittsburgh store where Pirates game tickets could be purchased and for Liberty Havana stogies. Ten of these Pirates returned in 1909 to bring Pittsburgh a World Championship. With a number of pin holes at the top, the card is technically f-g and displays as vg.
Winning Bid $332.
Lot 38. “The Mighty Honus (Wagner)” 1909 W. W. Smith Postcard. Postmarked the day the Pirates played the Tigers in Game 2 of the World Series, this card has a related note written in pencil on the front: “I saw the game, but Oh! Pgh. lost. There was a large crowd; had to wait two hours to get on the grounds.” The Pirates lost Game 2, 7-2. They went on the capture the World Championship in seven games. The card is postmarked on the front and back. Absent the note and postmark, it would grade vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $403.
Lot 41. Rare 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Co. Card of Sam Crawford (HoF). Williams cards are among the toughest of the “E” issues to find, and this example is in tough condition. It is trimmed top-to-bottom so that it lacks a top border, and the “Williams Caramel” line is missing from the bottom. Crawford’s name is present. Otherwise, it is heavily creased, and “Sam Crawford” is written on the blank back. The good news is that it has fewer creases than the Williams Caramel Lajoie we sold last year! P.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 42. Joe Tinker 1911 S74 Old Mill Color Silk. Not many of these silks are seen with both the factory number and Old Mill Cigarettes designation. Clean example. ex-m+.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 43. 9 1911 T205 Cards Including HoFers Eddie Collins and Hughie Jennings. The Collins card is the variety with his mouth closed (Honest Long Cut back) g. The card of Jennings, the Hall of Fame Tigers’ manager, grades g (Sweet Caporal back). The other cards are Hauser (Polar Bear) vg, Kling (Polar Bear) p, Kroh (Piedmont) g, Lobert (Honest Long Cut) f, Chief Meyers (Hassan) g, Milan (Hassan) vg and Willett (Piedmont) g.
Winning Bid $161.
