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29 Different Circa 1910 Comic Postcards.
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.
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