Lot 119. Scarce Postcard Featuring the Chicago “Cubs, National League Champions, 1910." Hall of Fame members Johnny Evers, Joe Tinker, Frank Chance and Mordecai Brown are among the 24 players and executives in individual photos on this card. The 1910 Cubs won the National League title by 13 games and then lost to Connie Mack and Philadelphia Athletics in five games in the World Series. The card was postmarked in Oct. 1910. The front is vg. The back is missing a ½” wide layer of paper along most of the top edge, making the card p-f.
Winning Bid $248
Lot 120. 9 St. Louis Browns Cards and a Coin - T206, Goudey, Play Ball, Double Header Coin, Etc. Here is the complete list: 1909-11 T206 Pelty (horizontal version) f. 1933 PX3 Double Header coin Melillo f. 1933 Goudey # 18 Ruel f and 166 West f-g. 1941 Play Ball #67 Judnich p. 1947 Tip Top Bread Galehouse vg-ex and Sanford vg-ex. 1953 Topps #166 Hunter g-vg and 177 Dyck vg-ex. And a linen 1940s postcard of Sportsman’s Park, K1430, Colourpicture, “Sold by Gibson Merchandise…,” one-stamp back vg-ex.
Winning Bid $50
Lot 121. 1910 T210 Old Mill Cigarettes Series 3 Card of Everett Hornsby – Rogers’ Brother. The greatest contribution of Everett “Pep” Hornsby to baseball was helping to develop his younger brother’s interest in the game and his capabilities. The brother was Rogers Hornsby, 12 years younger than “Pep,” who had a 10-season minor league career as a pitcher. This Red Border Texas League card with Everett’s photo is free of creases, shows corner wear and edge wear, and has five small or small-to-moderate chips in the red border. Vg-ex.
Winning Bid $273
Lot 122. 10 Early 1900s Baseball Postcards Featuring Local and Military Teams – and Humor. Black & white postcards: 1. Young player catching a ball. The card promotes “The Evening Wisconsin.” 2. Humorous card, six boys with baseball equipment hidden behind their backs ask a mother: “Please, Mrs. Smith, can Johnny come with us to Sunday School?” Postmarked, apparently 1938. Color postcards; all show games in progress, and almost all are pre-linen: 3. Wayne Field Base Ball Park, Toledo, Ohio, from the Progressive News Co. of Toledo. Postmarked. 4. The National American Game “Baseball” in Jackson Park, Chicago, from Koelling & Klapenbach of Chicago. 5. Base Ball Game, York Beach, Me., postmarked in 1912. 6. Vista Alegre Club, Cuba, from the E. C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee. These three pre-linen cards show baseball action related to the military: 7. Baseball – The Army Game, with the YMCA logo. 8-9. Base Ball Diamond, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. (2 the same) from Majestic. Also: 10. A “Casey at Bat” humorous postcard, likely 1950s-60s, showing a coin-operated device at the Fort Worth Zoo and a baseball-playing chicken! These postcards average vg-ex. Three of them are postmarked with messages on the back.
Winning Bid $45
Lot 123. 6 Baseball Exhibit Cards, 1922 to 1939-46. 1922: Curtis Walker (Philadelphia, N.L. with “Cincinnati” typed over and pencil in writing on the back) p. Allan Sothoron (Cleveland, A.L., a small amount of foxing otherwise) vg-ex and Milton Stock (St. Louis, N.L., a small amount of foxing; otherwise) vg-ex. 1923-24: Dudley Lee (Boston, A.L.) f. 1925 Clarence Mueller (St. Louis, N.L., a small amount of writing on reverse; otherwise) vg-ex. And 1939-46 Salutation Rudy York (small projection) g.
Winning Bid $40
Lot 124. Assortment of 46 Baseball Cards, 1927-73, Plus a 1969 Set of Playing Cards. Cards in this collection are from Kahn’s, Fleer, Topps and other sources. The earliest card is a 1927 W512 of Everett Scott, #7 in the set, with the Chicago White Sox. This strip card is 1 5/16” x 2 5/16”, neatly cut from a sheet of cards, and vg-ex. Here is a list of the other cards: 1938 Cincinnati Reds team issue, Gamble, p. FLEER (22): 1959 Ted Williams, #11 Williams with Foxx f-g, 21 p, 23 vg, 45 f and 51 p. 1963 #10 vg-ex, 22 Kaat f, 24 f-g, 26 Terry p, 32 Santo p-f, 33 (4) one is vg-ex the other 3 are p-f, 35 g-vg, 44 vg, 55 Burgess vg+, 59 Mazeroski p, 60 Boyer (2) one is f the other p and 62 p. 1972 Baseball’s Famous Feats, #25 Ott vg-ex. KAHN’S (17): 1964, Alvis f, Harper vg+, Nuxhall g, Purkey vg+, Virdon vg-ex and Wagner (2) one is vg the other is g. 1965, Coleman f, Jay f, Lemaster vg, Oliver vg and Pagliaroni p. 1966, Johnson ex, Maloney (white hat) vg-ex, McCool (white hat) ex, and Pinson ex+. (These 4 cards are without the Kahn’s tab and are irregularly trimmed at the bottom). 1967, Pavletich vg-ex. TOPPS (4): 1962, #29 Stengel, p. 1969 Deckle Edge, #5 vg-ex, 14 vg-ex and 19 Santo g. SPORT HOBBYIST: 1971 T-206 Series, Abstein, Bradley and Bresnahan, overall ex. TMCA: 1973, J. E. Clapp, reprinted from Harper’s Weekly vg-ex. The playing card set of 52 was issued by Globe Imports in 1969. These blank-back cards are approximately 1 11/16” x 2 ¼” and feature black & white player photos on white paper slightly thicker than paper commonly used for printing. Among the players are Mays, Rose, Banks, Seaver and both Robinsons. This set is consistent with a Beckett checklist; it does not include the Mickey Mantle variation for the ace of spades. The set is nm to nm-m.
Winning Bid $45
Lot 125. 10 Play Ball Baseball Cards and a 1941 Double Play Card. Eight of the Play Ball cards are from 1939, and two are from 1940. 1939 Play Ball - #34 Demaree vg, 43 Almada vg, 64 Moses vg-ex, 65 Craft vg, 81 Dahlgren vg+, 109 Hoag g, 110 Fitzsimmons vg-ex and 114 Travis g. The names of these eight players are in capital letters. 1940 Play Ball - #42 f-g and 70 p. The Double Play card is 93-94 with Babe Young and Cliff Melton p.
Winning Bid $55
Lot 126. 17 1948 Bowman Cards – Kiner Rookie, Mize, Slaughter, 4 High #s and More. Slightly more than one-third of the set is here. All of the player names are in capital letters. #2 Blackwell rookie p, 3 Kiner rookie f, 4 Mize p, 9 W. Cooper (8-time All-Star) p, 10 f-g, 17 Slaughter p, 19 Henrich f-g, 25 vg-ex, 28 Verban (single print) p, 31 vg-ex, 32 Rigney p, 33 g, 35 Stirnweiss rookie p, and the high numbers - #37 vg, 41 Barney rookie p, 44 p and 48 Koslo rookie p.
Winning Bid $125
Lot 130. 7 Different 1952 Bowman Baseball Cards. #28 ex-m, 51 vg-ex, 62 g, 91 vg-ex, 107 vg-ex, 153 vg-ex and 157 vg-ex. Except for #28 and 51, these cards have light wax stains on their backs.
Winning Bid $50
Lot 132. Cobb (2), Ruth (2) Artvue and Waner Albertype Hall of Fame Plaque Postcards. Three of these cards are 1953-55 Artvue Type 1 cards (open bold holes): Cobb ex-m (2) and Ruth, ex. The second Ruth card is a 1956-63 Artvue Type 2 version (bolts in the corner); it grades fair (staple holes). Paul Waner appears in a 1946-62 Albertype Type 2 (corner bolts) card that is vg-ex.
Winning Bid $30