Lot 25. Colorized 1889 Harper’s Page Featuring the N.L. NY Giants and Boston Beaneaters. Full beautifully colorized page from April 27 drawn by C. D. Gibson and titled “The First League Game of the Base-Ball Season.” Gibson provides a montage of drawings, including equipment in the lower left corner and inset portraits of Ward, Ewing, Whitney, Keefe, Welch and Tiernan. Extremely attractive woodcut print.
Winning Bid $248.
Lot 26. Harry Pulliam (First National League President) Early 1900s Cigar Label, Bands. Pulliam served as president of the modern N.L. from 1903-09. These cigar-related collectibles are variously dated from 1905-09. The label has an nm appearance; close examination reveals a couple of very small border creases and a light crease running vertically from the top gold border to the top of the “A” in Harry. There are two cigars bands, one unused and nm, and the other, with a light stain on one end and a small crease on the other. Both display nicely and are very scarce.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 27. Chicago White Sox Team Picture Postcard Marking the 1906 World Series. The 3 ½” x 5 ½” postcard was postmarked in Chicago on Oct. 9, the opening day of the 1906 World Series. Identifying the Sox as the 1906 “American League Champions,” it pictures the “Hitless Wonders,” the underdogs who upset their cross-town rivals to reign as World Champions. Among the players pictured are Ed Walsh, who won two games, George Davis, Nick Altrock, Doc White and Fielder Jones. The card shows light foxing, corner creases and a 1/8” tear along the top edge.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 29. 2 Cincinnati Stadium Postcards – Palace of the Fans and Crosley Field. The Palace pre-linen card is sepia, and 1” in from the upper left, text says “12,000 People at the Ball Park, Cincinnati, O.” On the back, the card is attributed to the Norwood Souvenir Co., and text appears in green in various languages. On the front, someone wrote “Harrison Nov. 1908.” Interestingly, the card once had glitter along various edges of the grandstand; about 25% of the glitter remains. Absent the writing and the glitter loss, the card would grade vg. Scarce. The other card is a linen of Crosley Field, 1B-H2636, with text saying “21-Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, ‘Home of the Cincinnati Reds’.” Ex-m.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 33. 1912 T207 Card of Arthur Phelan with a Cycle Cigarettes Back. Only Red Cross advertising is scarcer than the Cycle brand on the backs of these cards. This example has four pin holes that are away from Phelan’s image and miss the red text and advertising on the back. Except for tiny corner creases, the card is crease-free and would grade vg+ in the absence of the pin holes.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 34. 1928 F50 Yuengling’s Ice Cream Card #41, HoF Manager Stanley (Bucky) Harris. While this card is decently centered on the back, the front is off center, lacking a bottom border. Otherwise, it is free of creases and shows light stains on the front, which appear somewhat darker on the back. G-vg.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 35. 1932 Chicago Cubs Team Issue Set or Near Set of 32. Dueling checklists create an element of uncertainty. Beckett has this set complete at 27. No problem. All 27 cards are accounted for. And there are five cards left over. Alternatively, the Standard Catalog lists a 35-card set. Hmmm. Now, that makes the group hree cards short of a set. You call it. Either it is a 27-card set, and we have extras showing Margaret Donahue, baseball’s first woman corporate secretary, Robert C. Lewis, John O. Ceys, Philip K. Wrigley and M. W. Walker. Or we’re missing Gilly Campbell, Lance Richbourg and Harry Taylor. Adding to the uncertainty is the fact that Campbell didn’t join the Cubs until 1933, and Taylor was in Chicago for a total 10 games; consequently, why either would be in the set is something of a mystery. In any case the key cards grade: Cuyler ex-m, Grimm vg+ to ex, Grimes ex, Hartnett ex-m+, Herman ex-m+ and Stephenson ex-m+. The breakdown of the others is Nm+: 2 cards. Nm: 2. Ex-m+: 12. Ex-m: 4. Vg+ to ex: 3. Vg: 3. The cards are accompanied by the original Cubs envelope, which is in off condition – and undated.
Winning Bid $185.
Lot 36. 8 Different 1933 DeLong Cards Including Terry, Gehringer, Hafey and Goslin. Very tough issue. All of these cards have very significant back damage. Card #1 McManus has about one-half of the text on the back readable. The backs from the seven other cards are totally gone so that they are thinner than the McManus card, and the Gehringer card is trimmed. All grade poor. The appearance of the fronts is: #1 McManus f, 4 Terry f, 5 Gehringer p, 15 Stephenson f, 16 Warneke f-g, 19 Hafey g, 20 Vosmik p and 24 Goslin g.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 37. 15 Different 1951 Topps Red Backs Including Reynolds, Feller, Both Holmes Cards. The complete list: #6 Reynolds vg, 9 g-vg, 10 ex-m, 11 vg, 19 vg, 22 Feller g-vg, 27 vg-ex, 33 g, 34 vg, 35 Rosen vg, 36b Zernial (Philadelphia in bio) g-vg, 43 ex-m, 48 Stanky g-vg, 52a Holmes (Boston in bio) g and 52b Holmes (Hartford in bio) g-vg.
Winning Bid $68.
