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Non-Sport Cards, Memorabilia
15 Lots
 Lot 281. Two Lindbergh Day Real-Photo Postcards. 1. 5 ¼” x 3 ¼”, ex-m b&w postcard shows Lindbergh with his Spirit of St. Louis. 2. 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”, ex sepia postcard shows Lindbergh with a number of smiling gentlemen. The postcards were issued on Sept. 14 & 15, 1927 to commemorate Lindbergh Day with an air mail flight to Portland, OR. The two postcards have all the proper postal cancellations, as well as cancelled Spirit of St. Louis stamps. Two great items to add to your Lindbergh-Aviation collection.
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 282. 1934 National Chicle Tom Mix Cowboy Adventure Stories 1 Cent Wrapper and Booklet. The 8 page booklet, once held inside the wrapper, is #3, entitled “On The Death Riders Trail.” Ex-m. The colorful, desirable and valuable wrapper is complete and intact with the typical folds ex. A detachable Tom Mix Certificate for a Free Tom Mix Deputy Ring remains as part of the incredibly rare wrapper. Don’t try to redeem the certificate as it stipulates, “This Certificate Is Not Redeemable After June 30, 1935.”
Winning Bid $121.
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 Lot 283. Alberoto Vargas Deck of Playing Cards in the Original Box. Vargas was the most successful of the pinup artists. In 1940 his first girl calendar was produced. It was an enormous success. The playing cards, which appear to be 1940s to early 1950s, feature a wide variety of Vargas girls from his original paintings. The deck of cards is complete and overall ex-m. The colorful box that holds them is vg.
MB $50.
Winning Bid $185.
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 Lot 285. 1952 Topps Look ‘n See Partial Set - 81 of 135. 44 cards are in the 1 to 75 series. The remaining 37 cards are in the 76 to 135 series. Nm+: 1 card, ex-m: 2, ex+: 5, ex: 7, vg-ex: 24, vg: 13, g-vg: 9, g: 15, f: 5.
Winning Bid $332.
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 Lot 288. Topps Uncut Sheet with a Complete 1964 Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” Set. Topps produced this 55-card set, which features scenes from the Beatles first full-length feature motion picture. The sheet is printed in black and white. It is blank-backed, measures 20 ½” x 28” and is in nm condition. This outstanding display with John, Paul, George and Ringo could be yours for our
Winning Bid $163.
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 Lot 292. 1919 Page with a Very Early Frank King “Gasoline Alley” Cartoon + 1930s Strips. One of the longest-running cartoon strips, “Gasoline Alley” first appeared in either Aug. or Nov. 1918 as a single panel in a Sunday page called “The Rectangle” in the Chicago Tribune. (Different sources give different dates.) “The Rectangle” featured various cartoons by Tribune staff artists. Apparently sometime in 1919, “Gasoline Alley” expanded to a multi-panel daily cartoon. It continues to appear in newspapers today. It is the first cartoon in which characters age relatively normally. This Tribune page, dated May 11, 1919, contains a large “Gasoline Alley” panel that includes the comic’s main character, Walt Wallet. Almost as interesting, “The Rectangle” page features a half-page series of panels by King titled “Smoking Next to Go!” In it, King explores the creative efforts of smokers to avoid the anti-smoking police! In 1919! The Tribune page is taped in three places, all outside the images, to a sheet of cardboard. The paper remains relatively pliable; it appears that it could be folded without tearing it. A hole in the header that affects “he C” in “The Chicago” could be restored; there is a 1” tear along the bottom edge. The page displays very nicely, and it’s especially desirable because of its historical significance. In addition, some veteran collectors say they have never seen a full “Rectangle” page. Accompanying it are four cartoon sections from the Sunday New York Herald Tribune, one from 1938 and three from 1939. Each issue features cartoon strips such as “Peter Rabbit,” “Skeets” and “Peter Piltdown.” These comics are beautifully drawn, and most strips occupy a full page. The Oct. 15, 1939, issue has an advertisement in which Byron Nelson, U.S. Open Champion, promotes tea, “the drink with the golf crowd.” These sections are in unusually nice condition; there are some tears along the gutter and along the edges. Each two-page sheet is individually preserved is pliable plastic. Also, a four-panel cartoon, “Inklings in the News” by Paige that deals with a home-rule charter and taxes.
Winning Bid $40.
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 Lot 294. 48-Star Flag Used During a 1955 Luncheon Honoring President Eisenhower. An original 4 ¼” x ¾” brass plate attached to the wooden flag pole documents the American Bar Association luncheon on Aug. 24, 1955. The 33” x 22” flag, which is worn and frayed, has been temporarily repaired with museum conservation tape until its next owner has it professionally mounted and framed. The wooden pole is 36” long. A rare item for the Ike or presidential memorabilia collector.
Minimum Bid $50.
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 Lot 295. America at War Collection. World War II-era panoramic photos and newspaper and magazine accounts of World Wars I and II make up this collection. The two panoramic photos, both glossy originals, were issued by news services. A 51” x 10” photo from the National Photo and News Service shows the 26th U.S. Infantry in formation at the Plattsburg, N.Y., Barracks in May 1932. Interestingly, the photo contains mule-drawn wagons and caissons. There is some paper loss in the border where tape was removed. Technically, the photo is vg to vg-ex. It displays as at least ex with excellent clarity and strong contrast. A 43” x 8” Griffith News Service photo pictures the 96th Civil Affairs (apparently -Army Air Corps) unit at Camp Davis, N.C., on Dec. 9, 1941. The mules are gone, replaced by trucks. Technically g, vg appearance with a 1” tear, sharp focus and strong contrast. In addition, an 8” x 10” photo shows the 1st Platoon, Co. B, 12th Medical Training Battalion at Camp Pickett, Va., in May 1943. Vg-ex. World War I coverage comes primarily for the New York World Pictures, the Sunday gravure section of The World. Seven of these four-page sections, which are from Aug.-Sept. 1918 and are printed on quality paper, cover the war in photos. Vg. A special section from the Nov. 17, 1918, New York American serves as a “Souvenir of the War.” It pictures President Wilson. World War I receives attention in a May 15, 1919, issue of Life. A notice on the cover encourages forwarding the magazine to someone in military service, and a two-page illustration in the center titled “The Return of a Veteran” features what appears to be wounded Red Cross or medical corps dog. Nice ex issue with a Boy Scout cover. Twenty-four issues of the Syracuse Herald American or Little Falls Evening Times provide 1942 World War II coverage. G-vg. The Pacific Theater is the focus of Iwo Jima: Springboard to Final Victory by Marine Capt. Raymond Henri. This softcover 1945 publication from U.S. Camera contains 96 pages of text and photos; clean vg-ex copy. An Aug. 15, 1945, issue of Stars and Stripes carries the headline: “WAR ENDS: Truman Announces Total Surrender.” The Aug. 31, 1945 Daily Morror proclaims, “MacArthur Takes Over Japan,” g. Accompanying these newspapers are two 1909 papers that mention President Roosevelt or President Taft, a 1974 paper announcing President Nixon’s resignation, a 1974 supplement on President Ford, a 1981 paper covering President Reagan inauguration and a flyer for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A big lot for as little as our
Winning Bid $55.
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