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14 Cards Representing the Olympics, Soccer, Rugby, Lacrosse, Boxing, Golf, Etc.
Lot 120. 14 Cards Representing the Olympics, Soccer, Rugby, Lacrosse, Boxing, Golf, Etc. The oldest card, which shows a lacrosse game, is from the 1917 Wills “Sports of the World” set. It has a Village Maid back, vg. Other older cards include: 1926 Ogden’s “Famous Rugby Players,” J. W. Brough, ex. 1930 Drapkin “Sporting Celebrities in Action,” D. Love, quarter miler, vg-ex. 1930 Mitchell, “Old Sporting Prints,” J. Goodman, ex-m. Churchman 1938 “Association Footballers,” H. Betmead, vg, and 1939 “Kings of Speed,” W. L. Fiske, ex. Harry Vardon, who won the British Open a record six times and the U.S. Open once, represents golf in a modern “Old Golfing Greats” postcard, vg-ex. Six cards are from the 1979 “Olympic Greats” set, John Kelly nm-m, Pat McCormick vg, Jesse Owens nm-m, Wilma Rudolph nm-m, Mark Spitz ex-m+ and Johnny Weissmuller vg-ex. Also, a B.D.V. Cigarettes card that shows boxer “Bonnie” Muir on one side and sculler Major Goodsell on the other. Ex+.
Winning Bid $25.
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