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Baseball Postcards
3 Lots
Lot 3. 1915 PC798-6 Crosby-Signed “Baseball” Comic Postcard. The cards in this set apparently feature early cartoons by Percy Crosby, who later created the “Skippy” comic strip. This single example from the 12-card set is “He Made a Hit and Got Two Bags.” Postmarked in 1915, it has an embossed border and is vg. Note: There is one card in this lot. The “6” in the headline is part of the American Card Catalog designation!
Winning Bid $10.
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Lot 4. 3 Postcards of Fenway Park Including a Pre-Linen. Published by Mason Bros., the mid-1910s pre-linen card is titled “Section of Grand Stand, Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.” It shows primarily the grandstand from the third base side. Vg. Also, a linen aerial view from the first base side, #B54, has a border only on the bottom, vg+ to ex and mailed in 1951, and an oversized chrome simply titled “Boston,” vg+ to ex. Fenway Park opened in 1912.
Winning Bid $20.
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Lot 5. 2 Stadium Postcards – Shibe Park-Connie Mack Stadium. Pre-linen 1910s titled “Shibe Park Baseball Grounds, Philadelphia, Pa.,” shows third base side infield and grandstand, vg. Chrome of Connie Mack Stadium, from first base, PH1-105, postmarked 1958, vg.
Winning Bid $25.
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