Lot 1. 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Set of 80. The key to this set is #68 Ted Signs for 1959, and it grades ex with a light stain on the back. Other more important cards in the sets are #1 The Early Years ex, 2 Ted’s Idol - Babe Ruth vg-ex, 6 Ted Turns Pro g, 9 First Step to Majors vg-ex, 11 First Spring Training vg-ex, 12 Burning Up the Minors vg, 17 How Ted hit .400 (miscut otherwise) ex-m, 18 1941 All-Star Hero vg, 29 Ted Hits for Cycle vg-ex, 39 Great Start ex, 48 Ted Returns g-vg, 50 Spring Injury ex-m+, 52 Ted’s Comeback vg, 55 Retirement No Go g, 63 Ted’s All-Star Record ex-m, 67 Two famous Fisherman ex, 70 Williams & Jim Thorpe vg, 75 Williams’ Value to Sox vg-ex, 79 Where Ted Stands g and 80 Ted’s goals for 1959 vg. The remaining cards are Ex-m+: 2 cards. Ex-m: 3. Ex+: 4. Ex: 13. Vg-ex: 18. Vg: 13. G-vg: 2. G: 4.
Winning Bid $578.
Lot 8. 1916 M101-4 Blank-Backed Card #30 Ray Chapman. On Aug. 17, 1920, Chapman became the first major leaguer killed in an on-field incident when he was struck by a pitch from Carl Mays of the Yankees. The card is slightly short, by 1/16”, left to right. Otherwise, ex+.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 12. 23 1936 R313 National Chicle Fine Pen Premiums Including Cronin and Simmons. This group, which constitutes almost one-fifth of the set, has Berger vg, Bonura vg, Bordagaray and Earnshaw f-g, Clift and Luke Sewell vg, Rip Collins vg, Cronin vg, Derringer (rub-off stamps on back) f-g, Gelbert p-f, Harder f, Hartnett and Warnecke (top ½” of card trimmed away) p, Hudlin vg-ex, Jensen (Pirates jersey) vg-ex, Jenson (Jensen, pitching) f, Lee vg, Lucas vg, McQuinn gets his man vg, McQuinn to Stine g, Moore g, Padden g, Simmons (rub-off stamps on back) f-g, Travis vg, Washington g and Young vg-ex.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 13. 10 1936-37 R314 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums (1 Creamy) and 7 1936 Fine Pens. The “creamy” premium is a 1937 Type 4 example showing Wally Moses, g. The others are Type 1 premiums from 1936: Virgil Davis p-f, Frisch p, Gelbert f, Hallahan vg, Jensen g, Marcum p-f, McNair f, Pytlak vg-ex and Tamulis g-vg. The R313 National Chicle Fine Pen premiums are of Clift and Sewell f-g, Rip Collins p-f, Hudlin (2) one vg and one g, Jenson (Jensen) f, McQuinn gets his man g and McQuinn to Stine p-f. Seventeen premiums.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 14. 2 1949 Bowman Error Cards – Reese, Hermanski with Double-Printed Backs. The fronts of the cards are of #36 Pee Wee Reese and 20 Gene Hermanski. The backs are printed with information on the player shown on the front and another player as well. The back of the Reese card is double-printed with information on #108 Ken Heintzelman. The back of the Hermanski card has information on him and #92 Willie Jones. The card fronts are very well centered; the backs are slightly miscut. The Reese card grades vg, and the Hermanski is cut short and otherwise nm-m.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 15. 37 Different 1949 Bowman Baseball Cards. #4b Priddy (name on front), 5-8, 12, 20, 22, 28, 31, 43, 44, 51, 53, 55, 68, 72, 75, 76, 79, 81, 83a Scheffing (no name on front), 99, 103, 107, 108, 112, 116, 122, 131, 134, 140-142 and 166. G-vg: 8 cards. G: 14. F-g: 15.
Winning Bid $168.
Lot 17. 25 Bowman Baseball – 9 1951, 16 1952. Cards from the 1951 issue are #24 Blackwell g-vg, 65 Vernon vg, 66 g-vg, 72 f, 73 g-vg, 111 Simmons vg-ex, 113vg, 180 g and 247 g. The 1952 cards are #3 vg, 39 vg-ex, 40 g-vg, 71 f-g, 73 g, 78 f-g, 83 g, 91 vg, 92 g, 110 g, 135 g, 137 g, 148 f, 153 g-vg, 186 g-vg and 212 g-vg.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 18. 5 1951 and 3 1952 Bowman Baseball Cards. The cards from 1951 are #144 ex+, 154 (2) both vg, 193 ex and 206 vg. Representing 1952 are #16 ex, 22 vg and 31 vg.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 19. 1951 Topps Red Backs Baseball Near Set – 49 of 52. Missing three commons, #12, 43 and 46. Key cards are #1 Berra g, 5 Rizzuto g-vg, 8 Wynn vg, 15 Kiner vg, 16 Roe vg-ex, 20 D. DiMaggio vg, 22 Feller g-vg, 30 Spahn vg, 31 Hodges f-g, 36a Zernial (Chicago in bio) vg, 38 Snider f-g, 39 Kluszewski g-vg, 50 Irvin ex and 52a Holmes (Boston in bio) g. The other cards grade Ex: 4 cards. Vg-ex: 5. Vg: 15. G: 10. F: 1
Winning Bid $174.
