Items For The Auction of August 6 - 7, 1999       Lot Number Item Description Est. Price Range Sold For Price   501 1961 NY Yankees A.L. Champions team photo pennant. Very conditon sensitive pennant is fairly clean with light age toning: EX-EX/MT $275.00-$375.00 $160.00   502 Chicago Cubs pennant c.1940’s. Clean with strong colors missing point tip: EX $110.00-$130.00 $100.00   503 Milwaukee Braves pennant c. 1950’s, missing point tip: EX $100.00-$130.00 $40.00   504 Philadelphia Phillies “Whiz Kids” pennant c.1950, missing point tip: EX $100.00-$130.00 $140.00   505 Philadelphia Phillies “Go Phillies Go” pennant c.1950-60’s. Very clean example of this rare pennant: EX-MT $150.00-$200.00 $300.00   506 1950 Phila. Phillies N.L. Champions pennant: EX-EX/MT $140.00-$180.00 $450.00   507 Rare 1958 N.L. All-Star game pennant. Scroll at left side with player’s names including Mays, Ashburn, Musial; very clean overall with slightly loose point: EX-EX/MT $300.00-$400.00 $425.00   508 Rare Brooklyn Dodgers “World Champs” pennant c. 1955-56. Issued to celebrate the Dodgers only Championship in Brooklyn, missing only the very tip of point: EX-EX/MT $500.00-$600.00 $600.00   509 NY Giants pennant c.1930-40’s. 3/4 size pennant with game scene graphic, has a few pinholes and some adhesive remnants on back: VG $75.00-$110.00 $45.00   510 Brooklyn Dodgers pennant c.1950s. Extremely clean example with fresh original color: EX/MT-NM 400.00-$500.00 $280.00   511 Rare 1937 Detroit Tigers pennant. Tough early pennant from the Tigers team that finished second to the Yanks, bold colors and graphics with slightly loose tip: EX-EX/MT $500.00-$600.00 $325.00   512 Swarthmore football pennant c.1910-20. Clean piece with attractive ball carrier graphic: EX-MT $150.00-$225.00 $210.00     513 Lot of 132 vintage strip cards c.1920’s. Includes boxers, actresses, cartoon characters, tennis players and other stars of the period: Range PR-EX $75.00-$125.00 $110.00     514 Lot of 27 vintage baseball strip cards c.1920’s. Includes numerous issues and HOF’er cards such as Ruth, Johnson, Speaker, Bancroft: Range PR-EX $120.00-$150.00 $100.00     515 Lot of seven 1923 W572 baseball cards. Includes Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson: Range GD/VG-EX $150.00-$200.00 $100.00   516 Lot of two Babe Ruth strip cards: 1923 W572: EX and 1922 W551: VG $275.00-$350.00 $250.00     516a Lot of five 1915 Cracker Jack cards including Evers, Comiskey, Simon: Range GD-VG/EX $275.00-$350.00 $220.00   517 1914 Cracker Jack Ed Walsh #36, has wear to upper rt. corner: VG $100.00-$130.00 $100.00   518 1914 Cracker Jack Chief Bender #19: VG $125.00-$150.00 $90.00     519 Lot of three Cracker Jack cards: 1914 Schulte and Birmingham, 1915 McQuillen: Range EX-EX/MT $150.00-$200.00 $110.00     520 Lot of five 1914 Cracker Jack cards. Includes #’s 21, 26, 45, 106, 132: Range VG-EX/MT $190.00-$240.00 $150.00     521 Lot of six Cracker Jack cards. Includes 1914 #’s 8, 50, and 123; 1915 includes #’s 166, 171, and 176: Range VG-EX/MT $375.00-$475.00 $160.00   522 Lot of four 1914 Cracker Jack cards. All are Federal League players incl. #’s 1, 32 (M.Brown), 74, and 188: Range GD-VG/EX $300.00-$375.00 $150.00   523 1914 Cracker Jack Harry Hooper #35: VG-EX $175.00-$225.00 $120.00   524 1914 Cracker Jack Eddie Plank #6. One of the key cards to the set, this example is well centered with even corner wearR: VG $275.00-$375.00 DNS   525 1913 Fatima team card Phila. Nationals: VG $120.00-$150.00 $90.00     526 Lot of three 1911 T201 cards incl. Baker/Collins: VG-EX, Lajoie/Falkenberg: EX, and Walsh/Payne: VG-EX. Lot alos includes P2 pin of Chief Bender: EX $175.00-$200.00 $160.00     527 Lot of nine 1914 B18 tobacco blankets incl. Stengel (green infield), Daubert, Tyler, Konetchy: Range VG/EX-NM $120.00-$150.00 $160.00   528 1914 B18 Walter Johnson, very clean example with only light back staining: EX/MT-NM $125.00-$150.00 $150.00   529 1911 T5 Pinkerton Tris Speaker. Sepia tone photographic card missing back mount, has some surface wear incl. wrinkles and appears to have once been spot glued in a scrapbook: VG-VG/EX $200.00-$300.00 $210.00     530 Misc. vintage tobacco related lot to include:Three 1911 T3 cabinet cards of Paskert, Sullivan, and Gibson (trimmed): Range GD-VG; Three empty cigarette packages incl. Sw. Caporal: VG-EX and Cutshaw B18 blanket: GD-VG $75.00-$95.00 $100.00   531 1913 National Game baseball playing card set. Desirable early issue loaded with star cards incl. Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, Young, and Joe Jackson. Includes all player cards, rules and score cards, position cards and rare orig. box. Very little wear other then slight age toning: Range EX/MT-NM $1,700.00-$2,500.00 $2,100.00     532 Lot of eleven early baseball tobacco and candy cards. Six 1909 E92 Croft’s Cocoa including Evers, Crawford, Jennings: Range GD/VG-VG/EX; Phila. Caramel L.Doyle: GD, and four T-206 common players: GD-VG/EX $400.00-$500.00 $290.00     533 Lot of five 1910 E103 Williams Caramel cards. Players include Ewing, Donovan, Pastorius, McQuillan, and Jordon: Range PR/GD-EX $150.00-$200.00 $225.00   534 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Roger Bresnahan: VG-EX $175.00-$200.00 $230.00   535 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Nap Lajoie: VG-EX 275.00-$375.00 $300.00   536 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Christy Mathewson. Rare issue of Matty with the offered card having some slight soiling and a corner flake retaining a nice overall appearance: VG-EX $400.00-$600.00 $525.00   537 1910 E103 Williams Caramel Hans Wagner. One of the two key cards to the set this example is well centered with bold colors, has some very minor border staining. Very difficult card to locate is collectible condition: EX $750.00-$1,000.00 $1,500.00   538 1910 E95 Philadelphia Caramel near set. 24 out of the 25 cards missing Ty Cobb for completion; the key cards grade as follows: Mathewson: VG-EX, Plank: VG/EX-EX, Wagner: VG. Popular early set in original as collected form: Range GD/VG-EX $1,000.00-$1,300.00 $1,600.00   539 1914 Baltimore News Birdie Cree, has some surface wrinkles at top 1/3 and back has large amount of scrapbook removal abrasions: GD-VG $350.00-$450.00 $500.00   540 1914 Baltimore News Davidson, has some border chipping and surface wear from scrapbook removal. Back is intact although it has some glue residue staining: VG $450.00-$550.00 $520.00   541 1914 Baltimore News Neal Ball, has a small abrasion at top rt. and has one abrasion on back from scrapbook removal as well as two glue residue stains: GD-VG $400.00-$500.00 $525.00   542 1914 Baltimore News Ensign Cottrell, has some minor border chipping and several line creases. Back has three abrasion areas and some glue residue staining from scrapbook removal: GD $350.00-$425.00 $475.00   543 1914 Baltimore News Jack Dunn. Dunn was a key figure in the Baltimore baseball scene including contributing to the development of Babe Ruth. The offered card has some border chipping on front, back schedule is intact but has some glue residue staining: VG-VG/EX $500.00-$600.00 $950.00   544 1914 Baltimore News George Twombley. Has some border chipping on front, back is intact but has some glue residue staining: VG ($450.00-$500.00) $450.00-$500.00 $750.00     545 1914 Baltimore News George Twombley. Identical to Lot #544 except has some surface crazing and wrinkles, back is missing areas from abrasions: GD $350.00-$425.00 $600.00   546 Rare and important 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth. This card is considered to be the rookie issue of Ruth pictured on his first team the Orioles of the International League. The offered card has wear to two corners and a chip which has begun to tear at bottom rt. corner. Front also has a small corner crease and a few surface wrinkles. Back has two abrasion areas from scrapbook removal as well as glue residue staining. There are believed to be under 10 examples of this regional rarity known to exist inclusive of the offered card. Overall appearance is respectable with majority of condition issues pertaining to the back: GD $4,000.00-$5,000.00 $8,000.00     547 Large estate collection of vintage baseball tobacco cards c.1905-1912. 150 total cards incl. T-205, T-206, W. series with numerous Hall of Famer cards such as Cobb, Young, Johnson, Tinker, Evers, Speaker. Majority of cards are PR-GD but there are some star cards grading VG or better. Lot also includes 48 Churchman’s Cigarettes “Air Raid Precautions” cards: EX $200.00-$300.00 $425.00     548 Large lot of sixty 1909-11 T-206 cards. Includes some HOF’er and minor league cards, all have Piedmont or Sw. Caporal backs: Range PR-VG/EX 200.00-$300.00 $350.00     549 Large lot of sixty-one 1909-11 T-206 cards. Includes some minor league cards and variations, all have Piedmont or Sw. Caporal backs: Range PR-VG/EX $200.00-$300.00 $310.00   550 Lot of twenty-two 1909-11 T-206 cards. Includes 17 HOF’er cards such as Mathewson, Speaker, Johnson, Keeler, Lajoie, Young. Lot also includes five desirable variations: Chase (2), Dahlen (Bost.), Lindaman, and Donlin (field.). All have Sw. Cap. or Pied. backs, many cards have back abrasions: Range PR/GD-VG/EX $400.00-$500.00 $450.00   551 Lot of four 1909-11 T-206 HOF pitcher cards: Marquard (port.), Pied. back and is auto. on front: VG-EX, Young (glove shows), Pied. back: VG, Mathewson (dark cap), Pied. back: VG-EX, and Waddell (throw), Pied. back: VG $300.00-$400.00 $300.00   552 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb. Red portrait variation w/Polar Bear back has some staining and several creases: GD-VG $225.00-$300.00 $200.00   553 1909-11 T-206 Rube Marquard (hands at thighs), Sw. Cap. back: PSA EX-MT 6 $140.00-$170.00 $160.00   554 1909-11 T-206 John McGraw (pointing), Sw. Cap. back: EX-MT $140.00-$160.00 $220.00     555 Lot of four 1909-11 T-206 cards incl. Tinker, Chance, and Bender: Range GD/VG-VG/EX $120.00-$160.00 $110.00     556 Lot of twenty three 1909-11 T-206 cards incl. Chase (2), Donovan, Donlin; all have Sw. Cap., P. Bear, or Pied. backs: Range PR/GD-EX $125.00-$150.00 $90.00     557 Large single owner collection of sixty-three 1909-11 T-206 cards. Includes Evers and Crawford cards as well as several desirable minor leaguer cards. All have either Pied., Sw. Cap., P.Bear, or El Principe de Gales backs and some cards have remains of adhesive where they were spot glued in a scrapbook: Range GD-EX $300.00-$400.00 $375.00     558 Lot of twenty-four 1909-11 T-206 cards. Fairly clean group incl. rare F.Smith Chicago and Boston variation as well as Steinfeldt, Camnitz, Payne. All have Sw. Caporal backs: Range VG-EX/MT 300.00-$400.00 $350.00   559 Lot of three 1909-11 T-206 Detroit HOF’rs: Crawford (w/bat), Sw. Cap. back: EX, Jennings (one hand), Sw. Cap. back: VG-EX, and Crawford (throw.), Sw. Cap. back: EX $130.00-$160.00 $100.00   560 Fine lot of seven 1909-11 T-206 HOF’er cards: All have Sw. Cap backs incl. Wheat: EX, Duffy: EX, Bender: VG, Chance: GD-VG, McGraw: VG-EX, Tinker: EX, and Tinker: EX. $475.00-$675.00 $500.00   561 Lot of twenty-one 1909-11 T-206 cards incl. Gandil, Cicotte, Bergen, G.Davis. All have Sw. Cap. backs: Range VG-EX/MT $300.00-$400.00 $425.00     562 Lot of nineteen 1909-11 T-206 cards including Willis, Gibson, Lake, Hummel; all have Sw. Cap. backs: Range GD/VG-EX/MT along with one 1911 T-205 card.: VG $200.00-$250.00 $200.00   563 1909-11 T-206 Christy Mathewson (dark cap), Sw. Cap. back with horizontal crease: VG $100.00-$130.00 $100.00   564 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb, red portrait. Well centered with bold color, has two small line creases on bottom 1/3 of card, Sw. Cap. is fairly clean: VG-VG/EX $400.00-$500.00 $425.00   565 1909-11 T-206 Nap Lajoie, w/bat. Clean card with Sw. Cap. back: EX-EX/MT $275.00-$325.00 $190.00     566 Large lot of fifty-eight 1909-11 T-206 cards. Includes Gandil, Donlin, Barry, Snodgrass; all have Sw. Cap., Old Mill, Pied., or P.Bear backs and many have adhesion removal damage on backs from scrapbook: Range PR-EX. Lot also includes two vintage boxing cards: VG $275.00-$375.00 $300.00     567 Large lot of sixty 1909-11 T-206 cards incl. Donlin (field), Willis, Herzog, Steinfeldt. All have Pied. or Sw. Cap. backs and many have adhesion removal damage on backs from scrapbook: Range PR-EX $250.00-$325.00 $275.00   568 Lot of twenty 1909-11 T-206 HOF’er portrait variation cards. Includes Waddell, Johnson, Bender, Keeler, Tinker. All have Sw. Cap. or Pied. backs and all cards have adhesion removal damage on backs from scrapbook: Range PR-VG $350.00-$450.00 $325.00   569 Lot of twenty 1909-11 T-206 HOF’er cards. Includes McGraw, Bender, Mathewson, Wheat, Tinker, Waddell; all have Pied. backs and many have adhesion removal damage on backs from scrapbook: Range PR-EX $400.00-$500.00 $325.00     570 Large lot of sixty-nine 1909-11 T-206 cards incl. Pelty (hor.), Pattee, Walsh, Powers, Merkle, Ames; all have Pied. or Sw. Cap. backs and majority have adhesion removal damage on backs from scrapbook: Range PR-EX $400.00-$500.00 $350.00   571 Lot of two 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb cards. Red background portrait w/chip on bottom right. corner and damage on back from adhesion removal, Pied. back: PR-GD and Bat off shoulder w/abrasion on front top border, Pied. back: GD $200.00-$275.00 $250.00   572 Very rare 1909-11 T-206 Sherry Magie error card. One of the top three cards in the set the offered example has strong original colors with even wear to corners. Card has no creases and is centered slightly to the left, Piedmont back has two areas of abrasions from scrapbook removal but retains a respectable appearance from the back. This card is the rare variation with Sherry Magee’s last name mispelled “Magie” and seldom does a “fresh” unknown copy become available to the public. In all of the auctions that we’ve had and with the literally tens of thousands of T-206 cards from private and estate collections that we’ve sold this is the first copy of this card in one of our auctions. A difficult card to assign a grade due to back damage but given the clean appearance of the front which would grade a solid VG-EX we assign an overall grade of VG to this rarity. $3,000.00-$4,000.00 $3,200.00     573 Lot of twenty-two 1911 T-205 cards incl. Stahl, Shean, Adkins: Range GD-EX $225.00-$300.00 $190.00   574 Lot of two 1911 T-205 HOF pitcher cards: Walter Johnson: VG-VG/EX and Chief Bender: VG $250.00-$300.00 $230.00     575 Lot of two 1911 T-201 Mecca Double Folder cards: Ty Cobb/Sam Crawford: VG/EX-EX and Frank Chance/John Evers: EX $500.00-$600.00 $375.00   576 Women’s Base Ball tobacco card. c.1890. Color litho. image of a woman in uniform w/bat, advertising on the back for “Finest & Bravest” chewing tobaccco. Issued by D. Buchner & Co.: EX $200.00-$300.00 $130.00   577 1888 Honest Long Cut “Presidential Base Ball Club” card. Issued by Duke & Sons with a cartoon scene of the two Presidents in a game action scene: EX 350.00-$450.00 $130.00   578 Single owner collection of sixty-three 1912 T-207 tobacco cards. Includes several star cards with key cards grading as follows: Bresnahan: VG, Daubert: EX, Marquard: GD-VG, Wheat: GD-VG, Tinker: GD-VG. Majority of cards are GD/VG with some EX examples: Range GD-EX $600.00-$800.00 $600.00     579 Lot of four 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards: Dooin #14, Fromme #93, Jordan #20, and Camnitz #7: EX $250.00-$350.00 $375.00     580 Lot of three 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards: Crawford #5: VG-EX, Chase #6: VG-EX, and Walsh #125: VG-EX $700.00-$900.00 $500.00   581 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Clark Griffith #17: EX-EX/MT $275.00-$375.00 $300.00   582 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Frank Baker #78. fairly clean with advertising back: EX $300.00-$400.00 $350.00   583 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Roger Bresnahan #4: VG $200.00-$300.00 $210.00     584 Lot of four 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards: Wiltse #41, Covaleski #88, McIntyre #25, and Overall #32: Range VG-EX $250.00-$300.00 $425.00   585 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Willie Keeler #101. Has advertising back: VG-EX $150.00-$200.00 $325.00   586 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Bobby Wallace #124: EX-EX/MT $300.00-$375.00 $350.00   587 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card John McGraw #26: VG $275.00-$375.00 $150.00     588 Lot of four 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards: Bescher #81, Stahl #38, Graham #95, and Schulte #117: Range VG-EX $250.00-$300.00 $500.00   589 Lot of three 1911 T3 Turkey Red HOF’er cabinet cards: Eddie Collins #87 (adv. back): EX, Hughie Jennings #18: EX, and Mordecai Brown # 1: VG-EX $700.00-$900.00 $800.00     590 Lot of three 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards: Out at Third #43, Jordan & Herzog at first #45, and Safe at Third #46: Range VG-EX $250.00-$350.00 $375.00   591 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Christy Mathewson #27. Attractive card with only slight age toning and some border nicks: EX $500.00-$600.00 $825.00   592 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet card Cy Young #42. Impressive piece with vibrant original colors and four fairly sharp corners. Extremely clean back and near flawless image: EX/MT-NM $1,000.00-$1,400.00 $1,700.00     593 Lot of two 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 tobacco cards: Glasscock: GD-VG and Bennett: VG $250.00-$350.00 $210.00   594 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 Mike Kelly. Even corner wear with some tobacco staining on back: VG $400.00-$500.00 $325.00   595 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 Charles Comiskey : VG ($400.00-$500.00) ($400.00-$500.00) $325.00   596 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 John Clarkson: VG $275.00-$375.00 $220.00   596a Rare complete set of 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 “World’s Champions” tobacco cards. Acknowledged as the first of the tobacco card issues and among the most attractive as well the offered set contains 10 cards with color litho. illustrative fronts. Key cards grade as follows: Anson: Has some very lt. border staining: EX, Clarkson: EX-EX/MT, Comiskey: EX/MT-NM, Keefe: Has some lt. surface soiling: EX, Kelly: EX, and Ward: EX. All cards have fairly clean backs with only a few having minor staining and Bennett having an abrasion. Clean example of a very desirable early set with excellent breakdown potential: Range VG/EX-NM $4,000.00-$5,000.00 $7,000.00     597 1887 Old Judge N172 California Brown: EX-EX/MT $150.00-$250.00 $170.00   598 1887 Old Judge N172 Old Hoss Radbourn. Attractive card of this early HOF’er with script name and numbered ‘0108’, has slight even corner wear: EX $300.00-$400.00 $675.00   599 1888 Goodwin Champions N162 Tim Keefe. Missing majority of its’ back printing, otherwise EX-EX/MT: GD ($200.00-$300.00 DNS     600 Lot of three 1888 Goodwin Champions N162 cards: Dunlap: VG, Andrews: EX, and Glasscock: VG $475.00-$675.00 $650.00