Items For The Auction of August 10 - 11, 2001       Lot Number Item Description Est. Price Range Sold For Price   1001 Lot of (9) 1909-11 T-206 HOF'er cards. Fine lot of portrait variations to include: Walsh, Joss, Lajoie, Waddell, Jennings, Bender, Wallace, Huggins, and Bresnahan. All have either Pied., Sw. Cap., and Old Mill backs: Range VG/EX-EX ($650.00-$850.00) $750.00   1002 Lot of (3) 1909-11 T-206 Christy Mathewson cards. All three versions of this card are included, Portrait: VG-EX, Dark Cap: VG, and White Cap: GD-VG ($500.00-$750.00) $550.00     1003 Lot of (5) 1909-11 T-206 HOF'er cards. Includes Keeler, Crawford, Willis, Joss, and Huggins: Range VG-EX ($250.00-$350.00) $375.00   1004 1909-11 T-206 Tinker, Evers, and Chance display piece. Framed display incl. one card each of the famed duo matted with caligraphic penned version of the Tinker to Evers to Chance poem by Franklin Adams. Cards range from VG-EX and may be removed if desired. ($150.00-$200.00) $210.00     1005 Lot of (4) 1909-11 T-206 HOF'ers. Includes Johnson (hands at chest), Lajoie, Evers, and Griffith: Range GD-VG/EX ($175.00-$250.00) $350.00   1006 1909-11 T-206 Walter Johnson (portrait): EX ($250.00-$350.00) $400.00   1007 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb (red background), Pied. back: GD-VG ($200.00-$300.00) $275.00   1008 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb (bat on), Pied. back: GD ($150.00-$250.00) $325.00   1009 Lot of (4) 1909-11 T-206 HOF'er cards. Includes Bender, Speaker, Young, and Baker. All have Piedmont backs, fine group: EX ($750.00-$950.00) $1,100.00     1010 Lot of (4) 19th century baseball pieces. Includes Boston vs. New York scorecard c.1880's. w/printed line-ups and color litho. cover, (2) 1880's baseball color litho. trade cards, and Baltimore player die cut figure c.1880's: Range VG-EX ($300.00-$375.00) $275.00   1011 Lot of (2) 1888 Goodwin Champions baseball tobacco cards. Dan Brouthers (Has some surface creasing): VG and Kelly (Paper residue on back from scrapbook removal, trimmed around edges): GD ($600.00-$800.00) $750.00   1012 1887 Allen & Ginter N28 Tim Keefe, centered slightly to the bottom: EX ($400.00-$600.00) $450.00   1013 Lot of (4) Sporting Life W600 baseball HOF'er cabinet photos. Includes Crawford, Waddell, Plank, and Keeler: Range EX-EX/MT ($1,200.00-$1,600.00) $3,000.00     1014 Lot of (2) unidentified baseball cabinet photos. Nap Lajoie, measures 4 3/4"x6 5/8": VG and McGinnity mounted on blank backed grey board: EX ($400.00-$500.00) $575.00   1015 Lot of (3) 19th century HOF'er cabinet photographs. Includes High Duffy by Conly, Boston; Sam Thompson by Gilbert and Bacon, Phila; and John Clarkson by Hastings, Boston. Each pictures player in street clothes posed formally in studio, all three exhibit strong clarity: Range EX-EX/MT ($2,000.00-$3,000.00) $1,850.00   1015a 1909 Theatre broadside with (51) 1909-11 T-206 baseball tobacco cards. 15"x20" cardboard sign with (51) T-206 tobacco cards attached to the back incl. Evers, Tinker, Chesbro, Chase, Jennings, Joss, Johnson, Bender, and Chance. Also includes (14) Helmar States cards attached to broder. Cards should be removable without back damage as they were attached in the period and because of the fact the cards were attached in the period some are in EX or better condition: Range PR-EX/MT (Not including board attachment) ($750.00-$950.00) $1,400.00   1015b Lot of (2) 1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb tobacco cards. Includes Bat on variation, Sw. Cap. back. Front has good color and even corner wear (corners have some retouching), back has a few small abrasions: GD-VG and Green portrait variation, Sw. Cap. back. Has even corner wear and good color, back has a few small abrasions: VG ($1,000.00-$1,500.00) $1,250.00   1015c 1910 Williams Caramel E103 Hans Wagner. Centered 60/40 left to rt., has a few small surface line creases on front: VG ($500.00-$600.00) $675.00   1015d Fine lot of (28) 1912 T-202 baseball tobacco cards. Great single owner colection to include the following: Cobb/Jennings: GD-VG, Cobb/O'Leary: GD-VG, Wallace/Pelty: VG-EX, Cobb/Jennings (Has one small corner crease and slight original fold line, otherwise EX-MT): EX, Cobb/O'Leary: VG, Cobb/Jennings: EX, Wallace/LaPorte: GD-VG. Balance of cards has a few GD-VG examples, majority are VG or better with some nice EX cards: Range GD/VG-EX/MT ($5,000.00-$6,000.00) $4,800.00   1016 Lot of (3) vintage baseball photographic cards c.1920's. Includes Max Flack (tear and creasing): PR, Bill Killifer: VG ,and Eddie Collins (Clipped corners and crease): GD $0 $70.00   1017 Jake Daubert photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $120.00   1018 Steve O'Neill photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $90.00   1019 Grover Alexander photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $325.00   1020 Doc Johnston photographic baseball card c.1920's: EX $0 $150.00   1021 Wallie Schang photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG $0 $85.00   1022 Bill Killifer photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $175.00   1023 Derrill Pratt photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $175.00   1024 Red Faber photographic baseball card c.1920's: EX $0 $275.00   1025 Eddie Collins photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $300.00   1025a Ty Cobb photographic baseball card c.1920's: VG-EX $0 $1,200.00   1026 Babe Ruth photographic baseball card c.1920's: EX $0 $3,300.00   1026a Rare 1929 Kashin Publications R316 Babe Ruth photographic premium card. Sepia tone photographic card measuring 4 7/8"x 6 7/8" is an exact replica of the smaller regular card issue. Has a small pinhole in top border and a few surface imperfections. While a few similar Kashin premium cards have been discovered this is the first Ruth that we have encountered: VG ($600.00-$900.00) $550.00   1026b Ty Cobb Rose Co. PC760 postcard. Scarce postcard is the key to this tough early set. Postcard is unused with slight corner wear as its' only mentionable defect: EX-MT ($3,000.00-$4,000.00) $2,900.00   1027 Lot of (8) 1887 Old Judge N172 baseball tobacco cards. Includes A.Whitney (back damage), Gore, Tiernan, Dorgan (trimmed edges), Slattery, George, Phillips, and Mulvey (wear to edges/corners): Range GD-EX ($750.00-$1,000.00) $1,400.00   1028 1887 Old Judge N172 Wallace Fessendon. Rare Umpire card has pink tone background remaining fairly clean overall except for (2) adhesive residue spots on back: EX ($500.00-$750.00) $950.00   1029 1887 Old Judge N172 Billy Sunday. Has some very light surface wear, clean back: EX ($700.00-$1,000.00) $800.00   1030 1887 Old Judge Bid McPhee. Clean front, has a tiny corner stain on back: EX ($300.00-$500.00) $1,950.00   1031 1887 Old Judge Cap Anson. One of the key cards to the issue, front is clean with only very slight surface wear. Back has small area of flaking and a small stain at rt. edge: EX ($2,000.00-$3,000.00) $100.00   1032 Lot of (3) 1888 Old Judge cabinet photos. Includes Bushong: VG, Fogarty (w/bat): VG, and a unmarked mount "proof" card of Toffling w/1889 Goodwin & Co. copyright date in image: EX ($700.00-$1,000.00) $1,600.00   1033 1888 Old Judge Sam Crane cabinet photo: NM ($400.00-$600.00) $1,000.00   1034 1888 Old Judge Cap Anson cabinet photo. Strong example of this very desirable card retains good clarity and contrast with some light surface wear. Back has "173" written in center and (4) small spots at corners with adhesive residue. Nice overall appearance for this tough early cabinet card: EX ($3,500.00-$5,500.00) $4,250.00   1035 1888 Old Judge Tommy McCarthy (w.bat) cabinet photo. Image has some unusual toning to the the emulsion, contrast remains fairly nice given the surface toning: VG (With note to toning) ($400.00-$600.00) $1,200.00   1036 1888 Old Judge Curt Welsh and Will Gleason cabinet photo. Image is clean with strong contrast, back has some soiling: EX ($750.00-$1,000.00) $1,650.00   1037 1888 Old Judge Mike Kelly cabinet photo. Bold example with very strong contrast and minimal surface wear, back has one small stain: EX-EX/MT ($2,500.00-$3,500.00) $2,800.00   1038 1888 Old Judge Uncle Robbie Robinson (catching) cabinet photo. Clean overall with light soiling and small abrasion on back: EX ($1,500.00-$2,500.00) $2,500.00   1039 1888 Old Judge Dan Brouthers cabinet photo. Fine example with a tiny surface blemish on left edge of image, handsome piece: EX-EX/MT ($2,500.00-$3,500.00) $2,200.00   1039a 1888 Allen & Ginter N29 Champions album. Intact original album retaining original string binding, clean overall example with strong original color on interior and minimal cover wear: EX-MT ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,300.00   1040 Rare 1887 Kalamazoo Bats George Townsend and Jocko Milligan cabinet photo. Clean with minimal wear overall, players identified on back: EX ($2,500.00-$3,500.00) $1,900.00   1041 Rare 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Chippy McGarr cabinet photo. Strong contrast with light surface wear, player identified on back: EX ($2,000.00-$2,500.00) $1,800.00   1042 Rare 1887 Kalamazoo Bats George Wood cabinet photo. Exceptional image clarity and contrast, player identified on back: EX ($2,000.00-$2,500.00) $2,300.00   1043 Rare 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Edward Seward cabinet photo. Clean image with only a tiny flake on lwr. left corner of mount, player identified on back: EX ($2,000.00-$2,500.00) $2,100.00   1044 Rare 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Jocko Milligan and Harry Stowe (Stovey), has a few age spots on front. Players identified on back: EX ($2,000.00-$2,500.00) $2,400.00   1045 Superb 1893 Duke W.M. Nash cabinet card. Nothing less then stunning 19th century piece exhibiting original color and surface with minimal overall wear. Back is very clean as well with a few faint remnants of period pencil notations (minimal) and a small 2" surface crease (very faintly visible on front) at bottom edge. Technical grading aside this is as close to a NM-MT Duke cabinet that we have encountered: EX-MT ($2,750.00-$3,750.00) $3,900.00   1046 1911 T5 Pinkerton Roger Bresnahan #357:NM ($800.00-$1,000.00) $700.00   1047 1911 T5 Pinkerton Frank Baker #512: NM ($1,000.00-$1,250.00) $1,000.00   1048 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Deacon McGuire (throwing). Slightly off cut at top edge left to right, strong image clarity. Has the Chas. Gross insignia on back (Has a few small flakes) : EX ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,300.00   1049 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Jim Fogarty and Deacon McGuire. Tough two player version is very clean with only a faint wrinkle on back: EX ($2,000.00-$3,000.00) $2,100.00   1050 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Cutrate Irwin. Slightly off center with superb contrast and clarity. Has Chas. Gross insignia on back with one small abrasion: EX ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,700.00   1051 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Smiling Al Maul. Sepia tone image of Maul holding ball on front is clean with slight surface wear, back retains Chas. Gross insignia with a few small abrasions: EX-EX/MT ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,500.00   1052 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Cutrate Irwin and Smiling Al Maul. Nice horizontal pose of sliding play has very clean front. Back has Chas. Gross insignia with some abrasions: EX ($2,000.00-$3,000.00) $2,200.00   1053 Lot of (4) 1895 Mayo Cut Plug baseball tobacco cards. Includes Corcoran: VG, Abbey: VG, Foutz: VG, and Cartwright: GD-VG. Lot also includes an empty Mayo Cut Plug linen tobacco pouch: VG-EX ($750.00-$1,000.00) $750.00   1054 Lot of (3) 1895 Mayo Cut Plug baseball tobacco cards. Includes Joyce: GD-VG, Ryan: VG, and Lovett: VG ($475.00-$575.00) $500.00   1055 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Wilbert Robinson. Very clean with a few minor edge flakes: EX ($400.00-$600.00) $1,300.00     1056 Lot of (2) 1895 Mayo Cut Plug baseball tobacco cards: Billy Nash: VG and Bobby Lowe: VG-EX ($400.00-$600.00) $700.00   1057 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Buck Ewing. Cleveland on shirt variation has light even corner wear and a few white spots on edges: VG-EX ($500.00-$750.00) $1,700.00   1058 1895 Mayo Cut Plug John Clarkson. Centered 60/40 left to rt., has white spots at corners: EX ($500.00-$750.00) $1,100.00   1059 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Billy Hamilton. Has some general light surface wear and flake near bottom left corner: VG-EX ($400.00-$500.00) $975.00   1060 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Cap Anson. Centered 80/20 right to left and has a few tiny white specs on edges. Very strong example that would qualify in any advanced collection: EX-EX/MT ($1,000.00-$2,000.00) $1,800.00   1061 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Amos Rusie. Correct name version has flake at top rt. corner and some general light surface wear: VG-EX ($500.00-$700.00) $1,400.00   1062 1895 Mayo Cut Plug John Ward. "Retired" variation has a few white spots on borders and at (3) corners. Back has a small abrasion and there are a few horizontal surface wrinkles: VG ($400.00-$600.00) $1,150.00   1063 Superb 1895 Mayo Cut Plug Kid Nichols. One of only two Mayo cards ever graded PSA 8 NM-MT (Other was Glasscock) this card is a true miracle with relation to its' condition and age. The Mayo set is notorious for its' black background stock which chips almost upon contact, the offered card is free from such issues with the exception of one tiny speck on the top edge. Both back and front are equally clean free of any mentionable wear. This card is quite simply stated the finest Mayo Cut Plug example to be offered publicly to the best of our knowledge: PSA 8 NM-MT ($3,000.00-$4,000.00) $5,000.00   1064 1913 Philadelphia Athletics Fatima team premium photograph. Rare issue originally obtained by submitting (40) coupons from cigarette packages. Pictures the World Champion A's incl. Mack, Baker, Collins, Bender, and Plank. Image itself measures 11 1/4"x19" on orig. mount, photo has some staining at upper left corner and is otherwise clean. Mount has some light staining at top and on back: EX-EX/MT ($2,000.00-$3,000.00) $2,700.00   1065 Dogs playing baseball color litho. print c.1910. Comical litho. print of dogs watching and playing baseball in stadium. 10"x13" in period matting and frame, advertisement for "Ramapo Club Beverages" on outfield wall: EX ($300.00-$500.00) $275.00     1066 1957 Charleston baseball jersey. Triple A American Assoc. shirt by Rawlings with Old English "C" on breast, #7 on back: EX ($125.00-$175.00) $120.00   1067 St. Louis Cardinals warm up jacket circa. late 1950's. Heavy wool red jacket with embroidered redbird logo on breast and leather trim lining the pockets. #60 applied at end of each sleeve, missing orig. taggings and zipper pull: EX ($1,000.00-$1,500.00) $800.00   1068 Significant 1939 Lou Gehrig Day Commemorative plaque. Ornately decorated brass plaque crafted Col. Charles J. Dieges of New York's famed metalwork shop Dieges & Clust. Plaque measures 4 3/4"x10 1/2" with intricate vine and flower border surrounding a stirring tributary lyric at top by John Kieran underneath which is printed the names of Gehrig's 1939 teamates. Wording at top reads as follows: "To Lou Gehrig-We've been to the wars together; We took our foes as they came; And always you were the leader, And ever you played the game. Idol of cheering millions, Records are yours by sheaves; Iron of frame they hailed you; Decked you with laurel leaves. But higher than that we hold you, We who have known you best; Knowing the way you came through every human test. Let this be a silent token of lasting Friendship's gleam, and all that we've left unspoken.-Your Pals of the Yankee Team". This is one of four known examples most likely presented to baseball executives or dignitaries: EX-MT ($7,000.00-$10,000.00) $3,750.00     1069 Lot of (7) pairs of Major League baseball game worn pants. Includes 1958 Ed Roebuck L.A. Dodgers pants, Ed Blake 1953 Cin. Reds, Jim Hearn 1955 NY Giants, 1954 Dutch Leonard (coach) Chic. Cubs, and Yankee style white w/blue pinstripes pants: Range VG-EX/MT ($275.00-$375.00) $200.00   1070 "Frost Kings" baseball uniform c.1910-15. Unusual forest green collared jersey and pants with applied white lettering. Clean overall with only minor wear, very uncommon color pattern: EX ($400.00-$600.00) $150.00   1071 1962 Art Mahaffey Phila. Phillies road jersey. Grey flannel jersey with orig. embroidered team name on front and #65 on back. Retains Wilson tag on tail, Mahaffey's name chain stitched in collar, and year tag stitched on tail. 1962 was Mahaffey's best year with a record of 19-14 and 177 strikeouts: EX ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,050.00   1072 Unusual Phila. Phillies oversized uniform c.1950's. Huge size 48 grey flannel jersey with "P" and #175 on front, back also has #175 in red applied lettering. Retains orig. Wilson tags in collar and on tail. Pants are size 38 and also have Wilson taggings. Probably issued to a coach or Spring Training player, definitively Major League quality: EX ($750.00-$1,000.00) $1,400.00     1073 Lot of vintage baseball uniforms c.1920-50's. Includes (7) jersey and pant sets and (2) jerseys: Range GD-EX/MT ($200.00-$300.00) $230.00   1074 Rare 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates team supplement photo. Large 16"x20" color tinted supplement of the New York Sunday American picturing the Pirate team at bottom with Wagner, Clarke, Phillippe, and Willis. To the side of phot and above are color caricatures of fans saying comical period expressions such as "Ach! Doz Boys!". Extraordinarily clean with only a small surface line tear at bottom, framed in period oak frame: EX-MT ($1,250.00-$1,500.00) $1,600.00     1075 Cardboard folio page from Tailor's album featuring color tinted baseball photos. 14"x18" thin stock cardboard album page with images of Bender, Mack, Meyers, Johnson, Richie, and M.Brown: EX ($250.00-$350.00) $225.00   1076 1964 Syracuse Chiefs baseball jersey. Cream color flannel shirt with "S" on front, #29 on back, and colorful embroidered Indian patch on sleeve. Retains orig. MacGregor tag with year inside tail, Syracuse was the Triple A team for the Detroit Tigers at the time: EX ($275.00-$375.00) $175.00   1077 Rare 1939 Philadelphia Phillies game worn road uniform. High quality grey flannel jersey with stylized "Phillies" applied lettering on front, retains orig. #7 on back as well. Collar has "Hollingsworth" chain stitched alongside Spalding tag. Sleeve once had Centennial patch which is now missing. Pants are matching from 1939 with Spalding tag in waist with "Young" chain stitched alongside. Jersey is missing top button and has a small repaired hole under one arm, pants have some general usage wear incl. small hole. Also includes pair of high quality navy blue wool socks. From the collection of Joe Dugan, you can almost picture Joe walking around the corner wearing these treasured shirts!: EX ($3,000.00-$4,000.00) $7,700.00   1078 Rare Earle Mack game worn 1950 Phila. Athletics home jersey. Extremely tough style to acquire with very few surviving examples, the offered shirt was worn by the son of legendary manager Connie Mack. Creamy white flannel jersey with blue on yellow letter "A" on front and #27 on back. Retains the rare Connie Mack 50th Anniversary patch on sleeve, inside tail are tags from Mitchell & Ness, MacGregor/Goldsmith, and player number. Has an old L shaped repair to back done nicely from the interior to fix a tear. From the personal collection of Joe Dugan: EX ($4,000.00-$5,000.00) $8,000.00   1079 Phila. Athletics road jersey c.9152-53. (This was miscatalogued as a 1937 road jersey in our print catalogue). Grey flannel shirt with blue "A" on front and #47 on back. Retains orig. Pearson Sptg. Goods tag in collar, "42" and "37" chain stitched onto grey patches on tail. Has a 4"x6" section at bottom of back cut away, #47 was not issued for game play in 1937 thusly this is most likely a Spring Training jersey. From the collection of Joe Dugan: VG-EX ($750.00-$1,250.00) $525.00   1080 1981 Mickey Mantle New York Yankees auto. home style Spring Training jersey with letter from Mantle. For the multitude of collectors who have been unsuccessfully looking for a vintage Mantle game worn jersey we may have a sparkling alternative. The offered shirt is a white knit NY Yankees home jersey from the 1981 season worn by Mickey Mantle as a coach during Spring Training which does show evidence of light usage wear. The shirt has McAuliffe tag on the tail alongside year, size, and dry cleaning tags. #7 is emblazened on back and Mantle has signed the front of the shirt in blue sharpie. The jersey is accompanied by a 1992 typed letter from Mantle to the directors of the Danny MacFayden Foundation regarding the authenticity of the shirt. The letter has been signed by Mantle and also has a handwritten notation in the margin by Mantle stating, "To the best of my knowledge!". Fine Mantle piece with undisputable provenance. Previously was exhibited at the MCI National Sports Gallery in Wash., D.C.: EX-MT ($8,000.00-$10,000.00) $7,000.00     1081 Lot of (6) vintage original ink sports illustrations by J.Been c.1920's. Features (5) baseball and (1) track original drawings in black ink ranging from 9"x10" to 9"x15": Range GD-EX ($125.00-$175.00) $25.00   1082 Phila. Athletics pennant c.1910. Outstanding 41" long royal blue pennant with white elephant logo and Old English "Athletics" lettering each with virtually no age cracking. Retains orig. tassels, archivally matted and framed. The best condition early A's pennant we've handled: NM ($1,000.00-$1,500.00) $1,100.00   1083 Lot of two Phila. Athletics items from the collection of Harry Krause. Great pair of vintage A's items from former Athletic Harry Krause to include: 1910 Phila. A's team cabinet photograph, 7 1/4"x9 1/4"image of the Champion A's by Wm. Jennings (stamped on front and back): EX. Also includes 9 3/4" miniature bat with hand stenciled lettering, "World Champions 1911" and "Baker's Home Run Bat". Sides of bat have two applied decals of Connie Mack and Harry Krause with paint decor: VG-EX ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,550.00   1084 Thos. E. Wilson baseball die cut advertising sign c.1920-30's. Counter top 7" tall cardboard sign with easel back picturing a Wilson baseball in a pitcher's hand. Has some general light age wear incl. some corner creasing: VG-EX ($500.00-$750.00) $575.00   1085 Wilson baseball store display c.1930-40's. Great 14"x16" period die cut cardboard display that has receptacles for (12) baseballs with player decor on front. Retains orig. easel back and applied felt price tag, would make a great display for the vintage ball collector: EX ($400.00-$500.00) $200.00   1086 Glenn "Pop" Warner Wilson cardboard advertising sign. Easel back cardboard sign picturing the legendary football coach. Has some light toning at bottom margin otherwise clean, 10"x13": EX ($700.00-$1,000.00) $275.00   1087 Tober baseball display box with (5) unused baseballs c.1950's. Red and white decorative 12ct. box has some separation at corners but is intact. Includes five unused Tober baseballs (no boxes): Box: VG, Balls: NM ($375.00-$475.00) $250.00   1088 Gil Hodges Chesterfield advertising sign c.1955. Horizontal 11"x21 cardboard sign picturing Hodges smoking a cigarette wearing his 1955 World Series ring. Sign has some wear to corners incl. chipping and a few other creases on the body of sign. Back has some vintage masking tape on edges: VG-EX ($750.00-$1,000.00) $1,000.00   1089 Johnny Mize H&B cardboard advertising sign. Large 15"x21" cardboard sign picturing a caricature of Mize batting. Retains orig. easel back, has some surface chipping at corners and some other light overall wear: VG-EX ($375.00-$475.00) $300.00   1090 Mickey Vernon H&B cardboard advertising sign. Large 15"x21" cardboard sign picturing caricature of Vernon batting. Retains orig. easel back, has minor wear overall: EX ($375.00-$475.00) $325.00   1091 Stan Musial H&B cardboard advertising sign. Large 15"x21" cardboard sign picturing caricature of Musial batting. Retains orig. easel back, has some minor overall wear incl. corners. Musial is one of the tougher signs from this series: EX ($800.00-$1,000.00) $500.00   1092 "Red Bird" basebal game in orig. box c.1930's. Tin action game with color graphics and spinning batter. Includes orig. box which is in superb overall condition: EX-MT ($300.00-$500.00) $200.00   1093 1929 Chicago Cubs panoramic photograph. Printed photographic image of Wrigley Field with vignette images of the NL Champion Cubs incl. Hornsby, Cuyler, and Wilson. Measures 10"x37" with some creasing at right end and some other general light age wear: VG-EX ($700.00-$900.00) $350.00   1094 Rare 1905 Reach head protector in its' original box. Obscure and rare early piece of baseball equipment first worn by Roger Bresnahan, canvas protector has stiffened from age and remains attached to its' original cardboard form which has 1905 patent date and Reach logo. Lidded box is intact and complete and lid has papered coating with Reach logo decor: Protector: EX-MT, Box: EX ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $500.00   1095 Scarce Thayer style baseball catcher's mask c.1870-80's. One of the most elusive pieces of early baseball equipment the offered mask measures 9" tall and features horizontal bar construction secured by two vertical entwined bent iron wires. Oval frame of mask retains its' original canvas padding and has the original head strap (detached at one side) still attached. Discovered in the New England area, one of only a few known examples: VG ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $2,100.00   1096 Fred Thayer cabinet photograph c.1875. Studio posed image of Harvard player Fred Thayer who invented the first catcher's mask for his teamate James Tyng. Image is exceptionally clean with minor wear to corners of mount. Marked J.Notman photo., Boston on front: NM ($750.00-$1,000.00) $500.00   1097 Walter Johnson store model baseball glove c.1920's. Thos. E. Wilson RHt model# 656 has some light overall soiling and retains black fasc. signature of Johnson in palm. Button on backstrap has Thos. Wilson markings and label remains on starpping as well: VG ($300.00-$375.00) $350.00   1098 Babe Ruth store model catcher's mitt c.1930's. Spalding "Home Run Special" model glove with bold fasc. Ruth autograph inside. Back of glove retains orig. buckle back and Spalding label. Glove shows typical usage wear, signature and markings remains particulary strong: EX ($1,100.00-$1,400.00) $475.00   1099 George Sisler store model baseman's mitt. Rawlings model GS RHT high quality glove with block letter stampings on inside of heel. Signature and mfg. stampings retains good portion of their orig. gilt: VG-EX ($300.00-$400.00) $100.00   1100 Babe Ruth store model baseball fielder's glove with photo hang tag c.1930's. Reach Babe Ruth "Home Run Special" RHT model glove with bold signature stampings and inside of heel. Glove shows typical overall light usage wear retaining fresh Reach tag on back and Reach stampings on brass button. Glove includes an incredibly rare photographic hang tag which has a quality guarantee on the back. Has a chip to the right side of tag, original price of $1.00 remains on back. First example we have seen with a hang tag: Glove: EX, Tag: VG ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $1,500.00