November 30, 2017: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/30/2017
This is a handsome and rare minor-league treasure, an album of the minor-league Oshkosh Giants featuring 18 different “cards” and one duplicate, all neatly housed in a four-page album with notched sections for each of the players. The 8-by-8-inch album boasts a unique copper-colored embossed finish and is in Excellent to Ex-Mt condition. The 2 ¼-by-3 ½-inch blank-backed “cards” are carefully housed within the slotted pages and are in comparable Ex-Mt overall condition. A handful of the players pictured eventually made it to the major leagues, most notably Dave Garcia and Gordon Windhorn. Missing Dan Banaszak according to the Standard Catalog.
1952 Oshkosh Giants Souvenir Cards in Album (19)
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