1918-57 Baseball Magazine M114 Premiums Massive Group (252)

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This is a simply stunning aggregation of the elegant 1918-57 Baseball Magazine (M114) Premiums that showcased many of the greatest ballplayers from several generations. The black-and-white and sepia-toned photographs measure 9 ½-by-12 inches and were offered as a half-dozen in exchange for a subscription to the magazine and also available for 25 cents each. Many of the most famous photographers of the age were featured in the issue, including Charles Martin Conlon and George Burke, along with many of the prominent news services listed in the photo credits. In a massive array with very little duplication and a condition range that is broadly Very Good to Excellent with some below mostly to Good from corner wear, many of the premiums from the earliest years are Fair and sometimes even Poor, with a few trimmed. The group is headlined by nearly six dozen Hall of Famers, including many of the legendary giants of the prewar era like Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, Wagner, Speaker, Hubbell, Foxx, Young, Landis and McCarthy, to name a few; come the postwar era the lineup is just as imposing, with Mantle, Mays, DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Spahn, Williams, Feller, Snider, Campanella, Berra and many more. A breakdown of some of the keys: Ex-Mt – Gehrig, Mathewson, Wagner and Lazzeri; Excellent – Greenberg, Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Foxx, Speaker (2), Campanella, Young, Lopez, Durocher and Feller; VG-Ex – Cobb, Mantle, Mays, DiMaggio, Kluszewski (3), Lemon, Berra, Kiner, Rizzuto, Spahn, Ted Williams, Hubbell, Kaline, Mathews, Medwick, Cronin, Doby, Greenberg and Kell; Very Good – Wagner, Ott, Musial, Young, Reese, Wynn, Lombardi, Landis, Gordon and Kell; Good – Ruth, Alexander, Landis, McCarthy, Mathews (2), Snider, Doby, Berra, Feller, Hubbell, Roberts (2), Hodges, Appling, Minoso, Ashburn and Schoendienst; and Fair – Boudreau, Cochrane, Slaughter and Schoendienst.