April 5, 2018: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2018
Here then is fascinating accumulation of primarily vintage Exhibit cards, an impressive array of 1964 Topps Giants, 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits and 1948 Baseball’s Great Exhibits, among others, almost all in a highly collectible Excellent to Ex-Mt and even Near-Mint condition. Tackled chronologically, we’ll start with the tough 1947 Bond Bread Exhibits (8), a mostly Excellent array that includes Blackwell, Doerr (VG), Pafko, Pesky, Aaron Robinson, Sain, Stephens and Tebbetts; 1948 Baseball’s Great Hall of Fame Exhibits (19), generally Ex-Mt with a few below, including Alexander, Bresnahan, Chance, Eddie Collins, Frisch, Griffith, Hubbell, Jennings, Johnson, Keeler, Mathewson, McGraw, Plank, Sisler, Speaker, Tinker, Waddell, Walsh and Young; 1960’s Stadium Souvenir Shops Postcards (9), Ex-Mt, including Mantle, Ruth, DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Koufax, Maris, Mantle/Mays and Mantle/Musial; 1964 Topps Giants (27), mostly Ex-Mt or better, most with duplicates, including No. 1 Peters (2), 9 Colavito (2), 10 Bunning (Ex), 12 Kaline, 13 Fox (Ex-Mt and Ex), 24 Howard (2), 31 Spahn (2), 32 Pascual (2), 37 Marichal (2, Nr-Mt), 38 Killebrew (2), 39 Aparicio (2), 43 Davis (2, Ex-Mt and Ex), 52 Williams (2) and 55 Cepeda (2); 1960’s J.D. McCarthy Postcards (5) of Don Drysdale – Ex-Mt; 1960’s Baseball Greats Postcards (6) featuring Drysdale/Chance/Mays/Koufax – Nr-Mt; 1973 TCMA All-Time Greats Exhibit Postcards (26), mostly Ex-Mt, some Nr-Mt, including Mantle, Mantle/DiMaggio, Mantle/Mays, Mays, Jackie Robinson, Ruth, Ruth/McGraw, Ruth/Ott, Ruth/Hartnett, Stengel, Ted Williams, Bottomley, Simmons/Speaker/Cobb, Eddie Collins, Dizzy Dean, Dickey, Ted Williams/Joe DiMaggio, DiMaggio, Ford, Foxx, Frisch, Gehrig, Gehrig/Ott, Haines, Hubbell and Koufax; 1974 Reprints of 1948 Baseball’s Great Hall of Fame Exhibits White Backs (9), mostly Ex-Mt, couple Ex, including Campanella, Cobb, DiMaggio, Feller, Gehrig, Hornsby, Paige, Speaker and Young; 1975 SSPC Puzzle Sets (2), 24 pieces, 3 ½-by-4 ¼ inches, Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt; and 1996 Upper Deck SP Marquee Matchups Complete Set (20), with cards that align front and back – Nr-Mt to Mt.
1964 Topps Giants, Vintage Exhibits, Stadium Postcards And More (177)
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