November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Offered is a truly striking partial set of the popular 1950 Callahan Hall of Fame Series, the 2 ½-by-1 ¾-inch cards issued by the Hall of Fame and portraying the initial inductees until the series was discontinued in 1956. The offered cards are generally Near-Mint or better, with a few below, and superb gloss on the black-and-white cards that feature the pen-and-ink artwork of Mario DeMarco. Included with a lot is a Fair condition example of the card packaging. Here’s the breakdown of the unnumbered cards: Alexander, Anson, Barrow, Bender, Bresnahan, Brouthers, Burkett, Cartwright, Chadwick, Chance, Clarke, Cochrane, Jimmie Collins (Very Good), Comiskey, Delahanty, Dickey, Duffy, Evers, Ewing, Frisch, Griffith, Hornsby, Jennings, Ban Johnson, Keeler, Kelly, Klem, Lajoie, Landis, Mack, Maranville, Mathewson, McCarthy, McGinnity, McGraw, Nichols, O’Rourke, Pennock, Flank, Radbourne, Wilbert Robinson, Spalding, Speaker, Terry, Tinker, Traynor, Vance, Waddell, Wallace, Walsh, George Wright, Harry Wright and Young (Good).
1950 Callahan Hall of Fame High-Grade Partial Set (53/82)
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