November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Here’s is one of the toughest and more condition-sensitive issues of the Golden Era of the 1950s food issues, the Hunter’s Weiners St. Louis Cardinals cards that parlay regional distribution with the precarious indignity of being positioned alongside hot dogs. That combination makes for a set extraordinarily difficult to complete, in this case exacerbated by card fronts and backs being printed alongside one another on advertising panels that challenged the scissoring skills of young and old. The offered lot of the 2 ¼-by-3 ½-inch cards features 17 different fronts and nine (9) different card backs. In the listings below, virtually all of the card fronts deemed “Poor” are saddled with the description because of the front “What’s My Name?” panel being separated from the player image; a few of the cards front or back have erratic cuts, which are noted. The breakdown: Fronts (17) – Burgess – Poor, Haddix – Good, Jablonski – Poor, Luna – Poor, Miller – Poor, Poholsky (Good, erratic cut), Poedel – Poor, Presko – Poor, Raschi – Poor, Repulski – Poor, Rice (Fair, erratic cut), Riddle – Poor, Ryba – Poor, Schoendienst (Good, erratic cut), Schofield – Poor, Slaughter – Fair and Rand – Fair; Backs (9) – Musial – Ex-Mt, Presko – Ex, Rand – Ex-Mt, Repulski – Ex-Mt, Rice – Poor, Schoendienst (Good, erratic cut), Schofield (Good, erratic cut), Slaughter – VG and Staley – Fair.
1954 Hunter’s Weiners Cardinals Partial Set (26)
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