March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a truly impressive group of the coveted 1952-54 Red Man Tobacco cards, the elegant 3 ½-inch square classics (without Tabs) that boast some of the most attractive artwork of the period. The offered array features nearly four dozen Hall of Famers, and for each of the three years provides more than ½ of a complete set. The lineup includes the likes of Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, Whitey Ford, Bob Feller, and a host of others. The breakdown: 1952 Red Man (38) – mostly Good to Very Good, with a few Excellent and with a few erratic cuts at the Tab, with 14 Hall of Famers, including Berra – Fair (mk), Doby – Good (mk), Durocher – Fair (mk), Feller – VG-Ex, Fox – Fair (mk), Irvin – Excellent (erratic Tab cut), Minoso – Very Good, Roberts (4, from Good to Very Good), Schoendienst – Good (erratic Tab cut), Williams – Fair (erratic Tab cut, mk) and Wynn – Good (erratic cut at Tab); plus Avila (2), Blackwell, Chambers (erratic cut), Coan (mk), Fain )Fair), Gordon (erratic cut), Groth (erratic cut), Hegan (erratic cut, mk), Jansen, Jones, Pierce (2), Porterfield, Robinson, Rogovin, Shantz (2), Stephens (Fair), Torgeson, Wertz (Fair), Yost and Zernial (2); 1953 Red Man (32) – Very Good to Excellent, with some below and a few Ex-Mt, with 17 Hall of Famers, including Kiner – Excellent, Musial – Ex, Reese – Good, Roberts (6), Schoendienst (5), Slaughter, Snider and Wilhelm, plus Adams, Black, Dickson, Dressen, Ennis, Hacker (2), Hamner, Lockman, Sauer (2), Staley, Thomson and Westrum; 1954 Red Man (34) - Very Good to Excellent, with some below and a few Ex-Mt, with 12 Hall of Famers, including Ashburn – VG-Ex, Campanella – Excellent (erratic cut), Ford – Ex (erratic cut), Fox – Ex (erratic cut), Hodges – Ex (erratic cut), Kell (2, erratic cut), Mathews – VG-Ex, Mays – Good (erratic cut), Rizzuto – Ex-Mt (erratic cut), Schoendienst (erratic cut) and Spahn – Very Good (erratic cut), plus Antonelli, Burdette, Busby (2, erratic cut), Carrasquel, Crandall (Fair), Delsing, Erskine, Gilliam, Kluszewski, Lollar, McDougald, Mele, Mueller, Pafko, Parnell, Philley, Piersall, Porterfield, Rice, Vernon and White.
1952-54 Red Man Tobacco Group, 43 HOFers (104)
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