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Sets and near sets
16 Lots
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Also See lots 2, 3, 5-7, 67-79, 122, 136-141, 162, 164-169, 171-172, 179, 184, 186, 189, 191-192, 194, 214-216, 221, 223-225, 226, 230-232
 Lot 35. P2 Sweet Caporal Pin complete set of 204. This classic set features 152 different players issued in the 1910 era. There are over 50 different variations mostly involving the size of the letters. A high condition set featuring all 204 pins including 45 Hall of Famers and all 48 of the Large Letter varieties. Only 4 of the pins are missing the original paper backing (Schmidt, Carrigan, Dahlen and Ball). The set includes 3 of the very rare red print paper backings, one of which is a near mint large letter Walter Johnson. The fronts are almost all excellent to near mint with one obvious exception with severe rust (Chief Bender, Large letters). A few others have minor rust stains on the front, The paper backings show various amounts of discoloration and as can be expected, several are off center. Highlights: Cobb (nr mt), COBB (nr mt), Johnson (vg-ex), JOHNSON (nr mt-mt red lettering on rear), Mathewson (ex), MATHEWSON (nr mt), Lajoie (ex). Speaker (ex-mt), SPEAKER (nr mt), “Cy” Young (vg-ex), OLD CY YOUNG (nr mt).
Winning Bid $7,786.
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 Lot 36. T205 Gold Borders near set with 178 cards. Group includes 8 graded cards and 1 Topps T205 Buyback card (Moriarity, ex). The eight graded cards are Austin (PSA 1), Chase (PSA 1), Collins, open mouth (PSA 1), Graham, Bos (SGC 1.5), Jennings (SGC 1.5), Nee (SGC 2), Speaker (SGC 1.5) and Street (SCD 1). Condition varies from very good (and there are very few of those) to poor. On average the collection would grade fair. There are some cards that are trimmed, some with back damage and most have creases or multiple creases. It is a set that should be seen. A list of the 29 missing cards is available on request. High value cards: Cobb (poor, piece out of top), Collins, Providence (poor), Donohue (fair), Graham, Cubs (fair-good), Harmon, green (fr-gd), Johnson (poor), Joss (poor, badly trimmed), McAllister (fair-gd, small tear), Raymond (poor-fair), Shean, Cubs (poor), Suggs (fair-good).
Winning Bid $1,997.
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 Lot 37. V353 1933 World Wide Gum near set of 93 missing one Ruth. Extremely nice, well above average set filled with Hall of Famers. 36 cards (40%) are ex-mt or better and 58 cards (62%) excellent or better. The missing Babe Ruth card is the following lot. 31 of the backs are in English (more difficult) and 62 are in split English and French. Highlights: 1-Bengough (vg-ex), 2-Vance (ex-mt), 7-Lyons (ex), 19-Dickey (ex), 20-Terry (gd-vg), 22-Traynor (ex), 23-Cuyler (ex), 25-P. Waner (PSA NM 7), 29-Foxx (ex), 42-Collins ((good), 44-Bottomley (vg), 47-Manush (vg-ex), 49-Frisch (vg-ex), 54-Faber (vg), 55-Gehrig (vg-ex, tougher English back),, 60-Hoyt (ex-mt), 63-Cronin (ex-mt), 64-Grimes (ex), 69-Cochrane (vg-ex), 74-Durocher (vg), 84-Berg (ex+), 85-Foxx (vg), 89-Sewell (ex), 90-L. Waner (gd-vg), 93-Ruth (vg-ex, split language back). Balance: 33 cards ex-mt or better, 14 cards excellent, 17 cards very good, 4 cards good;
Winning Bid $5,900.
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 Lot 39. V354 1934 World Wide Gum near set of 95 missing Gehrig with Ruth SGC graded. Extremely nice, well above average set filled with Hall of Famers. 36 cards ( 38%) are ex-mt or better and 72 cards (75%) excellent or better. The Lou Gehrig card is the following lot. The cards were only printed in both French and English. Highlights: 1-Hornsby (vg), 4-Maranville (ex+), 16-Pennock (ex), 17-Lindstrom (vg-ex), 18-Rice (ex), 21-Combs (ex+-mt), 28-Ruth (SGC 70 EX+ 5.5), 29-Speaker (ex+), 32-Rixey (ex-mt), 44-Haines (ex+), 48-Ruffing (gd-vg), 53-Terry (good), 54-Grove (PSA NM 7), 55-Dean (vg-ex), 56-Klein (ex), 57-Gehringer (ex), 58-Foxx (ex), 59-Cochrane (ex-mt), 64-Frisch (vg-ex), 67-P. Waner (ex), 68-Manush (ex-mt), 69-Durocher (ex), 70-Vaughan (vg-ex), 71-Hubbell (vg), 78-Hafey (vg-ex), 82-Lombardi (ex), 84-Appling (ex); Balance: 31 cards ex-mt or better, 24 cards excellent, 12 cards very good, 1 card good;
Winning Bid $6,490.
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 Lot 41. V355 1936 World Wide Gum set of 135 with the 3 key cards SGC graded. A fabulous set! Very rarely offered as a set and don’t recall the last time it was. The 1936 World Wide Gum, different from the two previous issues by being black and white and by offering original photos, includes two very highly sought after cards. First the Joe DiMaggio rookie card has been known to go for $9,400 in poor-fair condition. Even rarer is the #135-Phil Weintraub card, which for a long time was not known to exist. Earlier checklists of V355 will show it as a 134 card set. In addition, Weintraub carries extra desirability as a player Jewish collectors covet, who is extremely hard to find and has been known to sell for thousands of dollars. Highlights: 1-Dykes (vg), 2-P. Waner (nr mt but short), 6-Vaughan (ex-mt), 7-Terry (ex), 13-Klein (ex), 16-Herman (ex), 19-Dean (vg-ex), 25-Durocher (vg-ex), 34-Dickey (ex), 39-Hoyt (ex-mt), 41-Greenberg (vg), 42-Gehringer (ex+), 43-Goslin (ex-mt), 45-Cochrane (gd), 46-Cronin (vg-ex), 47-Foxx (ex), 51-DiMaggio (SGC 40 VG 3), 53-McCarthy (vg), 55-Cuyler (vg-ex), 56-Gomez (ex), 57-Hartnett (ex-mt), 65-Lindstrom (ex), 73-Manush (ex), 75-Medwick (vg-ex), 77-Simmons (gd-vg), 85-Bottomley (ex), 88-Grove (ex-mt), 93-Haines (ex-mt), 94-Hafey (ex-mt), 96-Gehrig (SGC VG-EX 4), 102-Ruffing (ex+), 107-Frisch (ex), 108-McKechnie (ex-mt), 110-Mack (ex), 113-Appling (ex), 124-Schalk (ex-mt), 129-Maranville (ex-mt), 130-Harris (ex), 131-Lopez (ex),135-Weintraub (SGC 50 VG-EX 4). Balance: 30 cards ex-mt or better, 34 cards excellent, 24 cards very good, 7 cards good;
Winning Bid $25,941.
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 Lot 42. 1934 Diamond Matchbooks Silver Border set of 199. The first set of baseball match covers was a depression era set with a photo of a player on the cover with crossed bats and a ball in a glove with an accompanying biography. Each subject can be found with 4 border colors. The set is generally listed as a set of 200 with the inclusion of Wes Ferrell, whose existence has never been confirmed. An interesting set since it contains rare images of players not seen in other sets. Several of the more valuable players fall in that cataegory. The high value card in the set is Isidore Goldstein, a Tiger pitcher only briefly in 1932, who is especially desirable for his Jewish ancestry. Other valuable cards include Bill Klem and 2 other umpires, Milt Galatzer, Henry Oano (Hawaiian ancestry) and the obscure Arthur Veltman. The set does include over 20 Hall of Famers including Dean, Ott, Hubbell, etc. The set is in extremely nice condition with only 2 cards missing the striker (Berger and Veltman). All the others carry a very good or excellent appearance and of course have been folded where matchbooks would be folded. The set is presented in 10 pocket plastic sheets.
Winning Bid $2,860.
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 Lot 43. 1935-6 Diamond Matchbooks set of 156 and an additional 25 variations. A different design featured a white silhouette superimposed on the player bios on the backs of the covers. The variations all contain varieties in the biographical write up indicating fairly clearly that the set was issued over two years. Four of the players, Bejma, Hadley, Herman and Parmalee show distinct differences in poses and Spoher refers to the team as “Bees on one and “Braves” on the other, which are not mentioned in the Standard Catalog list. There are 22 Hall of Famers including Bottomley, Cuyler, Dean, Durocher (2), Frisch, Hartnett (2), Herman (2), Hoyt, Hubbell, Klein (2), Lindstrom, Lombardi, McKechnie, Medwick (2), Ott and L. Waner, P. Waner. Only 3 of the covers are missing the striker (Clifton, Hansen, Parmalee) and 4-5 others have some paper loss in the striker. They covers have the usual creases by the fold and some others display some other creases. Condition is generally very good.
Winning Bid $2,363.
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 Lot 44. Four complete Diamond matchbooks Set, the Black Border set of 1935, the 1936 “team on back”, the 1936 Chicago Cub set and the 1959 First Federal Savings Set. 1935 Black Border Set of 24. Follows the style of the 1935-6 set except for the black borders. All strikers intact and a very striking appearance. Includes 11 Hall of Famers. 1936 Team on back set of 14. Nearly identical to the 1935-6 set except for team names on the back below the player’s name. Includes both Grimm variations and has all strikers. Very good+. 1936”Chicago Cub” set of 23. Includes 21 Cubs and Dizzy Dean and Paul Waner. All with strikers and very good to excellent; 1959 First Federal Savings set of 20 features famous Washington Senators. All with strikers nd in excellent condition.
Winning Bid $1,210.
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 Lot 45. 1938 PM8 Our National Game Pin set of 30. These blue tinted pins have been mounted in coin holders. The set includes 18 Hall of Famers, highlighted by DiMaggio and Gehrig. Condition is excellent +.
Winning Bid $484.
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 Lot 46. R334 1939 Playball set of 161. High grade set with 45% near mint and 80% ex-mt or better. Includes a 1939 Playball Gum wrapper. Low # Highlights: 1-Powell (nr mt), 3-Ruffing (nr mt), 6-Durocher (nr mt), 26-DiMaggio (ex+-mt), 30-Dickey (ex+-mt), 48-Gomez (ex), 50-Gehringer (nr mt), 51-Ott (ex, o/c), 56-Greenberg (nr mt), 82-Klein (ex+-mt), 92-Williams (ex-mt), 94-Manush (ex), 103-Berg (nr mt), 112-P.Waner (nr mt), 143-Averill (ex), 162-Moore (ex+-mt). Low # balance: 47 cards near mint, 39 cards ex-mt, 14 cards excellent; High # Balance: 19 cards near mint or better, 34 cards ex-mt, 18 cards excellent, 4 cards very good;
Winning Bid $6,490.
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 Lot 47. R335 1940 Playball set of 240. Beautiful high grade set with 139 cards near mint (57%) and 200 cards ex-mt or better (83%). Highlights: 225-Jackson (vg-ex), 1-DiMaggio (nr mt card but badly off-center), 27-Williams (ex with name rubber stamp on rear), 6-Gomez (nr mt), 7-Dickey (nr mt), 30-Berg (nr mt, o/c), 40-Greenberg (ex-mt), 41-Gehringer (ex-mt), 87-Hubbell (ex+-mt), 88-Ott (ex-mt), 104-105 P & L Waner (both nr mt), 119-Alexander (nr mt), 120-Johnson (nr mt), 133-Foxx (nr mt), 141-Stengel (ex), 168-Wagner (ex), 170-Speaker (nr mt), 173-Lajoie (nr mt), 175-Mathewson (ex), 179-Sisler (nr mt), 180-Cochrane (ex), 223-Jennings (ex-mt), 224-Traynor (nr mt), 226-Hooper (ex), 227-Haines (ex), 230-Faber (ex+-mt), 232-Goslin (nr mt), 234-Chance (ex+-mt), 235-McGraw (ex-mt), 236-Bottomley (ex), 237-Keeler (nr mt), 238-Lazzeri (nr mt), 240-Atwood (ex+-mt); Balance of High Numbers: 19 cards near mint or better, 18 cards excellent-mint, 8 cards excellent, 2 cards very good; Balance of Low Numbers: 106 cards near mint or better, 34 cards excellent-mint, 18 cards excellent, 4 cards very good;
Winning Bid $8,257.
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 Lot 48. R336 1941 Playball Complete Set of 72. Beautiful High grade set with 46 cards ex-mt or near mint and all but cards excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Miller (ex-mt), 6-Hubbell (nr mt), 8-Ott (nr mt front, but brown paste remains on back), 10-Vaughan (ex-mt), 13-Foxx (nr mt), 14-Williams (ex+), 15-Cronin (ex-mt), 18-Greenberg (ex), 19-Gehringer (ex-mt), 20-Ruffing (ex-mt), 39-Henrich (nr mt), 54-Reese (ex-mt), 60-Klein (ex+-mt), 61-V. DiMaggio (nr mt), 63-D. DiMaggio (ex-mt), 64-Doerr (ex+-mt), 70-Dickey (ex), 71-J. DiMaggio (ex+ with pinhole), 72-Gomez (ex). Balance: 15 cards near mint, 18 cards ex-mt, 18 cards excellent, 2 cards very good.
Winning Bid $5,363.
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 Lot 49. Lot of Seven different complete Hostess sets and 1 partial set and a 1975 album. The Hostess sets, all in neatly cut mint panels of 3 includes the complete run from 1975 to 1979, each being 50 panels. The Twinkies are 60 card sets from 1975-1977 with the 1977 being a partial set of the first 60 cards of 150. The Twinkie cards are mint as issued with some product stains as usual. The rare Album is near mint.
Winning Bid $550.
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