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Also see lots 3, 5-6, 9-2, 36, 353-354, 357-8, 361

Lot 44.  1948-9 Leaf standard set of 49 plus the 2 rare "Hermansk" and Alberson variations and a wrapper. High grade set with 54% ex-mt or better and 90% excellent and better. Highlights: 1-DiMaggio (excellent, ph), 3-Ruth (vg), 4-Musial (ex), 11-Rizzuto (nr mt), 32-Spahn (ex-mt), 42-Peterson-red hat (ex-mt), 46-Mize (ex+), 59-Appling (ex), 70-Wagner (nr mt), 76-Williams (ex+, o/c), 79-Robinson (ex), 83 Doerr (ex+), 91-Kiner (ex-mt), 102-"Hermansk" (vg), 106-Boudreau (ex-mt), 117-Gordon (ex), 136-Aberson-short sleeve (ex-mt), Balance: 20 cards ex-mt or better, 14 cards excellent. Winning Bid $3,000.

Lot 45.  1948-9 Leaf group of 42 of the 49 rarities. A partial set of the very rare Leaf group featuring all the cards except the Hall of Famers. Nearly 75% average excellent or better and overall the appearance is better than that. Grade detail: 5 cards near mint, 5 cards excellent-mint, 18 cards excellent, 10 cards very good, 1 card good, 3 cards fair; A list of all the cards and their grades is available on request. Winning Bid $9,435.

Lot 46.  1948-9 Rare Leaf #8-Satchel Paige PSA VG-EX 4. The key card to the Leaf set. Well centered and what appears to be an ex-mt card (though the back is slightly off center) has been given a lower technical grade by PSA. Winning Bid $5,363.

Lot 47.  Group of 6 Rare Leaf Hall of Famers all graded by PSA. Includes 93-Feller (a solid excellent + card graded PSA VG-EX 4), 98-Newhouser (PSA VG 3 with some removable gum stains on back), 120-Kell (PSA NM 7), 127-Slaughter (PSA VG 3), 138-Doby has an ex+-mt appearance but has been graded PSA GOOD 2 and 163-Hutchinson (PSA VG-EX 4). Winning Bid $4,719.

Lot 47a.  Interesting group of 6 Leaf variations. Five of the six have a normal comparison card. Highlighting the group is #14 Billy Johnson with a yellow-orange backgrounds as opposed to the normal green. The rare variation is ex-mt and both cards are ex+-mt. Second is a 46-Mize card, badly out of register. The Mize card is not accompanied by a normal card and is ex-mt. The other cards which show as being out of register with some color variation are 10-Trout (ex-mt, gd). 17-Overmire (nr mt, vg-ex), 27-Harris (nr mt, vg), 47-Vico (ex+-mt, vg-ex). The variation card is the first one graded. Minimum Bid $500.

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