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Remarkable Koestlers Bread advertising sheet of 35 cards featuring 16 N.Y. Yankee and 19 N.Y. Giant players.
Lot 8. Remarkable Koestlers Bread advertising sheet of 35 cards featuring 16 N.Y. Yankee and 19 N.Y. Giant players. Issued for the 1921 World Series, the first “subway series”. The sheet is a heavy stock and measures about 16” wide and 14” tall. Koestlers cards when cut from a sheet take on the appearance of W575’s and in most cases there is no difference. The sheet leaves no doubt these are Koestler’s Bread cards. There are 19 New York Giants and 16 New York Yankees on the sheet, about 2/3 of the known 52 cards (26 from each team). Included among the images on the sheet is Babe Ruth, still in Boston Red Sox uniform and the familiar pitching pose. The Ruth has been offered individually in a high grade for five figures. The fact is, it is impossible to distinguish a Koesters Ruth from a W575 if its not in a sheet. Other Hall of Famers are Jesse Burkett, a Giant coach and much desired card, Miller Huggins, Home Run Baker, Casey Stengel, Ross Young, George Kelly and Dave Bancorft and notables Roger Peckinpaugh, Carl Mays and Mike Gonzalez. There is a heavy crease between the 3rd and 4th rows and a 1 1/2” cut between the 4th and 5th cards in the bottom row. A list of the 35 players on the sheet is available on request.
Winning Bid $5,849.
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