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Sets
24 Lots
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Also see lots 6, 125-127, 210, 232, 280, 2386, 333-334, 343-344, 353, 358-359, 361-363, 382-387, 389-392, 394-395, 398-401, 404-407, 409-416
 Lot 101. 1930 Fleer “Whiz-Bang” Gum Set of 3 baseball Lefty Grove, Goose Goslin and Gabby Hartnett. From the 2009 find of a box of these previously unknown cards. The box consisted of 83 cards including 15 baseball. The apparent set was 16 cards with 3 baseball (Grove, Goslin and Hartnett). Offered here is the set of 3 baseball cards. The set is near mint. Each card has two tiny factory punched slits which it is suspected would propel the cards when 2 strings were inserted. Included is a pack of “Whiz Bang” Gum and 3 strings that would go through the two tiny slits. This is the last of four sets known, a complete set of 16 is in the hands of the original buyer, another was sold in our 2010 auction for $5,331 ands the third was sold in our 2011 auction for the minimum bid of $2,500. See Lot 394 for a group of the non-baseball cards.
Minimum Bid $2,500.
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 Lot 102. R319 1933 Goudey set of 239 missing the #106 Lajoie A lower condition affordable set. An “*” after the grade indicates there in a pen mark in the upper left corner on the rear. In addition to the highlights below, about 80-90% of the balance of the set have a pen mark on the rear, usually in the upper left corner. Highlights are as follows: 53-Ruth (good*), 144-Ruth (fr-gd), 149-Ruth (PSA PR-FR 1), 181-Ruth (good, *), 92-Gehrig (vg-ex, *), 160-Gehrig (vg, *), 1-Bengough (poor), 2-Vance (vg*), 19-Dickey (vg-ex*), 20-Terry (vg*), 22-Traynor (good*), 23-Cuyler (gd*), 25-P.Waner (fair*), 29-Foxx (gd), 31-Lazzeri (vg-ex*), 35-Simmons (vg-ex*), 42-Collins (vg*). 49-Frisch (vg*), 56-Ruffing (gd*). 76-Cochrane (poor), 89-Speaker (good), 119-Hornsby (ex*), 125-Terry (vg), 127-Ott (vg), 128-Klein (gd, *), 154-Foxx (good), 158-Berg (gd, *), 188-Hornsby (gd, *), 207-Ott (vg-ex+), 211-Wilson (poor), 216-Gomez (gd, *), 220-Grove (vg, *), 222-Gehringer (fair), 223-Dean (good), 230-Hubbell (fr-gd), 234-Hubbell (fair). Balance of set: The grades do not take into account the pen marks on the rear corner. 75 cards very good, 81 cards good, 47 cards fair-poor.
Winning Bid $7,797.
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 Lot 103. R320 1934 Goudey complete set of 96 with a wrapper. Extremely nice set with 62% excellent or better with 10 high numbers ex-mt or near mint. Highlights:1-Foxx (vg+-ex), 2- Cochrane (vg), 6-Dean (vg), 7-Durocher (ex-mt), 10-Klein (ex-mt), 11-P. Waner (ex+), 12-Hubbell (nr mt/ o/c), 13-Frisch (ex), 18-Manush (ex), 19-Grove (vg-ex), 21-Terry (vg+-ex), 22-Vaughan (ex), 23-Gehringer (ex), 27-Appling (ex-mt), 34- Hafey (vg-ex), 35-Lombardi (vg), 37-Gehrig (vg-ex), 61-Gehrig (vg), 62-Greenberg (ex), 84-Derringer (ex), 90-Cuyler (nr mt front, some paper loss on rear), 91-Camilli (good), 96-DeShong (vg-ex). Balance Low Numbers: 6 cards nr mt, 7 cards ex-mt, 20 cards excellent, 9 cards very good-excellent, 7 cards very good; 4 cards good; Balance High Numbers: 6 cards near mint, 4 cards ex-mt, 7 cards excellent, 2 cards very good, 3 cards good; The wrapper is very good. A detailed list of each card with condition is available on request.
Winning Bid $5,857.
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 Lot 104. 1927 W512 set of 50 in 2 sheets of 25 cards. The sheets include the ten baseball cards in the top row. All have good margins. The 3-Cobb and 8-Frisch have small cuts at the top which have been reinforced by a small piece of tape on the rear The other baseball players include Alexander, Speaker, Hornsby, Vance and Bancroft. The other subjects include 20 Movie Stars (Charlie Chaplain), 10 other sports stars (Hagen, Tilden, Weismuller, Wainwright, etc) and the bottom row has 10 boxers. One sheet has the bottom chewed away.
Winning Bid $605.
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 Lot 106. 1940 Playball set of 240. Very nice set with 79 cards ex-mt or better (32%) and 166 cards excellent or better (69%). Highlights: 225-Jackson (vg), 1-DiMaggio (vg), 27-Williams (ex), 6-Gomez (vg-ex), 7-Dickey (vg), 30-Berg (ex+-mt), 40-Greenberg (ex), 41-Gehringer (ex+), 87-Hubbell (vg), 88-Ott (vg-ex), 119-Alexander (ex), 120-Johnson (ex), 132-Mack (vg-ex), 133-Foxx (vg-ex), 141-Stengel (ex), 167-Frisch (ex), 168-Wagner (vg ), 170-Speaker (vg), 173-Lajoie (vg-ex), 174-Evers (ex), 175-Mathewson (vg), 179-Sisler (vg), 180-Cochrane (gd-vg), 223-Jennings (ex+), 224-Traynor (ex), 226-Hooper (ex-mt), 227-Haines (ex), 230-Faber (ex-mt), 232-Goslin (ex), 234-Chance (vg), 235-McGraw (ex), 236-Bottomley (ex-mt), 237-Keeler (ex-mt), 238-Lazzeri (vg-ex), 240-Atwood (vg); Balance of High Numbers (181-240): 16 cards ex-mt or better, 18 cards excellent, 14 cards vg. Balance of Low Numbers (1-180): 58 cards ex-mt or better, 57 cards excellent, 44 cards vg.
Winning Bid $4,028.
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 Lot 107. 1940 Playball set of 240. Average collectible set with almost 30% very good or better. Highlights: 225-Jackson (fr), 1-DiMaggio (fr-pr), 27-Williams (vg+), 6-Gomez (fair), 7-Dickey (fair), 30-Berg (gd-vg), 40-Greenberg (gd), 41-Gehringer, (gd-vg), 87-Hubbell (gd), 88-Ott, (vg), 119-Alexander (gd-vg), 120-Johnson (ex), 133-Foxx (vg), 141-Stengel (vg-ex), 168-Wagner (fr), 170-Speaker (fr), 173-Lajoie (fr-gd), 175-Mathewson (fr), 179-Sisler (fr-gd), 180-Cochrane (fr), 223-Jennings (fr), 224-Traynor (fr), 226-Hooper (fr-gd), 227-Haines (fr), 230-Faber (gd-vg), 232-Goslin (poor, top of card missing), 234-Chance (fair-poor), 235-McGraw (vg), 236-Bottomley (ex), 237-Keeler (fr), 238-Lazzeri (poor); Balance of High Numbers: 13 cards excellent or ex+-mt, 7 cards very good, 14 cards good, 15 cards fair-poor; Balance of Low Numbers: 7 cards excellent or better, 35 cards very good, 47 cards good, 72 cards fair-poor.
Winning Bid $1,612.
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 Lot 108. 1941 Playball set of 72. Average collectible set with 27 cards (38%) very good. Highlights: 1-Miller (fr-gd), 6-Hubbell (gd-vg), 8-Ott (fr-gd), 13-Foxx (gd), 14-Williams (vg), 18-Greenberg (fr-gd), 19-Gehringer (vg), 20-Ruffing (poor), 54-Reese (vg-ex, o/c), 60-Klein (gd), 63-D. DiMaggio (gd), 64-Doerr (vg), 70-Dickey (vg), 71-J. DiMaggio (gd-vg), 72-Gomez (fr-gd); Balance: 22 very good, 20 good, 15 fair-poor.
Winning Bid $1,330.
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 Lot 109. V94 Canadian Butterfingers very rare near set of 55, missing only Allyn Stout. Very similar to the American R310 Butterfingers, the thin paper 6 1/2” x 8 ½ cards are smaller and have several player changes. There are in fact, 23 players in the Canadian Butterfingers that are not in the American set. One of the rarest of all the 1930’s sets, it is only recently that it has been determined what a complete set is. Condition is unusually nice for such fragile items. Highlights: Dean (ex-mt), Dickey (vg-ex, corner crease), Foxx (ex-mt), Grove (ex), Gehringer (ex-mt), Gomez (ex-mt); Balance: Almost all excellent or better, most ex-mt. There are a couple of commons with creased corners and a couple with pinholes.
Minimum Bid $1,250.
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 Lot 110. A partial set of 29 (of 48) very difficult sepia R303A, a R303B Black & White set of 24 and 6 R303B sepia. R303A highlights: Averill (ex-mt), Cronin (ex-mt), Dickey (good, ph), Foxx (ex-mt), Herman (ex-mt), Vaughn (vg); Balance R303A: all but 5 are ex-mt; R303B Highlights: DiMaggio (ex-mt), Foxx (vg-ex), Feller (ex-mt), Greenberg (ex-mt), Ott (vg, stain in corner); Balance: Almost all ex-mt; R303B Sepia, 6 different including Simmons (nr mt), Lombardi (ex) , Vaughn (ex) and 3 others (ex).
Winning Bid $1,330.
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 Lot 111. R322 Goudey Black and White set of 25. Extremely nice high grade set with 44% ex-mt or better and 80% excellent or better. Highlights: Cochrane (ex-mt), Cuyler (ex), Crosetti (nr mt), Ferrell (vg), Greenberg (ex), Gomez (ex), Harris (vg-ex), Klein (nr mt), P. Waner (ex); Balance: 4 cards near mint, 4 cards ex-mt, 5 cards excellent, 3 cards very good.
Winning Bid $750.
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 Lot 112. 1937 F5-3 Dixie Lid group of 47 lids including a near set of 21, missing 3 plus 26 variations. There are 35 small, 21 different (missing Autry, Gehringer & Tilden). Autry and Gehringer are in the large size along with ten others, 6 of which have tabs. Highlights (small): 2 Medwick-no tabs (vg), Hubbell-no tab (ex), 2 Hartnetts, one with tab (good), 1 no tab (ex), 2 Coleman –no tabs (vg-ex); Balance: 28 cards, 20 have tabs (19 are excellent, 9 good-very good and the ones without tabs average very good. Highlights (large): Gehringer (w. tab, vg-ex), Medwick w. tab (good), Autry w. tab (vg), 2 Hartnetts (vg), Lombard w. tab (ex); Balance: 2 with tabs (ex), 4 without tabs (2 gd, 2 vg).
Winning Bid $500.
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 Lot 113. 1938 F5-4 Dixie Lid group of 40 lids including a near set of 23 (missing Sammy Baugh) with 17 variations. There are 25 small size lids (23 different) and all but one (Feller) with tabs. There are 15 large, all blue tint and all but one (McCoy) with tabs. Highlights: (large): Feller (ex+-mt), Foxx (gd), Hubbell (ex-mt, tiny specks of paper loss on rear), Nagurski (nr mt). Boyd (ex+). Balance: 5 ex-mt, 2 excellent, 2 very good, 1 good. Highlights: (small): Feller (ex, no tab), Foxx (vg), Hubbell (ex), Moses (ex-mt), Nagurski (ex+), Balance: 7 with original tissue covering (ex-mt), 10 excellent, 3 good.
Winning Bid $605.
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 Lot 114. 1941 R330 Double Play set of 75. Very high grade set with 38% near mint and 82% ex-mt or better. Highlights: 23/4 Reese-Higbe (ex+-mt), 39/40-Mize Slaughter (ex+-mt), 51/2 Newsom/Greenberg (nr mt), 57/8- Williams/Tabor (nr mt), 59/60- Cronin-Foxx (ex+-mt), 61/2 Gomez-Rizzuto (ex+-mt), 63/4- DiMaggio/Keller (ex+-mt), 65/6-Rolfe-Dickey (ex-mt), 77/8-Feller-Krakauskas (ex-mt), 81/2-Cronin-Williams (ex), 85/6- Greenberg-Ruffing (ex), 105/6 Grove-Doerr (ex+-mt), 139/40 Hubbell-Arnovich (nr mt). Balance: 26 cards near mint, 25 cards ex-mt, 9 cards excellent, 1 cards very good, 2 cards good.
Winning Bid $3,328.
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 Lot 115. 1950 Callahan Hall of Fame near set of 89 with original box. Originally issued in 1950 as a set of 62, cards were added or updated until 1956. The total number of cards known are 91. Offered here are 89 with the only variations missing are Gehringer (with dark cap) and Paul Waner (bottom frame line missing. The set is in near mint condition. Highlights: Albert Chandler (nr mt), Joe DiMaggio (nr mt), Baker (nr mt), Lyons (nr mt), Ruth (nr mt), Museum Ext view w. 1954 date (nr mt); Balance all near min and better.
Winning Bid $2,600.
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