All-Star Base-Ball complete box by John Dockman with Christy Mathewson and Jack Coombs.
Lot 6. All-Star Base-Ball complete box by John Dockman with Christy Mathewson and Jack Coombs. Extremely rare set that was a candy box design with two different cards on each side. The cards are crude drawings of players and while actual players were the subjects of the drawing, they bear no resemblance to the players listed that are on the card. While cards from the “ALL Star Candy Box are extremely rare, boxes are virtually non-existent, with at least two known (including this). Full size cards that haven’t been trimmed when removed from the box are also quite rare and in the Standard Catalog Mathewson and Coombs are priced at $5,765 combined. This takes no account of the premium a box would add. The box is complete and has the most minute of defects (a pencil notation on the tab, a tiny crease near a fold line, a spec of dirt). Probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. Winning Bid $6,434.
