The following 35 lots consist of a complete set of M116 Sporting Life including the 216 base cards, 72 rare series, the 12 black back printed Series 3 variations, the 24 blue backgrounds from Series 1 and 2 and the two major McConnell and McQuillan variations.
Lot 52. M116 Sporting Life rarity, Ambrose McConnell, Chicago A.L. SGC 60 EX 5. One of M116's two well known major rarities and a beautiful copy. Sporting Life was not inclined to reissue cards when players were traded. When McConnell was traded to Chicago after the 1910 season, a second card was issued with his new team and very few copies are known.
Winning Bid $28,204
Lot 53. M116 Sporting Life rarity George McQuillan, Cincinnati PSA VG 3. The other of M116's two well known major rarities. Similarly to the McConnell, Sporting Life reissued a card for a traded player. When McQuillan was traded to Cincinnati after the 1910 season a second card was issued with his new team. The card shows no creases with some very light wear at the corners and seems a higher grade was in order. Nonetheless it's a very acceptable example of a very rare card.
Winning Bid $3,141
Lot 54. M116 Sporting Life Ty Cobb PSA VG-EX 4. Some wear at the corners on this excellent card. Well centered front, slight off-center on the clean rear. A high quality card.
Winning Bid $1,610
Lot 61. M116 Sporting Life Tris Speaker PSA NM 7. One of the few Hall of Famers from the rare series. Card is beautifully centered and near perfect. There is a cut in the glass holder, however this could easily be fixed by PSA.
Winning Bid $3,456
Lot 62. M116 Sporting Life Cy Young Blue Back PSA EX-MT 6. The tougher of the two Cy Young Variations in Series 3. Beautiful card marred only by a tiny spot of wear in the lower left corner.
Winning Bid $2,359
Lot 63. M116 Sporting Life Cy Young Black Back PSA EX-MT 6. One of the Series 3 cards which came with either black print or the much more difficult blue print on the back. This is the easier black print. Extremely nice card.
Winning Bid $2,077
