Lot 217. Near set of 155 different P2 Sweet Caporal Pins. All are neatly mounted in coin holders so that the front and backs are visible. The group includes the small and large letter varieties of 13 Hall Of Famers including Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, McGraw, Speaker, Young, Bender, Wheat, Chance, Griffith, Clarke, Bresnahan and Huggins. In addition there are 19 other Large Letter varieties. There are 12 pins without the paper backing (list available), there are 5 pins with the very rare red paper backing (SPEAKER, FORD, CHANCE, DOOIN and TITUS). There are 3 pins that are badly rusted and would be considered poor (Engle, Wheat and Meyers). Most of the others range from very good to ex-mt with the great majority being excellent or better. A listing of all 155 Pins is available on request.
Winning Bid $4,028
Lot 218. 118 P2 Sweet Caporal Pins almost all small letter variety and almost all with paper backings. The group includes 20 Hall of Famers and 3 Large Letter varieties. The HOF’ers include Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, Young and Speaker, Clarke (2, both Large and small letters), McGraw, Bender, Baker, Brown (2), Collins, Evers (3), Griffith, Hooper, Jennings and Johnson. Only McGraw has a rust stain on the surface. The balance of 98 include 27 duplicates and 90-95% are excellent to ex-mt.
Winning Bid $2,600
Lot 219. 1 1/4” sepia Lou Gehrig Celluloid Pin. Rare pin featuring Lou Gehrig in famous pose. Near mint condition with paper backing.
Winning Bid $4,506
Lot 220. Pin collection of 10. Includes 2 of the 6 known Century Theatre Democrat & Chronicle pins with paper backings (ex+-mt); 1926 World Series St. Louis Cardinals Booster pin (ex-mt), Large St.Louis Browns pin (ex-mt); A “Red Rock Always Wins” marketing pin (ex+-mt), a (St. Louis) Browns Boys Brigade pin with paper backing (nr mt); A political pin for former 19th Century Phillie pitcher and N.L. President John Tener with paper backing (ex+-mt); A rare uncataloged pin of Pepper Martin (excellent); a PM 10 of Gabby Hartnett with Chicago Cubs pennant attached (ex-mt) and a tie clasp with hanging charm for the Little World Series of 1958 featuring the Minneapolis Millers (ex-mt). Nice group.
Winning Bid $440
Lot 221. Balance of 222 Miscellaneous Pins, mostly baseball. Lot includes 23 1932-4 Tattoo Orbit numbered Pins, 5 1932-4 Tattoo Orbit numbered Pins, 10 1940-1950’s Team Pins, 14 1956 Topps Pins, 9 1960’s Team Pins, 43 1962 Salada Baseball, 24 1962 Sherriff Baseball, 19 1963 Salada Baseball, 24 1962 Sherriff Baseball, 19 1963 Salada Baseball, 7 1962-3 Salada Football, 5 1969 Sunoco Pins and 36 1969 Major League Baseball. Almost all ex-mt. Also included are 13 1896-1900 Flags of all Nations, 11 1940’s Kellogg’s Air Insignia, WWII and 3 1945-7 Kellogg’s Pep “Comics”. All ex+-mt. A detailed list is available on request.
Winning Bid $1,774
Lot 222. A group of 12 World Series and All-Star Game Press Pins made into Charms plus 3 other miscellaneous pins. 1956 World Series at New York, 1959 All-Star at Los Angeles, 1959 World Series at Los Angeles, 1960 World Series at Pittsburgh, 1964 All-Star at New York, 1966 All-Star at St. Louis, 1966 World Series at Baltimore, 1976 World Series at Cincinnati, 1977 All Star at New York, 1980 All-Star at Los Angeles, 1981 All-Star Game at Cleveland, 1984 World Series at San Diego. Also 1984 Orioles Japanese tour pin, California Angels 25th Anniversary Pin and 1983 Philadelphia Phils 100th Anniversary in the NL pin.
Minimum Bid $500
Lot 223. Group of 16 All-Star Game Press pins from 1959//1996. 1959 at Pittsburgh, 1979 at Seattle, 1982 at Montreal,1983 at Chicago, 1985 at Minnesota, 1986 at Houston, 1987 at Oakland, 1988 at Cincinnati, 1989 at California, 1990 at Chicago, 1991 at Toronto, 1992 at San Diego, 1993 at Baltimore, 1994 at Pittsburgh, 1996 at Philadelphia; All in ex+-mt condition.
Minimum Bid $750
Lot 224. Group of 29 World Series Press Pins. Includes 1962 at New York Yankees, 1963 at New York Yankees, 1964 at New York Yankees, 1971 at Baltimore (ink smudge), 1979 at Pittsburgh, 1980 at Philadelphia, 1982 at Milwaukee, 1982 at St. Louis, 1983 at Baltimore, 1983 at Philadelphia, 1984 at Detroit, 1985 at Kansas City, 1985 at St. Louis, 1986 at New York, 1986 at Boston, 1987 at Minnesota, 1887 at St. Louis, 1988 at Los Angeles, 1988 at Oakland, 1989 at San Francisco, 1989 at Oakland, 1990 at Oakland, 1990 at Cincinnati, 1991 at Atlanta, 1991 at Minnesota, 1992 at Toronto, 1993 at Toronto, 1993 at Philadelphia. Includes a LA Dodger mystery “World Series” pin. All ex+-mt to near mint except for 1971 Baltimore.
Minimum Bid $1,250
