Lot 1. 1911 T205 Al Bridwell Broad Leaf Print Freak - Rare Offered here is a 1911 T205 card of Al Bridwell with a very scarce Broad Leaf back. It also has player Louis shown next to Bridwell's name on the back of the card. The back carries a print "Freak" error, which are rarely found in the hobby today. I have never seen another T205 print "Freak" with a Broad Leaf back in my many years of collecting. What' s very interesting about this card again is the two names mentioned on the back along with the Broad Leaf Tobacco advertisement in error form. Grading on this card is G/Vg.
Winning Bid $368.
Lot 2. 1922 W501 Ty Cobb- SGC Authentic Est. Value $2,700-$3,000.00 Offered here is a beautiful example card from the W501 series of 1922 which were considered strip cards. In the 2009 SCD Price Guide, this card books for $3,700 in Nm. The Ty Cobb offered here has been graded "Authentic" with no grade. The card in my opinion grades ExNm condition with clear photographic content. The back of this card has a blank back. Again, these cards were issued as strip cards and were meant to be cut from the actual strips which is probably why SGC didn't put a grade on this card. A high grade card of Cobb!
Winning Bid $330.
Lot 3. 1910 T211 Red Sun Cigarettes Bayless, Atlanta This lot contains a scarce T211 Red Sun Card of Bayless. His actual name should be spelled Bayliss, but as you can see his name on the card is spelled incorrectly. There are a total of 75 T211 cards to the set. To give you a brief history on the Red Sun cards, the 75 T211 subject content (or cards) were taken from series 8 of the T210 red border cards. This card has beautiful color and eye appeal with a grade of Ex/Ex+ front. There is a minor back problem as you can see from the photo, but again this card is truly a beauty.
Winning Bid $201.
Lot 4. 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Tobacco Tim Keefe Tim Keefe was the pioneer of the change-up. In his rookie year 1880, he posted the lowest ERA in baseball history which stands today of 0.86 in 105 innings. The Tobacco card offered here shows Keefe in full arm extension with ball in hand. This card in NM books for $3,000. Card grades Good with no back damage. A Hall of Fame player.
Winning Bid $138.
Lot 5. 1928 W502 Collection of (4) Cards with Two Hall of Famers Offered here a four cards from the 1928 W502 series. The W502 cards have an unknown origin. The four cards included in this lot are #50 Frank Frisch grading (Good), #55 Ed Rommel (Vg-Ex), #17 and possible future Hall of Famer Carl Mays (Vg-Ex) and Rogers Hornsby (Good). All cards have a blank back.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 6. T206 Ty Cobb -Bat on Shoulder -Sovereign Back In the T206 White Border Tobacco series, There are four Ty Cobb cards in the Set. The Cobb with the "Bat on shoulder" in my opinion is much tougher to find than the Cobb w/ "Bat off Shoulder". I have seen the "Bat off Shoulder" cards more through the years being auctioned off or at shows more frequently than the "Bat on Shoulder". This "Bat on Shoulder" Cobb offered here has been graded Fair by SGC. The card has a very clear and bright photo image of Cobb with a clean Sovereign 350 subjects back.
Winning Bid $484.
Lot 51. 1916 (D329) Weil Baking Co. #34 Eddie Collins Est. Value in Nm is $775.00 Offered is a very scarce Bakery card issued in 1916 by the New Orleans H. Weil Baking Co. of Prytania Street. The card pictures the great hall of fame player Eddie Collins. In 1916, Eddie Collins batted .308 in a 155 games played. He had an On Base Percentage of .405 with a Slugging Percentage of .396 Arguably the greatest 2nd baseman to ever play the game. In 1939, Collins was inducted into the Hall of Fame.. This card grades Good with scuffs on the front of the card. Clean Weil Baking back as shown. A scarce type card with a low M.B. to add to your collection.
Minimum Bid $125.
Lot 52. 1927 W560 Babe Ruth High Grade Nm-Mt Offered here is a W560 1927 Strip card of the Bambino. This card has been locked away in my personal collection for the last 14 years. It is a card that is fresh to the hobby and has not been circulated in the hobby for the last 14-15 years. The condition of this 1927 W560 is Nm-Mt. Keep in mind, Being a strip card, these cards are usually always found miscut.
Minimum Bid $250.
Lot 69. N172 Old Judge Elmer Smith, Cinn. (Significant card that corrected the checklist) The Old Judge card offered in this lot is an interesting one. In 1996 BcB Auction owner Brian Cataquet discovered this card and it corrected the Old Judge Checklist that was done by E.C. Wharton-Tigar. The checklist for Old Judge cards had player Mike Smith, Cinn. listed for decades, however there was never a Mike Smith who played for Cincinnati, it was Elmer Smith. This is the Old Judge card that corrected this error. A copy of the write-up done by Bob Lemke in SCD 11/29/96 issue will be sent along with this card.
The card grades Fair, light image with no back damage
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 72. 1921-1924 Type Cards Oxford Confectionery & Diaz Cigarettes (2) Different This lot contains two scarce 1920's baseball Type cards. Included here is a 1921 (E253) Oxford Confectionery card of Cy Perkins, Athletics grading G-Vg and a scarce Diaz Cigarettes card from 1924 of Roy Meeker grading Poor/Fair and always found in lower grade. The Diaz Cig. cards were printed in Cuba and are among the rarest 1920's baseball cards to find. Two hard to come by cards from the roaring Twenties!
Minimum Bid $125.
Lot 73. T206 Piedmont Ty Cobb Portrait-Green Many T206 collectors believe this card to be the most popular & sought- after Ty Cobb card in the T206 series. This card of Cobb grades Fair and has a Piedmont back. There is no evidence of trimming as far as i can see on this card. One of the most popular and collected ball player cards of all time.
Winning Bid $400.
Lot 77. 1914 (E145-1) Cracker Jack cards (3) Different w/ Sam Crawford A collection of (3) 1914 Cracker Jack cards are included in this lot. The 1914 Cracker Jack series of 144 are much tougher to find than the 1915 series. Less cards were produced in 1914 plus they were issued singly as opposed to the 1915 Cracker Jack's which were issued singly but could be purchased through the mail. The three cards offered here are: Sam Crawford (Hof'er) grading Fair/Good; Boehling Good; Zeider G/Vg.
Winning Bid $121.
Lot 78. 1914 Cracker Jack (E145-1) #9 Art Hoffman & #16 Howard Camnitz Two great looking 1914 Cracker Jack cards of Camnitz, Pitts. grading (Vg); and Artie Hoffman, Brooklyn (Vg+). Both cards have great eye appeal. No back damage on both cards.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 79. 1921-23 (E220) National Caramel (7) Different w/ Two Picture Error cards Here is a lot that includes (7) E220 National Caramel baseball cards. Caramel cards have always been underated compared to Tobacco cards. I always felt Caramel cards to be tougher to find than Tobacco cards (generally speaking). The player cards and their conditions included in this lot are: J.C. Milan Good; Walter "Buster" Mails Good; Oeschger G/Vg; Picinich Vg; Perry (photo actually Ed Rommel) G/Vg; Wilson (picture Samuel M. noted on card) Vg; Whitted Poor. All cards have no back damage.
Winning Bid $100.
