Lot # 112: Circa 1909-1912 Tobacco Scrapbook Pages (7) with (300+) Cards Including (6) Baseball Hall of Famers

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 56 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer Auction 2024",
which ran from 7/18/2024 12:00 PM to
8/1/2024 10:00 PM



A fascinating glimpse into a bygone era is discovered with these seven 1909-1912 scrapbook pages compiling a whopping (300+) tobacco cards! Each century-old relic is neatly arranged and adhered to both sides of a nearly 14-3/4 x 12” cardboard foundation. Despite moderate storage wear, evidence of age-induced exposure and glue residue along with varying degrees of surface creasing/flaking, these artifacts are still exceptionally vibrant with outstanding eye appeal. Includes:

 

1909-1911 T206 White Borders: (38 cards) with Anderson, Armbruster, Batch, Becker, Blackburne, Brain, Carr, Clark, Cross, H. Davis (Initialed Front), Downey (Fielding), Dygert, Egan, Engle Gasper, Gilbert, Hayden, Hemphill, Jacklitsch, Lennox, Maloney, Mathewson (Portrait), McElveen, D. Miller, M. Mitchell, Moran, O’Leary (Portrait), Rhodes, Ritter, Rudolph, Schlei (Catching), Schulte (Back View), Sheckard (No Glove Showing), Stahl (No Glove Shows), B. Sweeney, J. Tannehill, J. White and Wilson;

 

Other Baseball/Boxing Tobacco Cards: (11 cards) with (7) 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders: Barry/Lapp, Chance/Evers, Gibson/Leach, Herzog/Miller, Hofman/M. Brown, Johnson/Ford, Stovall/Turner; (1) T205 Gold Border: Jennings; (1) 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders: Devlin/Mathewson (heavily creased); (2) 1910 T220 Mecca Prize Fighters;

 

1910 T218 Mecca Champions: (59 cards) with Jeffries (Arms Folded) and Jeffries (Side View);

 

1909-1912 Non-Sport Tobacco Cards: (206 cards, various manufacturers) with (3) T25 Between the Acts, (47) T29 Animals, (11) T42/43 Birds, (9) T51 College Series, (9) T53 Cowboy Series, (32) T57 Fable Series, (5) T58 Fish Series, (5) T73 Indian Life in the 60’s, (2) T77 Lighthouse Series, (80) T107 State Seals & Coat of Arms and (3) T118 World’s Greatest Explorers. Opening Bid $200.

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