Lot # 166: 1946-1949 The Sports Exchange Trading Post Newsletter and W603 Photo Collection of (25) with Ted Williams, Stan Musial & Honus Wagner

Starting Bid: $150.00

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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



Get a period look at late-1940s ballplayers with this 1946-1949 The Sports Exchange collection of (25). While the majority of this selection are Sport Exchange Trading Post newsletter issues, (6) are prized W603 Sports Exchange photo cards, including Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and Honus Wagner. The newsletters are crammed with interesting articles, and the W603 cards are coveted oddball scarcities.



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W603 Sports Exchange All-Stars (6) ranging (VG to EX) with: 7x10 intact cards (3): Stan Musial, Honus Wagner and Ted Williams; and 4-1/2 x 6” hand-cut cards (3): “Red” Rolfe, “Zack” Taylor and “Wally” Westlake.



The Sports Exchange Trading Post newsletters (19) different issues range (VG to EX-MT) with deference to (2) with lesser covers, and (2) with one partially clipped page each. Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, “Dizzy” Dean, “Yogi” Berra, and Bob Lemon are pictured on the fronts of the 12/1/47, 10/48, 1/49, and 3/49 issues respectively. Others with photo covers are: 1/1/47 “Cookie” Lavagetto, 2/1/48 Mark Christman, 3/1/48 Ray Lomanno, 5/48 Jake Early, 6/48 George Munger, 7/48 Phil Masi, 9-10/48 Ken Keltner, 12/48 “Wally” Westlake, 2/49 “Red” Rolfe. The issues published without photo covers are: 11/1/46, 7/1/47, 8/1/47, 9/1/47, 10/1/47 and 11/1/47. Opening Bid $150.

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