Lot # 54: 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter World's Champions Partial Set (30/50) with Bob Caruthers & Several Pugilists

Long before $700 million contracts and 24/7 news coverage, athletes followed their dreams in relative obscurity. The upstarts found in the offered 1888 N28 Allen & Ginter The World’s Champions partial set of (30/50) cards picture a variety of figures participating in sports that were once commonplace. The overall condition breakdown is as follows: 27% (EX or better), 30% (VG to VG-EX), 20% (GD) and 23% (FR or lesser) with 20% displaying trimming and/or writing. Subjects include: Baseball Players: (1/10) withCaruthers (PR, writing); Billiards: (6/7) with Adams, Daly, Schaefer, Sexton, Slosson, Vignaux; Oarsmen: (6/10) with Beach, Hanlan, Hosmer, McKay, Ross, Trickett; Pool Players: (2/2) with Frey, Malone; Pugilists: (8/10) with Carney, Carroll, Dempsey, Kilrain, Lannon, Mitchell, J. Smith, Weir; Wrestlers: (7/7) with Acton, Bauer, McLaughlin, McMahon, Muldoon Sorakichi and Young Bibby.