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Lot # 1473: 1934-1937 Diamond Matchbooks Football Collection (166) with (17) Hall of Famers Including Bronko Nagurski

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Hard-charging leatherheads take on all comers with the offered 1934-1937 Diamond Matchbooks Football collection of (166) covers featuring a bounty of (17) Hall of Famers along with additional stars. This 90+ year-old treasury displays a wide variety of edge colors variations mixed throughout. Highlights include:

 

1934 Diamond Matchbooks: (48 covers, average EX to EX-MT with 21% reverse writing) with Battles (VG-EX), (3) Crow (all EX-MT), Edwards (EX-MT), Dietz (EX), (4) Flaherty ((2) EX-MT, (2) FR due to front/back writing), Hein (EX), (2) McNally (one EX, one FR, reverse writing);

 

1936 Diamond Matchbooks: (62 covers, average EX to EX-MT) with Fortmann (VG-EX), (3) MacMurdo (one EX-MT, one EX, one FR, 2 reverse writing), (4) Musso (average VG-EX), Nagurski (FR, paper loss), Stydahar (EX);

 

1937 Diamond Matchbooks: (56 covers, average VG-EX with 25% reverse tape and/or writing) with Stydahar (EX-MT)