1910-Era Tobacco- and Caramel-Card Collection (87) Including T212 Obak and E254 Colgan's Chips

Sold For:

$2,880

Year:

1910

Auction:

2022 Spring

Lot #:

535

Category:

Prewar Baseball - T Tobacco Cards

Addendum: The original count for this lot in the catalog was incorrect. The lot consists of 87 cards.Outstanding collection of eighty-seven cards from fourteen different 1910-era caramel and tobacco-card issues. These cards are part of an exciting, fresh-to-the-hobby collection consigned to this auction by the family of a Midwestern collector who built his impressive collection over a period of many decades, beginning as a young boy in the 1930s. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1909 E91B American Caramel (17 cards): Condition is Pr to Fr overall, with a couple Gd. Includes the following: Davis, Donlin, Devlin, Hartsel, Kling, Murphy, Nichols, two Oldgring, Overall, Scheckard, two Schreckengost, two Seybold, Shay, and Taylor. 2) 1909 E92 Croft's Candy (1 card): Kleinow (Pr-Fr). 3) 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel (2 cards): Hoffman (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg) and Leach (Pr-Fr). 4) 1909 E102 Anonymous "Set of 25" (2 cards): Bescher (altered with glue, otherwise Fr) and Miller (Pr). 5) 1909-1911 E254 Colgan's Chips (9 cards): Condition is Nr/Mt, four Vg-Ex, Vg, and three Pr to Fr. Includes the following: Adams, Clarke, Hooper/Boston, Am. L. (Vg-Ex+, HOF), Knight, Matthews, Street, Summers, Tannehill, and White. 6) 1909-1911 T206 White Border (1 card): Rhodes (Pr). 7-10) 1909-1911 T212 Obak (47 cards with representation from four different series): Condition is 32% Gd (including a few slightly higher) and 68% Pr to Fr. Includes the following (1910 "175 Subjects" unless noted): Annis, Baker, Bassey, Baum, two Bonner, Brackenridge, Brashear, Briswalter, Brooks, Brown, Browning (1909), Cameron (1910 "150 Subjects"), Cartwright, Caslleton, Cutshaw, Daley (1911), Delhi, Erickson, Flannagan, Gaddy, Gardner, Grindle (1911), Hall, Harkins, Hasty (1911), Hickey, Hogan, Holm, Keener, Killilay, Kippert, Mohler, Nordyke, Ostdiek, Rapps, Ryan, Scharnweber, Seaton (1911), Speas, Spiesman, Starkell, Stewart, Stovell, Thorsen, Tozer, and Wolverton. 11) 1910 E91C American Caramel (5 cards): Conroy (Vg), Delehanty (tape on reverse, otherwise Gd) Lord (pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg), McBride (Vg), and Wilson (Gd). 12) 1910 E98 Anonymous "Set of 30" (1 card): Ford (Pr-Fr). 13) 1910 "Orange Borders" (1 card): Davis (borders trimmed off, otherwise Fr). 14) 1912 C46 Imperial Tobacco (1 card): Carlo (tape repair, otherwise Pr). This is a very pleasing collection of cards, with several notable highlights and including samples from many of the 1910 era's most popular and widely collected sets! Total: 87 cards. Reserve $200.