Day 1 - Huggins & Scott

FOOTBALL382. Complete Set of (10) 1948 Baltimore ColtsMatchbooks - All SGC 40Combatants in the short-lived All-America Football Conference, the BaltimoreColts endured three woeful seasons before eventually merging into the NFL andbecoming that league’s model franchise. Hawking its local gridiron heroes duringthe 1948 AAFC season, the Maryland Match Co. issued a set of (10) matchbooksindividually showcasing Colts players. Presented are all (10) of thosematchbooks, with each encapsulated and assessed 40 VG 3 by SGC. The obverseof each presents beautifully, with player image and text legend denoting name,position and college. “Maryland Match Co.” appears on the saddle, and the backurges viewers to “Buy Maryland Made Products” and “Ride With The Colts.”The matches have been long-since removed (accounting in large part for thetechnical grades), though the only visible creases are the proper folds at the saddleand striker. Includes: Dick Barwegen, Lamar Davis, Spiro Dellerba, LouGambino, Rex Grossman, Jake Leicht, Charlie O’Rourke, Y.A. Tittle, SamVacanti and Herman Wedemeyer.Opening Bid $750.00384. 1949 Leaf Football Complete Set of (49)Presented in its entirety, this hand-collated 1949 Leaf Football set has an approximateoverall breakdown of: 5% (EX or better); 45% (VG-EX); 45% (VG); and 5% (GD orlesser. Keys in the skip-numbered set include: #1 Hendren (VG-EX), #15 Luckman(VG), #16 Trippi (VG-EX), #22 Dudley (VG), #26 Baugh (VG-EX), #28 Pihos (VG-EX), #40 Connor (VG), #41 McAfee (VG-EX), #49 Conerly (VG), #56 Lujack (EX),#67 Layne (VG), #79 Van Buren (VG-EX), #89 Waterfield (VG), #134 Bednarik (VG-EX) and #150 Turner (FR).Opening Bid $400.00DAY ONE - SEPT 29, 2010383. 1948LeafFootballNear Set of(95/98)CardsThe Leaf GumCompany ofChicago made asplash in 1948with the issuanceof their “All-StarFootball Gum”set. This 1948Leaf Footballnear set of(95/98) off- tolow-grade cardshas an approximateconditionbreakdown of10% (VG or better),30% (GD),30% (FR) and30% (PR) with15-20% havingsustained paperresidue, reverseback damage,trimming or writing.The tougherhigh numberspresent slightly lesser than the more available series. Keys include #1 Luckman (FR,yellow background), #3 Turner RC (PR, red background), #4 D. Walker RC (FR), #6Layne RC (FR), #13 Lujack RC (GD, correct), #16 Pihos RC (PR, brown jersey), #19McAfee (GD, correct), #22 Van Buren RC (FR, green jersey), #26 Waterfield RC(Authentic, black letters), #29 Trippi (FR), #34 Baugh RC (FR, due to reverse writing),#36 Dudley RC (VG), #37 Connor RC (FR), #53 Conerly RC (FR), #73 JensenRC (FR, red back), #84 Girard RC (FR) and #98 DiMarco RC (FR). Due to rudimentaryfactory printing techniques of the age, size variances are present. For a completelist of key cards and missing numbers, please visit our website.Opening Bid $400.00385. 1950Topps FeltBacksNear Set(93/100)with (11)YellowDuplicatesPresented is thepioneering 1950Topps FeltBacks near setof (93/100)cards witheleven toughyellow duplicates.Theapproximateconditionbreakdown forthis enigmaticseries is 20%(NM or better),30% (EX-MT),25% (EX) and25% (VG-EXor lesser). Highlights include Blue: (24 cards) with Creekmur (EX); Brown: (17cards) with Hart (GD), Jensen (VG), Towler (VG-EX); Green: (23 cards) withNomellini (NM), Stautner (NM); Red: (24 cards) with Justice (VG); Yellow: (5 cards)with Botula (EX-MT), Hester (EX-MT), Lee (EX), Mathews (EX-MT), D. Walker(NM); Yellow Duplicates: (11 cards) with Gitschier (NM), Hart (VG-EX), McKissack(EX-MT), J. Miller (EX-MT), Nagel (VG-EX), Perini (GD), Shaw (EX), Sitko (VG-EX), Teninga (NM), Towler (EX-MT) and Turek (EX-MT). For more details, pleasevisit our website.Opening Bid $250.0076 HUGGINS & SCOTT AUCTION: SEPT 29-30, 2010 WWW.HUGGINSANDSCOTT.COM • 1.866.462.2273