2019 Summer Premium Live and Catalog Auction Lots 1-82 Close Aug 1- 83-end close 8/10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/11/2019
Offered is a 47-piece collection of B18 Blankets issued in 1914. This is an admirable group of the popular 5-1/4"-square baseball felts, or "blankets," that were issued in 1914 (wrapped around different brands of tobacco). The Hall of Famers include: Baker (EX), Chance (VG), Griffith (VG, discolored), W. Johnson (EX), Maranville (VG/EX) and Stengel (EX). The others include: Ainsmith, Bauman, Boone, Cole/Blue, Cole/Green, Cutshaw, Daubert/Blue, Daubert/Green, Demmitt/Green (2), Doyle, Fletcher, Foster, Gainor, Gowdy, Hummel/Blue, Hummel/Green, James, Maisel/Blue, Maisel/Green, McBride, Meyers, J. Miller, O. Miller, Moeller, Moriarty, Peckingpaugh, Rucker, Shanks, Smith/Blue, Smith/Green, Steele, Sweeney, Teasreau, Walsh/Blue, Walsh/Green (2), Wagner, Whaling, Whitted and Wiltse. Overall, this is a mid-grade group of these blankets which grade VG/EX to EX/MT.