Icons & Immortals: High-End Sports Memorabilia and Card Auction
Lot 387:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! Three Vintage 1919-1923 Sports Cards including 1922 E120 Jim Johnston and 1923 W515-2 Luis Firpo
This collection features three authentic early 20th-century sports cards. Item 1: 1923 W515-2 Luis Firpo, Heavyweight Boxer ("The Wild Bull of the Pampas"), strip card issue. Item 2: 1922 American Caramel E120 Jim Johnston, Brooklyn Dodgers, card number 41. This card features a rare period-correct scrap reverse displaying a color illustration of a pineapple instead of the standard checklist. Item 3: 1919 W552 Mayfair Novelty Baseball "Pitcher" position card, featuring the original identifying bottom tab. All items are in raw, ungraded condition.
Condition report:
Luis Firpo: Surface shows multiple heavy horizontal creases and significant scuffing; corners are heavily rounded with uneven hand-cut edges; centering is poor. Jim Johnston: Surface is generally clean with light toning; centering is shifted significantly to the left; corners are moderately rounded with light wear on the right edge. Mayfair Pitcher: Surface shows significant foxing and brown staining on the right and upper quadrants; corners are rounded; identifying \"PITCHER\" tab is intact; centering is relatively good for a hand-cut issue.
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