Three Collections in 24 hours

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 1:19 pm.

The last 24 hours has been a buying bonanza for American Legends with the purchase of three great deals. First our travels took us to eastern Pennsylvania for two terrific finds. The first consisted of 80 T206 and T205 cards along with a bevy of 1909 and 1910 non-sport. The lot featured over forty of the Polar Bear T206 backs including the ultra rare Ray Demmitt St. Louis variation as well as a Ty Cobb red background and a Christy Mathewson Sweet Caporal pin. The non-sports cards included Murad, Recruit Flags of All Nations and over 100 Finest or Bravest Tobacco cards of women.

Deal #2 was the nicest of the three in terms of condition. The more than 50 T206 cards, were for the most part, in VG/EX to EX with a very nice Cy Young. The ten T202 Hassan Triple Folders in the collection also had nice eye appeal with the highlight being Christy Mathewson. While the baseball cards were nice, the condition of the 750 non-sport cards was phenomenal; including mid to high grade T53 Hassan Cigarettes Cowboy Series, 1909 T51 Murad Cigarettes College Series, Hassan Cigarettes Indian Life In The 60′s, Hassan The World’s Greatest Explorers Flags, 1910 T42 Mecca Bird Series Gold Borders (too bad these weren’t T205’s) and many more. For good measure, the collection also contained about a thousand 50’s and 60’s cards.

When we arrived back from Pennsylvania, we were greeted at the front door with a gorgeous collection of 1909 E254 Colgan’s Chips Stars of the Diamond. These attractive black and white paper discs contained a super sharp Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb along with another 80 chips (mostly high grade) including Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Joe Tinker.

Do you have sports cards that you are looking to sell? If so give American Legends a call today at 914-725-2225.