Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
The third series of Diamond baseball matchbook covers (U3-2) are identified by the players who are all members of the Chicago Cubs plus HOFer's Dizzy Dean and Paul Waner. They have references to the 1936 season in the biographies and can be found with one of three different color backgrounds: red, green and blue. A full set of 23 includes Bryant, Carleton, Cavarretta, J. Collins, Davis, "Dizzy" Dean, Demaree, French, Frey, Galan, Garbark, Hack, Hartnett, Herman, Jurges, Lee, Marty, O'Dea, Parmelee, Root, Shoun, Stainback and Waner.
Included in this collection are two full set of 23 matchbooks, a pair of near complete matchbook sets (22/23) both missing Bryant for completion and a near complete set (18/23) missing Bryant, Dean, Hartnett, Herman and Lee. A group of 12 extras is also included with a Paul Waner matchbook missing its striker part of these extras.
None of the matchbooks have matches in them and all have been flattened. The matchbooks are showing wear from their former use and the vast majority of them are exhibiting some fold lines in their middle sections, mostly located above the players' heads, but with some running through as well. The majority of the matchbooks are complete, aside for the matches, with just a small percentage having a piece missing. The majority of the matchbooks are exhibiting some wear to their corners. Photos of the full sets and partial sets are shown on this listing so you can clearly see their conditions.
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