Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
The 1935-36 Diamond baseball matchbook covers (U3-1) has 156 different examples in its checklist, including variations, and they can be found with one of three different color backgrounds: red, green and blue. The complete set features HOFers Jim Bottomley, John Conlan, Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler, Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, Leo Durocher, Frankie Frisch, Charles Hartnett, William Herman, Waite Hoyte, Carl Hubbell, Charles Klein, Fred Lindstrom, Ernest Lombardi, Al Lopez, William McKechnie, Joe Medwick, Melvin "Mel" Ott, Casey Stengel, Lloyd Waner and Paul Waner.
HOFers not included in this near complete set are; Frankie Frisch, Leo Durocher, Waite Hoyt, William McKechnie, Joe Medwick, Mell Ott and Paul Waner. In the group of the 29 extras there are duplicate matchbooks for HOFers Charles Klein, Carl Hubbell and Dizzy Dean (2). Matchbooks missing for a complete set including the aforementioned HOFers are; Allen, Auker, Bell, L. Berger, Blaeholder, Brennan, L. Brown, Coleman, Critz, Derringer, Durocher, Frisch, Grube, G. Hartnett, Hayworth variation, Hinkle, Holbrook, Hooks, Hoyt, Knickerbocker variation, Legett, McKechnie, Medwick, Melillo, Michaels, Joe Moore, O'Dea, Ostermueller, Ott, Ruel, Schulte, Shea, Thomas, Walker, P. Waner and Winegarner.
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 and from the partial set there are 30 matchbooks which have an handwritten check mark on their front, in lead pencil or ink, so are three of the extras plus one of each of HOFers Klein and Conlon also having one. Photos of the partial set and extras are shown on this listing so you can clearly see their conditions.
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