Lot # 1250: 1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy #138 Wm. A. Ritter - SGC FR 1.5

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $25.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 9/12/2024 4:00 AM to
9/28/2024 9:00 PM



From the company that offered the long run of Zeenuts, which featured PCL players, the set known as E135 offered 200 subjects but switched focus to the National and American Leagues. Produced at a time when few sets were being issued, it gave collectors and baseball fans on the West Coast a look at players they had only read about in the newspapers or the annual Spading guides.

New York's William A. Ritter is the subject of this example, graded Fair 1.5 by SGC due to some pencil writing near the bottom of the reverse, which does not affect the front. Other minor concerns are soft edges, rounded corners, and a crease running vertically down the center. However, the scarcity of this issue far outweighs any cosmetic flaws on this example.

SGC has only ever graded 7 total examples of this E135, with only five receiving a higher grade than the Fair 1.5 offered here of New York's William A. Ritter.





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