Extraordinarily rare, the cards formerly known simply as "1921 Baltimore Orioles" cards have recently been identified as White's Bakery Baltimore Orioles. Issued only in the Baltimore area on a one-a-day basis, the cards were included in loaves of White's Big Tip Top Bread.  The sepia-toned cards are susceptible to severe condition flaws due to their method of distribution and the thin stock on which they were printed.  However, the cards are extremely beautiful, oversized (3 1/4" x 5 1/2"), each featuring an attractive player photo and identifying information printed at the bottom of the card in an elegant typeface. The unnumbered cards are extraordinarily scarce, with PSA having graded just 42 cards in total, of the 22 known subjects in the set. Half of those cards are featured in this auction, we believe the largest group ever assembled.

Though many of the players in the set wound up playing in the major leagues, the key card in the issue is unquestionably that of Hall of Famer Lefty Grove (spelled "Groves" on the card).  The card, despite exhibiting surface and corner wear consistent with the grade, is extremely attractive, the sharp close-up image of the young legend creating one of his most beautiful cardboard offerings. Grove is the only Hall of Famer in the set, and this is his earliest known card. Between PSA and SGC, just four examples have been graded, and this is the highest of the four.

One of the most rare of all Hall of Fame rookie cards, the highest-graded example and the key to an incredibly rare set, this is a spectacular card. An extremely important offering.