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.

In the top of the 6th on April 16, 1924, Wade Lefler of the Boston Braves was called upon to pinch hit for starting pitcher Rube Marquard against Hal Carlson of the Phillies.  Lefler struck out, and never played another game with Boston, being sent to the minors a week later, where he would beat out Lou Gehrig for the Eastern League batting title. Late in the season, the Washington Senators acquired him for help in a pennant race, and he responded, belting five hits in eight at bats for a .556 batting average. Unfortunately, Lefler complained about being voted only one-fifth of a World Series share (same as the batboy), and his continued complaining got him sent to the minors, where he would end his career.