Lot # 299: 1888 N29 SGC-graded Allen & Ginter athletes collection (6)

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Item was in Auction "Love of the Game February 2, 2013 Auction",
which ran from 1/14/2013 7:50 PM to
2/3/2013 8:14 AM



Stunning collection of six 1888 Allen & Ginter N29 athletes. The N28 and N29 sets are considered by many to be the most attractive sportscard sets ever produced. Featuring brilliant white backgrounds offset colorful player images and ornate text describing the player at the bottom along with elegant typography on the reverse each of the N29 cards are notated on the reverse as "Second Series " indicating an extension to the N28 series of 1887.The N29 checklist includes six baseball players but just one Hall of Famer catcher Buck Ewing. This collection contains six non-ballplayers as follows:1) L.E. Myers (runner) SGC VG 402) W.G. George (runner) SGC VG 403) Wm. O"Connor (oarsman) SGC GOOD 304) M.W. Ford (all-around athlete) SGC VG/EX 505) Gus Hill (champion club swinger) SGC VG 406) Wm Cummings (runner) SGC VG 40Each card presents extremely well for the assigned grade suffering minor flaws such as small surface wrinkles border chipping off-centered reverses and in the case of Myers minor back staining that could be the result of glue application. N28s and N29s are simply beautiful cards and these six are excellent examples of one of the greatest card sets ever created.

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