In 1916 published Felix Mendelsohn produced two series of black and white photographic baseball cards that were designed with blank backs and also offered to a variety of companies with their advertisements on the reverse. The different sets have become extremely popular among type card collectors hobbyists building back runs and set collectors alike. Long underrated the challenge of completion coupled with the added layers of rarity associated with the various backs have increased collector interest particularly as type collecting becomes more popular. In addition to offering a number of different advertising backs from these two issues our Summer 2015 auction includes a large number of Hall of Famers and key cards with the tougher Famous & Barr advertisement on the reverse. The St. Louis clothing retailer was an early customer of Mendelsohn's M101-5 issue and continued with the M101-4 series. Fantastic higher-grade example of Ray Chapman the only player ever to have been killed by a pitched ball just four years after the issue of this card. In 1917 Chapman set a major league record 67 sacrifices and despite a brief nine-year career remains in sixth place all time. One of the most popular players in Cleveland Indians history thousands of fans attended his funeral on August 20 of 1920. The card is spectacular; well-centered with very little discernable wear. Population DataSGC Population: 1 total gradedPSA Population: 2 total graded 1 at this level 0 higher