Legendary August Live 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on:
8/5/2010
Each card has been graded or assessed by PSA. Each of these 2-7/16" x 3-1/2" cards features ornate designs and baseball symbols, with the legend "Copyright 1889 - By. E.R. Williams" centrally located on the cards' obverse along with moves for game play. The deep green backs are decorated by a batting figure, poised to strike from his formidible stance. Issued as a complete parlor game, this production was not chronicled in Jefferson Burdick's catalog. Of the fifty-two cards in this series, the popular baseball stars are depicted as nineteen dual-imaged player cards. Of those thirty-eight players pictured, ten eventually found a home in Cooperstown.
The complete baseball player sub-set comprises the PSA Set Registry's full listing for this issue, with the game commands omitted from inclusion. With an amazing 6.60 GPA, this assembly ranks "#1 Current Finest" on the PSA Set Registry! The nineteen player cards and their grades include: Graded PSA MINT 9: 2 cards w/ Clarkson/Keefe (OC) and Galvin/Orr; PSA NM-MT 8: 3 cards w/ Carpenter/Carroll, Griffin/McKean and Irwin/Williamson; PSA NM 7: 5 cards w/ Anson/Ewing, Corkhill/Fogarty, Denny/Tierman, Pfeffer/Wolf and Ward/Welch; PSA EX-MT 6: 8 cards w/ Brouthers/Latham, Buffington/Carruthers, Foutz/Kelly, Glasscock/Tucker, Hoy/Reilly, King/Tener, Myers/Stricker and Ramsey/Weyhing; PSA VG-EX 4: 1 card, Comiskey/Connor.
The remaining thirty-three game commands include: Graded PSA MINT 9: 1 card; PSA MINT 9 (OC): 2 cards; PSA NM-MT 8: 5 cards; PSA NM-MT 8 (OC): 3 cards; PSA NM 7: 8 cards; PSA EX-MT 6: 7 cards; PSA EX 5: 5 cards; PSA VG-EX 4: 1 card; PSA Authentic: 1 card. Also included are the game pieces, original box and instructions which are in circulated condition.
1889 E.R. Williams Card Game Complete Set (52) Including Box, Rules and Game Pieces - #1 on the PSA Set Registry!
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