The 1909-13 Sporting News Supplement set is amongst the finest large-format collectibles of the early 20th century. Measuring between 7-1/2 x 10” and 8-1/2 x 10”, these blank-backed supplements were inserted into Sporting News magazines and given their nature are seldom found clean and complete. The presented lot features twenty of these rare collectibles including fourteen Hall of Fame inductees that have survived extremely well in lower-middle grade, VG to VG-EX condition . This lot contains 1909: Brown (VG-EX), Chase (VG), Comiskey (GD), Jennings (VG-EX), McGee (VG), Speaker (VG); 1910: Adams (EX), Baker (VG-EX), Bender (VG), Carrigan (VG-EX), Coombs (GD), Crawford (EX), Evers (VG), Joss (EX), Plank (VG-EX); 1911: Alexander (VG/VG-EX), Marquard (VG), Snodgrass (VG); 1912: Stahl (GD) and Wheat (VG/VG-EX). Featuring a majority of the Hall of Famers from the series, this lot will surely give any collector a leg up on the M101-2 baseball set.
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