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Lot 829
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Lot Number: 829
Description: Incredible 1913 "Major League Indoor Base Ball Game" with its' original mailing box. Regarded as the finest 20th century player endorsed game the offered example simply defies age with brilliant color lithographic lid featuring (16) player vignette portraits incl. Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, Johnson, Lajoie, and Speaker. The top remains nearly as issued with the exception of a few minor (and restorable) abrasions on the lettering in the center and some typical light surface wear incl. slight age crazing and emulsion scratching. Interior is predictably well cared for including NL and AL boxed player cards, wooden game pieces, and spinner. Oak case retains its' original honey brown finish and remains intact. On its' own merit the offered game would rank among the finest in the hobby but when you add in the original shipping box with end label the argument becomes immediately stronger. Included with the game is the original corrugated fiberboard shipping box which retains its' original paper end label with game titling. Box remains remarkably clean with some age toning and typical surface/joint wear given its' fragility and age. Fine baseball display piece worthy of the most advanced collection: Game: EX-MT, Box: EX
Estimated Price: ($6,500.00-$8,500.00)
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