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Lot 84
Description: Vintage "Baseball Game Cigar Folder" c.1919 (VG/EX). 7.5"x13.5" folder with (3) pages of game "tabs". Each "tab" page contains (100) "tabs" with a player's last name printed above each tab. The object of the game was for a customer to pull a tab and reveal a "Base Hit", "Base on Balls", "Stolen base", or "Home Run". The customer would receive a determined number of 5-cent cigars depending on what the tab revealed. Some of the player names include: Alexander, Baker, Bancroft, Cicotte, Cobb, Clarke, Collins, Crawford, Evers, Faber, Gandil, Grimes, Griffith, Harris, Heilman, Hornsby, Hooper, Jackson, Johnson, Mathewson, McGraw, McCarthy, Pennock, Rice, Rousch, Ruth, Schalk, Sisler, Speaker, Stengel, Terry, Thorpe, Vaughn, Wagner, Weaver, and Wheat. The folder remains fully intact with the tabs unused. Exhibits some surface staining on the cover and corner and edge wear: VG/EXFinal Bid: $146.00
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