Large 1909-1933 pre-war caramel baseball collection of (115) cards heralded by (22) Hall of Famers. Although this low-grade assortment has been through the wars due to varying degrees of extensive wear, there are still plenty of scarce issues and legends available to make this lot a promising bidding proposition. Highlights include:

1908 E91-A American Caramel: Seybold (Authentic);

1909 E91-B American Caramel: (2 cards, both PR, 50% trimmed) with Barry, H. Davis;

1909 E92 Croft’s Candy: Bridwell (PR, torn pin hole);

1909 E92 Croft’s Cocoa: Lobert (PR, paper loss)

1909 E92 Dockman & Sons: (3 cards) with Bender (Authentic, White Cap), H. Davis (trimmed), Tinker (trimmed);

1909 E92 Nadja Caramel: Howell (trimmed);

1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel: (9 cards) with Cicotte (Authentic), E. Collins (trimmed), Hoffman (Authentic), Krause (PR, stain), Leach (FR), Merkle (Authentic), Reulbach (PR, reverse residue), Willetts (trimmed), Wiltse (PR);

1909 E101 Anonymous Set of 50: (4 cards, all trimmed) with E. Collins, Crawford, D. Miller (Batting), Seigle;

1909-11 E90-1 American Caramel: (27 cards) with Bailey (skinned), Baker (Authentic), Barry (PR, reverse paper loss), Bransfield (skinned, No “P” on Shirt), B. Brown (Authentic, re-backed), Camnitz (PR, paper loss), Donlin (PR, reverse paper loss), Dooin (PR, tear), Dygert (PR, reverse paper loss), Engle (Authentic), Gray (PR, pin hole), Hartzell (Authentic, Fielding), Jordan (Authentic), Joss (Authentic, punch hole, Portrait), Leach (Authentic, Batting), Leach (PR, reverse paper loss, Throwing), Marquard (PR, paper loss), McIntyre (PR, reverse paper loss), McQuillan (Authentic), (2) F. Mitchell (one PR, one trimmed), Mullin (Authentic), Oakes (skinned), O’Connor (skinned), Plank (Authentic, punch hole), J. Sweeney (re-backed, New York), Tinker (Authentic, punch hole);

1909-11 E254 Colgan’s Chips Stars of the Diamond: (21 cards, average PR to FR) with Becker, Bridwell, Bush, T. Clarke, Clymer, H. Davis, Demmitt (New York), Fitzgerald, Hooper (PR, Boston American League), Hughes (No Name in Uniform), Hummel, Jennings (PR), Konetchy, Lindaman (Boston), Ludwig, Raymond, Robinson, Schulte, Stone, Summers (No White in Uniform), Tannehill;

1910 E90-2 American Caramel: Maddox (trimmed);

1910 E90-3 American Caramel: (2 cards) with Blackburne (trimmed), Dougherty (tape);

1910 E91-C American Caramel: (3 cards, average FR, 33% trimmed) with McBride, Street, O. Wilson;

1910 E93 Standard Caramel: (10 cards) with M. Brown (PR, reverse writing), Chance (trimmed), Clarke (PR, reverse writing and tape), Dahlen (Authentic), Griffith (Authentic), Jennings (Authentic), Joss (Authentic), McGraw (Authentic), Vaughn (trimmed), Wiltse (PR);

1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel partial: (19/30) with Ames (PR), Clarke (skinned with tape), Davis (Authentic), Donovan (PR, reverse tape), Dooin (PR), Gibson (PR), Herzog (PR), Karger (trimmed), Konetchy (PR), Marquard (PR), McQuillan (PR, reverse writing), Meyers (PR, punch holes), Mowrey (Authentic), Mullin (Authentic), Murray (trimmed), Pfeister (PR, punch hole), Rossman (PR), Spencer (PR, reverse paper loss), Thomas (Authentic);

1912 E136 Home Run Kisses: (2 cards, both trimmed) with Burrell, Rogers;

1915 E106 American Caramel: (6 cards, all Authentic due to missing pieces) with Bescher, Bresnahan, Doolan, McQuillan, Schaefer, Stovall;

1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy: #145 (FR);

1933 E285 Rittenhouse Candy: Walberg (trimmed)