Vintage Sports and Non-sports Cards Certified by CGC Cards Showcased in Hake's Auction

Exciting vintage sports cards and non-sports cards certified by CGC Cards™ are being offered in a wide-ranging Hake's Auction. Online bidding is already underway for Hake's Auction 242, which is being held on November 19-20, 2024.

One of the top CGC Cards-certified sports cards in the sale is a 1909-11 T206 #498 Ed Walsh - Portrait graded CGC 4.5 (lot 547), which has an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000. The T206 is arguably the most popular and important vintage sports card set ever made. The T206 set is well-known for its small-sized cards, tobacco advertisement backs and several early MLB Hall of Famers, including Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner. Another Hall of Famer from the set is Chicago White Sox star pitcher Ed Walsh, who retired from baseball with the lowest career ERA (1.82) for a starting pitcher in MLB history.

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As for the non-sports cards certified by CGC Cards in the sale, one of the top highlights is a 27-card group of R23 Little Book Series (1939) Whitman Publishing Dick Tracy cards graded CGC 1 to CGC 6 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2020), which has an estimate of $2,000 to $5,000. Inspired by the American comic strip of the same name that debuted in 1931, these Dick Tracy cards featured the hard-nosed police detective, criminals he chased and other events from the comics. This group is five cards short of a complete 32-card subset of Dick Tracy, which had 224 cards overall.

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Another top non-sports highlight in the sale is a 55-card complete set of 1974 Topps Six Million Dollar Man - Test Issue cards graded CGC 2.5 to CGC 8 and pedigreed to the Roxanne Toser Collection (lot 2060), which has an estimate of $2,000 to $5,000. Based off the hit 1970s action TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man," the cards feature color images pulled directly from the show. However, since Donruss owned the licensing to the show, this complete test run set from Topps was never released in retail stores.

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Other CGC-certified cards in this auction include:

• a group of 27 R23 Little Book Series (1939) Whitman Publishing Popeye cards graded CGC Authentic Altered to CGC 5 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2021), which has an estimate of $2,000 to $5,000
• a group of 32 R23 Little Book Series (1939) Whitman Publishing G-Man cards graded CGC AU to CGC 6 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2023), which has an estimate of $2,000 to $5,000
• a group of 24 1934 Goudey Big Thrill Booklets graded CGC 2 to CGC 6 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2013), which has an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000
• a group of 14 R23 Little Book Series (1939) Whitman Publishing Flash Gordon cards graded CGC 1 to CGC 5 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2019), which has an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000
• a group of 36 Batman (1966) Weeties & Rice Krinkles cards graded CGC 3 to CGC 5 and pedigreed to the Roxanne Tosser Collection (lot 2051), which has an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000
• a group of 44 1967 Topps Who Am I? Unscratched cards graded CGC 3 to CGC 8 and pedigreed to the John Grossman Collection (lot 2055), which has an estimate of $1,000 to $2,000
• a 1909 S74 Silks White Ty Cobb graded CGC AU (lot 545), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000
• a 1909-11 T206 Hughie Jennings - One Hand Showing graded CGC 2.5 (lot 548), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000
• a 1910 E91-C American Caramel Harry Hooper graded CGC 4.5 (lot 549), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000
• a 1911 T205 Gold Border Roger Bresnahan graded CGC 4.5 (lot 550), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000
• a 1952 Berk Ross Willie Mays graded CGC 1 (lot 556), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000
• a 1967 Topps Venezulean #89 Dave Concepcion graded CGC 6 (lot 586), which has an estimate of $700 to $1,000

Estimates are provided by the auction house.