Rare cigar box for Frank Baker brand cigars. It is believed this box is circa 1910.

Framed collection of T206 tobacco cards form 1909-1911. The frame is a Tiger Oak period Mission frame. Top Row: Roger Bresnahan (HOF), Christy Mathewson (HOF), Sam Crawford (HOF) Eddie Collins (HOF) 2nd Row: Clark Griffith (HOF), Old Mill card back, Patsy Dougherty Center Row: Joe…

Reach Baseball Catalogs from 1912 and 1913. The 1912 catalog shows Sam Crawford at the bat and Chief Bender in his windup. These are based on Loius Van Oeyens photographs. The 1913 catalog shows Home Run Baker’s swing, Chief Bender in his follow through and…

Handwritten letter from Eddie Collins to D.A. Fletcher who was organizing a barnstorming tour for after the 1910 baseball season. Fletcher’s tour was ultimately nixed by the National Commission who ran baseball at that time. The players’ frustration with such control over them led to…

Ty Cobb handwritten letter circa 1908 accompanied by a Graig Kreindler color study of Cobb. Letters and signatures from early in Cobb’s career, he started in 1906, are almost impossible to find. The intriguing detective story behind solving the date of this Cobb letter is…

Fascinating handwritten letter from Chief Bender to D.A. Fletcher who was organizing a barnstorming tour for after the 1910 baseball season. Fletcher’s tour was ultimately nixed by the National Commission who ran baseball at that time. The players’ frustration with such control over them led…

Chief Bender’s career spanned the years between 1903 and 1917, square in the heart of the Deadball Era. As an accomplished player on Championship caliber teams he appeared in many of the ephemera sets of the period. This display contains tobacco cards, candy cards, photos,…

This prototype card was likely produced for advertising purposes as another like it has never been seen. There is a Reach American League Official baseball behind Bender so there may be some link there.

This image was cut out of an advertising board, rather than a card, with an ad back for Boston Garter. Exceedingly rare.