Lot # 2483: 1934 to 1966 Diamond Matchbooks and Home Laundry Matchbooks Football Collection (88)

Presented is an outstanding collection of eighty-eight football matchbook covers spanning the years 1934 to 1966 and highlighted by forty-six Hall of Famers, including Mike Ditka, George Blanda, Sid Luckman, Bronko Nagurski, and Sammy Baugh. All have strikers intact with matches removed. This collection consists of the following: 1) Circa 1930s Diamond Match Co. All-American Board of Football Matchbooks (1): Official Seal (Vg). 2) 1934 Diamond Matchbooks (16, various color variations): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex overall (averaging Vg-Ex), with seven lesser due to pencil on the reverse. Includes (all Hall of Famers): Three Badgro, two Battles, two Edwards, three Flaherty, three Hein, Owen, and two Strong. 3) 1935-1936 Diamond Matchbooks (23): Condition ranges from Pr to Ex, averaging Gd-Vg. Includes: Badgro (HOF), Battles (HOF), Edwards (HOF), Johnsos, Musso (HOF), Nagurski (HOF, pen marks on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), Sisk, two Strong (HOF), eleven Stydahar (HOF), Sullivan, and two Turley. 4) 1938 Diamond Matchbooks (8): Condition is Vg to Vg-Ex overall, with one showing a tape repair on the reverse. Includes: Bjork, two Buivid, Caddel, Famiglietti, two Maniach, and Patt. 5) 1939 Ross Jewelry Washington Redskins Matchbooks (2): Two Baugh (HOF, Vg+ and Gd). 6) Circa 1940s Musso's Bar and Restaurant Matchbook (1): George Musso (HOF, Gd). 7) Circa 1940s Sid Luckman's Motors Matchbook (1): Luckman (HOF, Vg-Ex). 8) 1941 Home Laundry Matchbooks Washington Redskins Complete Set (20) Plus One Duplicate: Condition ranges from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex+), with one lesser due to pencil on the front. Includes: Aldrich, two Baugh (HOF, Vg-Ex+ and Vg+), Beinor, Carroll, Cifers, Davis, Edwards (HOF, Vg-Ex+), Farkas, Farman, Flaherty (HOF, Vg-Ex), Masterson, McChesney, Moore, Seymour, Shugart, Stralka, Todd, Wilken, and Young. 9) Circa 1950s Detroit Lions Matchbook Corp. (2): Hart (Ex-Mt) and Walker (HOF, Ex). 10) 1951-1952 Arcade Pontiac Washington Redskins Matchbooks (1): Baugh (HOF, pencil mark on front, otherwise Vg-Ex). 11) 1960 Houston Oilers Matchbooks (10): Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt, averaging Ex/Ex-Mt. Includes: White, Mathis, Cline, Blanda (HOF, Ex-Mt), Johnston, Wharton, Hitt, Lanphear, Carson, Lee, 12) Circa 1960s Mike Ditka's Willowbrook Lanes Matchbook (1): Ditka (HOF, Vg+). 13) 1966 Milk for Heath Buffalo Bills Schedule Matchbooks (1): Byrd (Ex). This is a very attractive collection, with all covers laying perfectly flat, and all with strikers intact. Total: 88 matchbooks.