Lot # 90: 1889-1890 E. R. Williams #4 John Clarkson/Tim Keefe SGC EX 60

Graded EX 60 by SGC. Rarely offered mid-grade example of one of the key cards from the E. R. Williams game card set featuring portraits of Hall of Famers John Clarkson and Tim Keefe. The E. R. Williams set includes only 19 cards featuring players, each with two players per card. The entire set of cards, together with a small board and a few wooden pieces, allowed for the playing of an exciting "indoor baseball game." The E. R. Williams set is one of the few 19th century sets printed in color. While this set has not received the attention of many other pre-1900 issues, in part because it is not a tobacco issue, it is a very rare set, far rarer than many of the most popular issues of the 1880s such as N28 and N29 Allen & Ginter. This is an exceptional example of the Clarkson/Keefe card, which is one of only three cards from the set featuring two Hall of Fame players.