Lot # 668: 1930s Goudey and National Chicle Fine Pens and Wide Pens Collection (80) Including 27 Hall of Famers

Very presentable lower-grade collection of eighty 1930s gum-card premiums (including two Exhibit cards) from eight different issues, including 1936 R313 National Chicle "Fine Pens" and 1936 R314 Goudey "Wide Pens." The grouping is highlighted by 27 premiums featuring at least one Hall of Famer, including Hank Greenberg, Rogers Hornsby, Joe DiMaggio, and Bob Feller. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1935 R311-1 National Chicle Glossy Premiums (1 card): Terry (Pr). 2) 1936 R314 (Type 1) Goudey "Wide Pens" Premiums (23 cards): Condition is Pr overall. Includes: Cavaretta, Davis, Frisch (Pr-Fr due to back damage), Gelbert, Haas, Hallahan, Harder, Harris (Pr), Hemsley, Higgins, Kampouris, Marcum, Martin, McNair, Medwick (Pr), Moore, Newsom, Rogell, Simmons (Pr), Tamulis, Trosky, Warneke, and White. 3) 1936 R313 National Chicle "Fine Pens" Premiums (24 cards): Condition is Pr overall. Includes: Andrews, Bottomley/Gelbert (Pr), R. Collins, Derringer, Frisch (Pr), Gelbert, Glenn, C. Gomez, L. Gomez (Pr), Harris (Pr), Hartnett/Warneke (Pr), two Hornsby (both Pr), Martin, McQuinn to Stine, Medwick (Pr), Moore/Wilson, Padden, Sewell/Clift, Talking it Over w/ Durocher (Pr), Traynor (Pr), Vaughn (Pr), Walker, West, and Young. 4) 1937 R314 (Type 3) Goudey "Wide Pens" Premiums (1 card): Solters (Pr). 5) 1937 R314 (Type 4) Goudey "Wide Pens" Premiums (22 cards): Condition is Pr overall. Includes: Appling (Pr), Averill (Pr), Blanton, Bonura, Bridges, Brown, Doerr (Pr), J. DiMaggio (Pr), Dykes, Fletcher, Gehringer (Pr), Greenberg (Pr), Hartnett (Pr), Higgins, Hubbell (Pr), Moses, Newsom, Rowe, Solters, Troskey, Vosmik, and Whitehead. 6) 1938 Exhibits Four-in-One (2 cards): Feller/Trosky/Hale/Averill (Pr-Fr due to a bit of back damage) and Mungo/Durocher/Camilli/Phelps (Gd). 7) 1939 Goudey Diamond Stars Gum Photos (6 cards): Condition is three Vg, two Fr-Gd, and Pr. Includes: Hassett, Henrich, Johnson, Newsom, Pytlak, and Warneke. 8) Additional Premium (1 card): Medwick (Pr due to tack holes). The high-quality photographs used to produce these premiums make them among the most striking and distinctive of all 1930s issues. Premiums have received relatively little attention from collectors compared to traditional gum cards of the era, and a case can easily be made that they represent one of the best values of all 1930s baseball issues. Total: 80 cards.