Complete set of 200 E135 1917 Collins-McCarthy cards. The cards were produced by San Francisco based Collins McCarthy Candy Co. and are numbered alphabetically. The thin stocked cards are inscribed "Baseball's Hall of Fame" on the reverse. Despite carrying this inscription, the set includes many common, nondescript players as well as Hall of Famers. The set comes with 20 PSA Graded with top being: #147 Babe Ruth (PSA GOOD 2 mk), 80 Rogers Hornsby (PSA EX-MT 6 mk), 82 Joe Jackson (PSA EX 5 mk), 30 Ty Cobb (PSA VG-EX 4 mk), 87 Walter Johnson (PSA EX 5 mk), 180 Wagner (PSA PR+ 1.5), 32 Collins (PSA VG 3), 41 Dell (PSA EX 5), 44 Doyle (PSA EX-MT 6), 47 Felsch (PSA VG-EX 4), 69 Harper (PSA EX-MT 6), 85 Jamieson (PSA NM-MT 8), 96 Lavender (PSA EX-MT+ 6.5), 97 Leibold (PSA EX 5), 100 Long (PSA NM 7), 142 Roush (PSA EX 5), 157 Shawkey (PSA NM 7), 134 Pipp (PSA PR+ 1.5), 108 Marquard (PSA VG-EX 4), 190 Williams - White Stockings (PSA VG-EX+ 4.5). An astounding 12 are POP 1 highest graded examples: 41 Dell, 44 Doyle, 69 Harper, 85 Jamieson, 96 Lavender, 97 Leibold, 100 Long, 108 Marquard, 134 Pipp, 142 Roush, 157 Shawkey, 190 Williams - White Stockings.

The collection originates from the family of the original collector of these cards. 130 have his name written on the reverse. Listed below are the top Hall of Famers and stars, each having the original collector's name on the back: 86 Jennings: EX+, 166 Speaker: VG-EX, 46 Faber: GD-VG, 168 Stengel: EX-MT with slight oc, 185 Weaver: VG-EX, 150 Schalk: VG, 170 Maranville: EX-MT, 113 McGraw: VG, 137 Rice: GD-VG, 55 Gandil: VG, 187 Wheat: VG+; crease, 45 Evers: EX-MT; slight oc, 28 Cicotte: VG-EX, 139 Rixey: EX, 36 Crawford: EX-MT, 2 Alexander: GD-VG, 11 Baker: VG, 12 Bancroft: EX-MT, 31 Collins: VG-EX, 25 Carey: VG, 71 Heilmann: FR. The following seventy do not have writing on the back: 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 19, 33, 34, 39, 54, 60, 64, 76, 90, 95, 102, 104, 105, 106, 116, 118, 122, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 144, 146, 148, 149, 151, 153, 156, 162, 163, 164, 167, 169, 170, 174, 175, 176, 177, 182, 184, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 198. Overall set condition breakdown is as follows: 15% Good or less; 25% VG; 25% VG-EX; 20% EX; and 15% EX-MT or better. To our knowledge, this is the first complete set sold publicly. An unimaginable chance to add a scarce, difficult pre-WWI complete set to your collection.