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Lot # 81: Match Book Cover Collection 1932-Present (30)

Category: Vintage Cards

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "August 2005 - Sports Collectors'",
which ran from 8/24/2005 12:00 AM to
9/10/2005 9:00 PM



Match-less collection of football-themed matchbook covers dating all the way back to 1932. Vintage covers include neon-like yellow & red "Jim Thorpe National Bank", Froelich Service Station with an early Packers' team photo, Johnny Unitas Colt Lanes and Golden Arm Restaurant, Sid Luckman Motors. Restuaurant covers from Thurston-McGee's, Ditka's, Dan Marino's Mexican Bar & Grill, Pettibone's, Joe Theismann's, Crazy Legs. Also Michigan's '78 schedule, Bears' '81 sked, Chicago Blitz '84 sked, and Rams (L.A., that is), Colts, Notre Dame, Dallas Texans, Jersey City Football Giants, Fredrickson-Mathis Giants/Jets, etc. Matchbooks average VG, some EX+, and are preserved in plastic sleeves in a bound volume.

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