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In the expansive and notable auction organized by Clean Sweep Auctions, which is their first significant event in the year 2024, there is an impressive array of pre-War baseball cards that are drawing considerable attention. This collection includes two exceptionally rare T206 cards, which are highly coveted items on the checklist for collectors of vintage baseball memorabilia.

Among the offerings, there is a T206 Ray Demmitt card, which has been graded SGC 2, and a Bill O’Hara card, holding an SGC 1.5 grade. These cards are accompanied by numerous cards of Hall of Famers, all part of the renowned "monster" set, featured prominently in the online catalog prepared for this event.

The auction also showcases a Ty Cobb card, specifically the 'bat on shoulder' variant, with a Sovereign 350 back that has earned a PSA 3 grading. Not to be overlooked is an SGC Cy Young portrait card, which has been given a grade of SGC 4, making it a notable item among the listings.

A particularly rare highlight includes a set of four M110 Sporting Life Cabinet cards from the year 1911. This set features legendary baseball figures such as Honus Wagner, Frank Chance, Nap Lajoie, and Christy Mathewson. These cards are especially valuable due to their scarcity, representing a very limited number of surviving examples from this early venture of the sports newspaper into the realm of card production, dating back over a century.

Other significant cards featured in the sale encompass an SGC 5 graded 1887 Allen & Ginter Mike “King” Kelly card, a 1907 Dietsche Ty Cobb postcard (with the name on the front variation) graded SGC 1, and a rare 1908 Rose Postcard showcasing Hall of Famer Addie Joss. Additionally, there is a collection of 1911 Turkey Red Cabinets, which includes cards of Walter Johnson, Eddie Collins, Home Run Baker, Rube Waddell, and Addie Joss.

The auction continues with a range of key lots, such as a 1921 Exhibit Babe Ruth card graded PSA 2, a 1928 Harrington’s Ice Cream Ruth card with an SGC 1.5 grade, a 1933 George C. Miller Dizzy Dean card graded SGC 3, and a pair of 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig cards (graded PSA 2 and SGC 3.5 respectively). There's also a 1933 Goudey 149 Ruth card rated SGC 5, a 1939 Play Ball Ted Williams rookie card with an SGC 3 grade, a 1948-49 Leaf Jackie Robinson RC graded Beckett 2, a PSA 9 graded 1950 Callahan set, and rookie cards of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays from 1951 Bowman. Furthermore, there are a 1952 Berk Ross Mantle card graded PSA 3, a 1952 Bowman Mantle card with a PSA 5 grade, a 1954 Johnson Cookies Aaron RC graded PSA 7, and a 1958 Hires Root Beer with tab Willie Mays card, also graded PSA 7.

The auction also boasts complete sets, including the 1957 and 1967 Topps, the latter featuring 90 graded cards.

Notably, there is an autographed 1953 Bowman Color Mickey Mantle card, a PSA 8 graded Jackie Robinson signed Hall of Fame postcard, and a 1931 Yankees team signed baseball.

For enthusiasts of unopened material, the auction presents a 1988 Fleer basketball wax box and a 1986 Topps football rack box.

The event kicks off with an exceptional item fresh to the hobby: a 1939 Joe Cronin Boston Red Sox road flannel jersey, which has been rated a 9 by MEARS.

Additional items of interest include a series of Chicago Cubs signed team sets dating back to the 1950s, thirteen different Derek Jeter autographed cards (most of which were signed before his MLB debut in the mid-1990s), and a Lou Gehrig autograph.

Basketball card collectors will be excited to find two Bird/Magic rookies and two Michael Jordan rookies. The football section includes vintage sets, Tom Brady rookie cards, and a ticket from the famous 1958 "greatest game" between the Colts and the Giants.

Rounding out the auction is an array of baseball memorabilia, featuring 19th century Chicago Cubs home scorecards, a 1906 Red Sox scorecard, a 1920 Who’s Who with Babe Ruth on the cover, numerous World Series items, a 1912 tabletop baseball game, an original telephone from Ebbett’s Field, tickets, pennants, and a high-grade set of Hartland statues.

Bidding for this extensive and impressive collection of baseball and sports memorabilia is scheduled to run through January 31st.