1928 HARRINGTON ICE CREAM #4 RED FABER (HOF) CGC 1.5 FAIR.
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$60.18 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, February 12, 2025 9:00:00 PM)
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Item Description
1.375x2.5". The 1928 Harrington's Ice Cream baseball set was strikingly similar, if not identical, in format to the Tharp's, Yuengling's and Sweetman's ice cream sets of the same year, consisting of 60 cards. This product of Dushore, Pennsylvania displays black-and-white posed player photographs surrounded by a white border with his name and card number printed across the bottom. Each card comes with a redemption offer on the reverse for collectors to swap a Babe Ruth card for an ice cream bar. Traders could also trade the entire set for a gallon of ice cream.

Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (1888-1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 through 1933, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was a member of the 1919 team but was not involved in the Black Sox scandal. In fact, he missed the World Series due to injury and illness. Faber won 254 games over his 20-year career, a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement. At the time of his retirement, he was the last legal spitballer in the American League; another legal spitballer, Burleigh Grimes, was later traded to the AL and appeared in 10 games for the Yankees in 1934. 2 time AL ERA leader, World Series champion and Faber was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
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