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Important Sports Memorabilia & Cards - N08385
7:00 AM PT - Jun 5th, 2007

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366 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
51 Lot 51

Henry Zimmerman's 1907 Chicago Cubs Championship Medallion
On the 100th anniversary of the 1907 baseba...

15,000
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25,000
17 Bids
52 Lot 52

Circa 1908 Chicago Cubs "A Yard of the National Game" Panorama
This large display features a spectacular panorami...

3,000
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5,000
10 Bids
53 Lot 53

Circa 1910 Piedmont Tin Advertising Sign Depicting Washington's Return to his Home at Mt. Vernon, Virginia
The c...

1,000
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2,000
13 Bids
54 Lot 54

MAJOR LEAGUE INDOOR BASEBALL GAME, CIRCA 1912
Manufactured by the Philadelphia Game Company, the "Major Lea...

4,000
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6,000
23 Bids
55 Lot 55

Trio of Books Signed by A. G. Spalding
A.G. Spalding was the premier pitcher of the 1870s and an org...

3,000
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5,000
17 Bids
56 Lot 56

Buck Herzog's 1914 Engraved Presentation Bat
Charles "Buck" Herzog was one of the most versatile major lea...

20,000
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30,000
5 Bids
57 Lot 57

Christy Mathewson Signed Baseball
In an era when ballplayers were known as hard living, hard dr...

10,000
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15,000
54 Bids
58 Lot 58

Circa 1920's Spalding Figural "Fielder" Trophy
In the 1920's and early 1930's Spalding, through their sporti...

1,000
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2,000
19 Bids
59 Lot 59

Cy Young Single Signed Baseball
This Ted Williams "Speed Ball" baseball features the signatur...

6,000
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8,000
17 Bids
60 Lot 60

Mid 1920's Signed Baseball With Ruth, Cobb, Johnson and More
Only a very special occasion could have prompted the...

5,000
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7,000
4 Bids
61 Lot 61

Ty Cobb 1917-21 H&B Professional Model Bat
Exactly what motivated the 6-foot-1, 175-pound Georgia Peach ...

30,000
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40,000
10 Bids
62 Lot 62

Ty Cobb Single Signed Baseball (PSA/DNA Graded 8.5)
Ty Cobb proved that a player need not be loved to be a baseba...

15,000
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20,000
10 Bids
63 Lot 63

Honus Wagner Autographed Baseball
A large and impressive signature from the hand of baseball's ...

8,000
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12,000
9 Bids
64 Lot 64

1929 World Champion Philadelphia Athletics Team Signed Panoramic Photograph
In 1929, the Philadelphia A's, led by...

7,000
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10,000
21 Bids
65 Lot 65

Jimmie Foxx Autographed Baseball
This red and blue stitched OAL (Harridge) Baseball has been s...

3,000
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5,000
3 Bids
66 Lot 66

Jimmie Foxx Signed Baseball
An unusually large Jimmie Foxx signature adorns this OAL (Har...

5,000
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7,000
7 Bids
67 Lot 67

1934 US Tour of Japan Team Signed Baseball
No tour team in the history of baseball had a more devastatin...

8,000
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12,000
2 Bids
68 Lot 68

1934 Japanese All Nippon Team Signed Ball and Scorecard
This Kajimaya International Official University League ba...

4,000
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6,000
9 Bids
69 Lot 69

Last Out Ball from Game 6 of 1934 World Series Pitched by Paul Dean
The 1934 National League season was defined b...

4,000
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6,000
9 Bids
70 Lot 70

Polo Grounds Triple Seat Section With Dual "NY" Figural Ends
As the home of the Giants from 1891 to 1957, the Pol...

5,000
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7,000
26 Bids
71 Lot 71

Autograph Book Including 32 Hall of Fame Signatures - Ruth, Gehrig, Johnson, Alexander, Wagner
A true labor of lo...

8,000
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10,000
26 Bids
72 Lot 72

Circa 1940's Red Man Tobacco Advertising Standee of Lon Warneke
Nicknamed "The Arkansas Hummingbird," Lon Warneke...

1,000
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2,000
7 Bids
73 Lot 73

High Grade 1947 Coca Cola "Sports Hangers" Complete Set of 10 w/ Cobb, Jones and More
This very scarce Coca Cola ...

5,000
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7,500
2 Bids
74 Lot 74

Stan Musial 1950-1960 HB Signed Game Used Bat
Few players in the history of baseball have matched the accom...

6,000
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8,000
10 Bids
75 Lot 75

Ted Williams 1955 All-Star H&B Game Bat (Graded A10)
Nobody was more dedicated to the art of putting bat on ball ...

45,000
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65,000
11 Bids
76 Lot 76

Ted Williams' Cleats Worn When He Hit His Last Home Run in The Final At-Bat of His Career
There has never been a ...

20,000
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30,000
13 Bids
77 Lot 77

Ted Williams' Weighted Training Bat
A symbol of Ted Williams' unyielding pursuit of hitting perfe...

12,000
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18,000
1 Bid
78 Lot 78

1960's Hank Aaron Adirondack Professional Model Bat
From 1960 to 1965 Hank Aaron averaged approximately 37 home r...

3,000
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5,000
2 Bids
79 Lot 79

WILLIE MAYS Circa 1961-67 ADIRONDACK PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT
Most debates pertaining to the greatness of Willie Ma...

5,000
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7,000
5 Bids
80 Lot 80

FRANK ROBINSON 1964 H&B PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT
This H&B signature model R143 gamer dates from the mid-po...

3,000
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5,000
5 Bids
81 Lot 81

COLLECTION OF (87) AUTOGRAPHED HALL OF FAME POSTCARDS
This collection of 87 autographed HOF plaque postcards is i...

2,000
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3,000
21 Bids
82 Lot 82

Harmon Killebrew 1965 Minnesota Twins Road Jersey
Harmon Killebrew hit 573 career home runs, eighth on the all-...

10,000
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15,000
12 Bids
83 Lot 83

Harmon Killebrew 1960 Washington Senators Signed Game Used Glove
Although one thinks of Harmon Killebrew, "The Id...

8,000
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10,000
6 Bids
84 Lot 84

Roberto Clemente H&B Professional Model Bat (Graded 8.5)
Bats used by Roberto Clemente are immediately identifiab...

10,000
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15,000
10 Bids
85 Lot 85

Rod Carew's 1978 Minnesota Twins Game Used Knit Road Jersey
In 1978, Rod Carew's last season as a Minnesota Twin,...

3,000
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5,000
3 Bids
86 Lot 86

Kirby Puckett Signed Game Worn Cleats, Batting Helmet and Cap (3)
A fun-loving and gregarious ball player, Kirby ...

2,500
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3,500
1 Bid
87 Lot 87

Andy Warhol Signed Pete Rose Print (Trial Proof #30/30)
One of the leading talents in the field of "Pop Art," War...

7,000
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10,000
15 Bids
88 Lot 88

Tom Glavine Game Used Glove
In the 1990's the Atlanta Braves became one of the most succe...

3,000
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4,000
6 Bids
88A Lot 88A

Original Cabinet Photograph of The 1885-6 Cuban Giants: Black Baseball's First Professional Team
The original Cu...

4,000
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6,000
18 Bids
89 Lot 89

Original 1921 Baseball Club Daisies Photo Featuring Judy Johnson
In the early 1920's, the Hilldale (PA) club was ...

2,000
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4,000
22 Bids
90 Lot 90

1902 Chicago Union Giants Cabinet Photo Representing Earliest Known Image of Rube Foster
This spectacular 8" by 1...

6,000
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8,000
15 Bids
91 Lot 91

Large Format 1925 Negro League Cabinet Broadside (40 Images with Foster, Pompez, Williams, Redding and More) and Jua...

4,000
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6,000
1 Bid
92 Lot 92

1924 Panoramic Photograph of the First Colored World Series Featuring the Hilldale Giants and the Kansas City Monarc...

6,000
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8,000
45 Bids
93 Lot 93

1927 Panoramic Photograph of Eastern Colored League Opening Game with Dihigo, Oms, Mesa, Pompez and Others
This ...

3,000
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5,000
9 Bids
94 Lot 94

1927 Negro League's Philadelphia Royal Stars Tour of Japan Sterling Silber Belt Buckle
This sterling silver belt ...

2,000
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4,000
2 Bids
95 Lot 95

Martin Dihigo's Inscribed 1928 Book on the Cuban Revolution
Many have said, including Buck Leonard who played wit...

2,000
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3,000
1 Bid
96 Lot 96

Signed Negro League Ephemera Lot of 100 Items Including Letters, Notes and Checks from Negro Leaguers to John Holway...

3,000
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4,000
15 Bids
97 Lot 97

Hall of Famer Turkey Stearns Own Signed Softball with Other Negro League Stars
In 1979, while accompanying her fa...

5,000
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8,000
3 Bids
98 Lot 98

Walter Johnson's Own 1906-07 "Weiser Wonder" Postcard and Advertisement
The emergence of Walter Johnson's dominan...

4,000
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6,000
13 Bids
99 Lot 99

Walter Johnson's Single Signed Ball Attributed to the Last Out of the 1924 World Series With LOA From Johnson's Gran...

60,000
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80,000
30 Bids
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