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Important Sports Memorabilia & Cards [N08178]

293 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
1858 Fashion Race Course Original Official Handwritt

en Scorers Reports from Baseball's 1st Championship All-Star Grand...

50,000
-
100,000
2
Lot 2
Circa 1860's Brooklyn Eckfords Gold Presentation Wat

ch Fob Given By the Team To Captain Frank Pidgeon Upon His...

20,000
-
30,000
3
Lot 3
Jason Rogers' Own 1857 Trophy Ball Between the Morri

sania Unions and Brooklyn Excelsiors By 1857 the game of base ball...

25,000
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35,000
4
Lot 4
1861 "Home Run Quick Step" Baseball Sheet Music On


1861 "Home Run Quick Step" Baseball Sheet Music One of only a few...

3,000
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4,000
5
Lot 5
Harpers Weekly The Winning Run Print Dated 1885 Feat

uring Hall of Fame Catcher Buck Ewing This tinted color print...

2,500
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3,500
6
Lot 6
1886 Detroit Lorillard Team Card One of four cards


1886 Detroit Lorillard Team Card One of four cards from the series...

3,000
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4,000
7
Lot 7
1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Baseball Group of 70 Dif

ferent Including 15 Hall of Famers This group includes more than...

12,000
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15,000
8
Lot 8
Nineteenth-Century Fingerless Baseball Glove with Ma

tching Full Finger Glove In 1869, Doug Allison, a catcher for the...

8,000
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10,000
9
Lot 9
Circa 1910 Reach Tin Litho Baseball Advertising Disp

lay Sign The Reach company and American Art Works spared no...

7,000
-
10,000
10
Lot 10
1890 Syracuse Stars Large Format Imperial Cabinet:

The Players League Rebellion In 1890, the very best baseball...

3,000
-
5,000
11
Lot 11
Rare Fighting Hearts Three-Sheet Movie Poster Thi


Rare Fighting Hearts Three-Sheet Movie Poster This obscure short...

6,000
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8,000
12
Lot 12
1910 Philadelphia Athletics Ornate World Champions

Ribbon The first decade of World Series baseball came to a close...

2,500
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3,500
13
Lot 13
Eddie Collins c. 1917-21 H B Pro Model Bat Eddie


Eddie Collins c. 1917-21 H B Pro Model Bat Eddie Collins was one...

3,000
-
5,000
14
Lot 14
1920 Hugh Jennings Signed Baseball One of baseba


1920 Hugh Jennings Signed Baseball One of baseball's most colorful...

3,000
-
4,000
15
Lot 15
1908 DETROIT TIGERS TEAM LARGE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH

In spite of his bitter, contentious nature, Ty Cobb's baseball...

3,000
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4,000
16
Lot 16
Circa 1917-21 Ty Cobb H&B Game Used Bat (MEARS

A9) Ty Cobb's compulsion to succeed on the diamond prompted one...

60,000
-
80,000
17
Lot 17
Lefty Grove's 1929 World Championship Ring from Gro

ve Estate In 1929, the Philadelphia A's, led by manager Connie...

10,000
-
15,000
18
Lot 18
Lefty Grove Single Signed Baseball Robert Moses


Lefty Grove Single Signed Baseball Robert Moses Lefty Grove was...

1,500
-
2,500
19
Lot 19
Tris Speaker Full Sized Decal Bat, circa 1910 Ha


Tris Speaker Full Sized Decal Bat, circa 1910 Hall of Famer Tris...

2,500
-
3,500
20
Lot 20
1930 World Champion Philadelphia Athletics Team Sig

ned Baseball Inc. Mack, Foxx, Grove, Cochrane & Simmons In...

3,000
-
4,000
21
Lot 21
Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth Autograph Display

Property from the Collection of Steve Myland This trio of...

3,000
-
4,000
22
Lot 22
1942 Ty Cobb and Bing Crosby Dual Signed Baseball W

ith Box After his retirement as a player, Ty Cobb did not...

15,000
-
20,000
23
Lot 23
Ty Cobb Signed Oversized Portrait Photograph Thi


Ty Cobb Signed Oversized Portrait Photograph This 9 ½ by 12 ½ inch...

2,500
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3,500
24
Lot 24
Ty Cobb Autographed Baseball Ty Cobb is remembere


Ty Cobb Autographed Baseball Ty Cobb is remembered as much for his...

8,000
-
12,000
25
Lot 25
Ty Cobb Single Signed Baseball w/ Related Handwritt

en Letter and Shipping Label (3 Cobb Signed Pieces) In early...

7,000
-
10,000
25A
Lot 25A
1932 U.S. Caramel #14 Ty Cobb PSA 8 NM-MT The v


1932 U.S. Caramel #14 Ty Cobb PSA 8 NM-MT The very scarce New...

6,000
-
9,000
26
Lot 26
1888 Champion New York Giants Sporting Time Cigar C

ard Property from the Collection of Steve Myland This Sporting...

2,500
-
3,500
27
Lot 27
1911 Full World Series Ticket – Game , Philadelphia

A's vs. New York Giants The 1911 World Series was a rematch of...

3,000
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4,000
28
Lot 28
1922 Christy Mathewson "Big Six" Board Game Display

s (3) The elaborate and elegant design for the box cover of...

2,000
-
3,000
30
Lot 30
1951 NL Champion New York Giants Team Signed Baseba

ll Few players stormed into the big leagues the way Willie Mays...

1,000
-
1,500
31
Lot 31
1914 Babe Ruth Senior Year Book from St. Mary's Ind

ustrial School for Boys, Baltimore Property from the Collection of...

7,000
-
10,000
32
Lot 32
1916 World Series "Scored" Program From Game Two -

Babe Ruth's Historic Extra-Innings Game Property from the...

6,000
-
8,000
33
Lot 33
Original Wire Photo of Babe Ruth's First Home Run A

t Yankee Stadium, Grand Opening Day, April 18, 1923 This 8 by...

2,000
-
3,000
34
Lot 34
1923 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Ba

seball On April 18, 1923, Yankee Stadium opened to the largest...

10,000
-
15,000
35
Lot 35
1927 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Signed Barnstorming P

hotograph This famous photograph captures the two great sluggers...

40,000
-
60,000
36
Lot 36
1927 Babe Ruth Signed Exhibit Card (PSA/DNA Grade 9

Mint) Property from the Collection of Steve Myland A fortunate...

3,000
-
4,000
37
Lot 37
1927 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Ba

seball (clubhouse Ruth) This Reach OAL (Johnson) ball has been...

6,000
-
8,000
38
Lot 38
1927 New York Yankees Original 8 by 10 Team Photogr

aph As legendary teams go the 1927 Yankees had it all; two of the...

1,500
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2,500
39
Lot 39
1927 Lou Gehrig Side Written, Vault Marked Louisvil

le Slugger Bat Property from the Collection of Steve Myland This...

40,000
-
60,000
40
Lot 40
1927 World Champion New York Yankees Signed Baseba


1927 World Champion New York Yankees Signed Baseball – Plus Cobb...

8,000
-
12,000
41
Lot 41
Circa 1929 New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball in

cl. Ruppert and Huggins This baseball is signed in bold ink by the...

10,000
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15,000
42
Lot 42
1927 Underwood And Underwood Wire Photo Featuring R

uth, Gehrig And Lazzeri This original wire photograph by...

3,000
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4,000
43
Lot 43
1927 Signed Yankees and Pirates World Series Baseba

ll After suffering a seventh game loss to St. Louis in the...

10,000
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15,000
44
Lot 44
Tabletop One Cent Mutascope Featuring Babe Ruth Swi

nging A Bat and Boxing This circa 1930's International Mutascope...

8,000
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10,000
45
Lot 45
1928 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Ba

seball In 1928 the defending World Champion Yankees held off the...

4,000
-
6,000
46
Lot 46
1928 Signed Limited Edition Copy Of Babe Ruth's Own

Book Of Baseball Property from the Collection of Steve Myland Of...

6,000
-
8,000
47
Lot 47
Pair of 1928 Fro-Joy Uncut Sheets and Original Mail

ing Envelopes As did a variety of companies of the day, Fro-Joy...

3,000
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4,000
48
Lot 48
Babe Ruth Signed Baseball, Circa 1920's Property fr

om the Collection of Steve Myland Ruth's signature (6/10) adorns...

4,000
-
6,000
49
Lot 49
Babe Ruth NEW YORK YANKEES HOME Flannel PANTS Circa

Late 1920'S These well-worn pinstriped flannel game pants date...

20,000
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30,000
50
Lot 50
Babe Ruth Signed George Burke Photo The artistry


Babe Ruth Signed George Burke Photo The artistry of George Burke...

4,000
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6,000
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