Lot 127. 1940s-50s Babe Ruth “Bat” Pen Knife. Orange 2 ½” handle in the shape of a bat houses a 1 ¾” blade. One side of the handle has “’Babe’ Ruth” impressed in gold followed by a baseball. About half of the gold color is gone; the impression remains.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 128. 1907 Baseball Trophy Cup. The Ivanhoe Fire Department baseball team won this cup, which is as much as 7” tall and 6 ½” across, at the Irish Volks Fest on Sept. 22. The cup displays decently and would look great if re-plated.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 129. 64 Vintage Ads with Baseball Hall of Fame Members and Stars. Overwhelmingly, these advertisements are from 1930s-50s magazines and newspapers. Two with Walter Johnson are earlier. In a 1913 ad, Johnson promotes Royal Tailors, and in a 1914 ad, Tuxedo Tobacco. The first is 6 ¾” x 9 ¾” and vg with some edge stains and staple holes on the left. The 7 5/8” x 10 7/8” Tuxedo ad, which is adhered to stiff paper, is vg+ to ex. Three ads are in full newspapers: Mickey Cochrane, Goose Goslin and other Tigers promote Camel Cigarettes; Jackie Jensen endorses Gillette, and The Sporting News uses Hall of Fame plaques in conjunction with a contest in which a trip to Cooperstown is the top prize. Four different ads are two-page spreads: Ted Williams for 1951 Dodge, Mickey Mantle for the National Youth Sales Club (2 copies), Bob Feller for Wheaties and Joe DiMaggio, Lou Boudreau and others for Camel (2). Stars of other ads are Berra (2), Cobb, Dickey-Ott (2), DiMaggio (8), Durocher, Feller (3), Gehrig (8), Joost, Kaline (2), Kiner, Larsen, Mantle (5), Maris, Mathews, Mize, Musial (5), Reynolds, Stengel, Vander Meer-Bearden, Williams (5), Wynn. Also, William Bendix as Babe Ruth in “The Babe Ruth Story” and Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig in “Pride of the Yankees.” There are some duplicates. This collection includes two other interesting items: The paper board for the 1930 Roulette Base Ball Game from Bar-Zim Toy Mfg. and the dust jacket for the 1953 book The Real McGraw by Mrs. McGraw. These ads and other collectibles average ex. The collection has great break-up potential!
Winning Bid $125.
Lot 130. 1935 Bismarck, ND, National Semi-Pro Champs Reprint Photo with Satchel Paige. "That was the best team I ever saw; the best players I ever played with. But who ever heard of them?" That’s how Paige remembers the 1935 Bismarck team, which was assembled by Neil Churchill, a local car salesman. Besides Paige, the integrated team included Barney Morris, Hilton Smith, Double Duty Radcliffe, Red Haley and Quincy Trouppe from the Negro Leagues. Unsurprisingly, the team went undefeated for the entire 1935 season, winning the first Semi-Pro National Baseball Championship at Wichita, Kansas. A postcard-sized original image of this team can bring $1,000 or more. This high-quality nm-m reprint, 10 7/8” x 17 7/8” on photo paper and suitable for framing, could be yours for our
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 131. 11 Different Circa 1950 Hand-Painted Metal Baseball Figures. The players wear blue and white uniforms and stand 2” to 2 ½” tall. There are two pitchers, two batters, a catcher, four fielders, a home plate umpire and another umpire. All of the poses are different. Most of the figures show some wear on high spots and have at least 95 percent of the paint present.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 132. 95+ Images of Hall of Fame Baseball Players. Ranging in size from 4” x 5” to 11” x 15”, this diverse collection is made up primarily of magazine and newspaper clippings and reproduction photographs. 1-8. 8 different 8” x 10” photos: Babe Ruth (3), Grove, Dickey, Ruffing, Hartnett, Nellie Fox. Overall, nm. 9-40. 1940s-50s vintage, 32 partial page clippings including Aparicio, Kell, Musial, Cronin, Medwick, Williams, Mathews, Gehrig, Hubbell, Ott, Fox, Banks, Joe DiMaggio, Stengel, Dean, Vaughan and Mantle. Vg-ex to ex overall. 41-60. 1950s-60s vintage, 20 full pages or larger clippings including Landis, Greenberg, Jackson, Mays, Dickey and Ruffing. Some are sports section cartoons. Overall ex. 62-82. 1970s-80s vintage, 22 Sports Illustrated and TSN covers including Palmer, Ripken, Puckett, Seaver, Schmidt, Fingers, Fisk, Brett and Carter. Ex overall. 83. 11” x 14” sepia printed picture of Ruth. 84-95. 12 advertisements, seven with Dizzy Dean. Also, Gehrig, Ott, DiMaggio, Dickey and Musial. 96. A’s team issue of Cochrane, vg+ to ex. 97. Cartoon with Rizzuto on a scooter. 98-102. Promotional items from card companies showing Williams, Aaron, Drysdale, Cochrane, etc.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 133. 1947 Chesterfield Ad Featuring Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Other Athletes. Football is represented by Sid Luckman, tennis by Bobby Riggs, golf by Lloyd Mangrum, basketball by Nat Holman and swimming by Olympian Adolph Kiefer. The ad has tiny border chip and a couple of border creases. The image area of the 10” x 13 ½” ad displays as nm.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 134. 9 1940s-60s Sports Magazines with Baseball Covers, Including Ted Williams. The Splendid Splinter shares the cover of the Aug. 1947 issue of Sport with Joe Cronin’s son. Vg issue, classic photo. The May 1961 Sport also is included, and it has photos of Mantle, Groat and Jim Taylor. Other magazines: Sept. 1948 Sport Life, Boudreau cover, vg. Fall 1948 Sport Pix, Hank Sauer, vg, date written on. Street and Smith’s All Sports Summer Review, women’s softball cover, vg. Aug. 1950 Sports Stars, Art Houtteman, vg+. Sept-Nov. 1950 Dell Sports Album, Curt Simmons with Sugar Ray Robinson and Notre Dame’s Bobby Williams, g-vg. 1953 Who’s Who in Sports, Rizzuto, others, vg-ex. 1954 Sport Annual, Campanella with Cousy, Marciano and Lattner, g+. And Summer 1957 Great Moments in Sports, g-vg.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 136. Original Ted Williams Moxie Label. Williams’ name and image are on this label, which measures 3 ½” x 5” and grades vg+ to ex with a soft crease.
Winning Bid $15.
Lot 137. Jackie Robinson Collection of Photos, Ads, Articles. 1. Great 1950 Wheaties ad from a Life-sized magazine, vg-ex. 2-3. Two 5 ½” x 14” ads for the 1950 movie “The Jackie Robinson Story” starring Robinson. Vg-ex; image and copy area stronger. 4-5. Two articles on Robinson, one from Life in 1947 and one from Boy’s Life in 1951. Newer sepia photos: 6. 11” x 14” with Robinson making a play at second base. 7. 8” x 10”, matted with a name plate to 11” x 17”.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 139. 1953 Louisville Slugger Newspaper Ad with Mathews, Furillo, Rosen and Vernon. Louisville Slugger Hillerich & Bradsby ad features Mickey Vernon and Carl Furillo as 1953 Batting Champs and Ed Mathews and Al Rosen as Home Run Champs. The b&w ad measures 16 ¼” x 23 ½” and is ex-m. It was placed in conjunction with the “Minor League Meeting” in Atlanta.
Minimum Bid $10.
Lot 140. Philadelphia Sports Publications: Phillies, Athletics, Sixers, Flyers and Eagles. . Two items commemorate the Athletics: A 1 ½” blue and white circa 1950 “Athletics” pin with blue and white ribbon, and a Philadelphia Inquirer magazine with a feature on “The 1929 Athletics: Really the Greatest Ever.” Ex-m. Most of this collection focuses on the Phillies: Programs for 1940 vs. Chicago, 1972 vs. Expos and 1988 vs. Pittsburgh, vg-ex. Yearbook for 1986 ex, a calendar for 1987 ex-m and two 1980s Phan-0-Grams. A 9” x 12” poster marks Pete Rose’s all-time leadership in hits. There also is a copy of the 1978 Baseball the Phillies Way with an uncut panel of 27 SSPC Phillies cards including Schmidt, nm, a 1980 Inquirer special insert celebrating the Phils’ 1980 World Championship, ex-m, an opened bag of Phillies Super Star lunch bags including Schmidt and a 16-page Inquirer special from 1989 paying tribute to Schmidt. The 76ers are represented by an ex 1979-80 yearbook with Julius Erving and two copies of a 9 ½” x 12 ¼” team photo from 1977-78, vg-ex. For the Flyers, there’s a 1977-78 team photo, as well as two 12” x 18” posters for the Flyers’ Fan Appreciation Day, vg-ex. The Eagles are covered in a 1981 Inquirer insert. As a bonus, there are more than 20 sports sections, mainly from the Inquirer, covering the 1970s-90s.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 141. 3 Pennants Spanning Several Decades. 1. Circa 1950 Philadelphia A’s 9” gold-on-purple pennant, ex with a tack hole in the gold stripe. 2. Full-sized Minnesota Twins “Champions-1965” pennant, nm, one pin hole. 3. 1986 Red Sox vs. Mets World Series pennant, several tack holes, clipped tip, otherwise, vg-ex.
Winning Bid $15.
