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Baseball Photography
7 Lots
 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 Lot 146. Photos of Connie Mack Stadium, Trader Speaks “Type Set,” Bill Terry Coaster. Three 8” x 10” b&w photos capture Connie Mack Stadium in its final days in 1976. One shows it just before the start of demolition, and two more as deconstruction progresses. Ex. On a 5 ½” x 8 ½” promotional color card, The Trader Speaks presents various card issues from 1955-69, ex. A coaster, 4 ½” in diameter, has Bill Terry, the Hall of Famer and New York Giants manager, promoting Piel’s Beer, vg+ to ex.
Minimum Bid $20.
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 Lot 153. Reproduction Photos of Babe Ruth (10), Dickey, Grove, Ruffing, Fox. There are three different poses of Ruth, including one showing him in uniform (3 copies), one as a child (3) and one with another man and an old car in the background (4). Nm-m 8” x 10” b&w photos There is one b&w photo each of Bill Dickey, Lefty Grove and Red Ruffing, and a color photo of Nellie Fox. In addition, there are four numbered 1992 Upper Deck promotional photos of Ted Williams. They are 8 ½” x 11” and nm-m.
Minimum Bid $15.
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