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Pittsburgh Steelers
6 Lots
 Lot 79. Pittsburgh Steelers Collection of Autographs and Memorabilia. Signatures of Terry Bradshaw and Dwight White head a list of 50 autographs. With a few exceptions, the autographs are mint 9s or gem mints 10s unless otherwise noted. Bradshaw signed a Steelers 1980 envelope along with another Hall of Fame member, Dan Rooney. White’s autograph is a bold beauty on an 8” x 10” black & white photo. Bill Dudley signed an unlined index card. Eight signatures are presented on a 1962 color 8” x 10” team photo: Torgy Torgeson, Joe Krupa, Bill “Red” Mack, Tom Bettis, Dick Hoak, Brady Keys, Harlon Hill and Preston Carpenter. Thirty-four signatures are on football cards. Bowman: Darrell Hogan (1952 small), Lynn Chandnois (1952 large), Hogan (1954), Chandnois (1954), and Dale Dodrill (1955). Topps: Dodrill (1956), Frank Varrichione (1956), Ray Mathews (1956), Jack Butler (1957, pers.), Torgy Torgeson (1957, as a Redskin), Ted Marchibroda (1957 archives), George Tarasovic (1957 archives), Mathews (1958), Dodrill (1958), Gary Glick (1958), Jack McClairen (1958), McClairen (1959), Varrichione (1960), John Reger (1961), Varrichione (1963), Lou Michaels (1963), Ken Kortas (1969), Roy Jefferson (1970), Dick Hoak (1970), Gene Mingo (1970, pers.), Paul Martha (1971), Mike Wagner (1974), Andy Russell (1974), Wagner (1975), Gerry “Moon” Mullins (1976) and Bobby Walden (1977). Philadelphia: Mike Sandusky (1964). IDL: Bill Nelson (1963). Liberty Bowl: Jefferson (2008). Other signatures are by Jim Orr and Glick on small photos (2 diff.), Hogan on a business card, Clendon Thomas on a brief handwritten letter and Butler on a personalized cut. Accompanying the autographs are: Steelers Christmas Cards (7), including 2000 and 2003-2008. Each has a team photo and facsimile autographs. Nm-m. Official Super Bowl IX and X Medals; apparently 60 grams of essentially pure silver each. Both show some tarnishing. Steelers Mugs: Post-Gazette newspaper headline mug for Super Bowl X, ex, and a logo mug for Super Bowl XIII, shows crazing. Pennants: All full-sized and have typical tack holes. 1970s Steelers helmet logo pennant vg-ex, 1979 Super Bowl XIII Champs photo pennant ex-m and 1980 AFC Champions Super Bowl XIV pennant ex-m. Sixty-four different items. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $204.
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 Lot 80. 1959 Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears Football Program. As recorded inside, the Bears won this game, 27-21, on their way to an 8-4 record and second place in the NFL Western Conference. The 52-page program pictures such future Hall of Fame members as George Halas, Paddy Driscoll, Bill George, Stan Jones, Doug Atkins, Bobby Layne and Ernie Stautner. Vg-ex, score written inside, tiny cover chip and very small piece of tape on the front cover, ½ split at the bottom of the spine. And excellent cover art.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 81. 1992 Pro Bowl Woman’s Watch from the Estate of Ernie Stautner. Attractive watch with the face in gold color showing a receiver catching a pass as the sun shines in the background over palm trees and ocean. Type says “Pro Bowl, AFC NFC, 1992 Hawaii.” The watch, which isn’t working and apparently needs to have a battery replaced, is ex-m to nm with a vg-ex leather band. Stautner was an assistant coach for the NFC and apparently gave the watch to his wife. The watch was originally offered by Collectors Ltd. (Pat Quinn) with a number of items from the Stautner family.
Winning Bid $45.
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 Lot 82. 7 Bowl Game Programs – 1956 Gator, 1957 Rose and One Signed by Jack Lambert. Three programs are for the Gator Bowl, and three for the Rose Bowl. The Gator Bowl entries are: 1956, vg, Georgia Tech 21, Pitt 14. 1968, hardbound nm-m copy given to Penn State player Leon Angevine (says 1967 in gilt lettering on the leather-like cover) Penn State 17, Florida State 17, Ted Kwalick and Ron Sellers pictured. 1983, ex with two cover corner creases, Florida 14, Iowa 6. Rose Bowl: 1957, vg, covers almost detached, Iowa 35, Oregon State 19, Alex Karras and Ken Pleon pictured for Iowa, and Paul Lowe for the Beavers. 1980, ex-m, small cover scuff, USC 17, Ohio State 16. 1983, nm-m, UCLA 24, Michigan 14. Tangerine Bowl: 1972, ex, Tampa 21, Kent State 18. The cover is signed by Jack Lambert, who wore #99 for Kent State, Don James, his coach, and Earle Bruce, the Tampa coach.
Winning Bid $115.
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 Lot 90. Pro Football HoF Induction “Collectors Series” Pin Sets for 1985, 1986 and 1987. Each set contains a pin representing each new Hall of Fame member and the HoF itself. The 1985 pins are for Joe Namath, Frank Gatski, Pete Rozelle, O. J. Simpson and Roger Staubach; 1986, Paul Hornung, Ken Houston, Willie Lanier, Fran Tarkenton and Doak Walker; and 1987, Gene Upshaw, Don Maynard, Jim Langer, Joe Greene, John Henry Johnson, Larry Csonka and Len Dawson. Each pin set is framed to about 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”. The pins are mint; the frames show some wear.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 91. Bronze 2” Medallions for Super Bowl XIV (1980) and Super Bowl XV (1981). The front of the 1980 medallion depicts a pass receiver and defender and records the final score – Steelers 31, Rams 19. A quarterback adorns the obverse of the 1981 medallion; Raiders 27, Eagles 10. The reverse of each presents the Lombardi Trophy and the helmets of the competing teams. Nm-m in the original vinyl cases.
Winning Bid $15.
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