Lot 214. 62 Different 1910s T51 Murad “College Series” Cards – 6 Baseball, 1 Football. Also, two basketball and one hockey. Following is a list of the cards by series. Cards with an asterisk (*) have minor or moderate back damage. Grades are based on the card fronts. 1-25 Series (second edition) (24 of 25): Amherst (writing on back) g-vg, Brown* p, California vg+, Columbia* vg, Cornell* ex, C.C.N.Y.* ex, Dartmouth* vg, Denver vg+, Fordham (baseball) vg+, Harvard (football) vg, Illinois* vg-ex, Kansas* vg+, Missouri* f-g, N.Y.U.* g-vg, Pennsylvania, Penn State (baseball) vg-ex, Princeton* vg, Rochester( (hockey) vg+ to ex, Swarthmore* vg+, Syracuse* g-vg, Texas* vg+, Washington & Jefferson* ex, Williams (basketball) vg+ and Yale* vg. 26-50 Series (second edition): Chicago vg. 51-75 Series: Armour* vg. 76-100 Series: Adrian p, Denison vg, Northwestern ex, Occidental* vg+ to ex, Penn College (writing on back) p, Stanford p-f. 101-125 Series: Davidson p, Greer* g-vg, Hamilton vg, Haverford (baseball; small piece of tape on the back) p, Lenox* vg, Loyola* g-vg, Stevens* (lacrosse) vg+, Toronto* p-f. 126-150 Series (22 of 25): Alma vg+ to ex, Antioch (baseball) vg-ex, Bates vg+ to ex, Bethany (baseball) f-g, Blackburn* g, Boston U.* vg, Catholic U. p, Cedarville vg-ex, Central g-vg, Cotner p, DePauw vg-ex, Franklin vg, Geneva (skiing) g, Guilford vg, Hampden Sidney vg-ex, Hiram vg+, Hiwassee vg, Hobart (lacrosse) g-vg, Kentucky Wesleyan (baseball) vg, Lebanon vg, St. Louis vg+, Xavier (basketball) g-vg.
Winning Bid $163
Lot 378. Autographs of Mickey Mantle, Steve Carlton, Franco Harris and Other Sports Stars. These signatures are on various media. Mantle’s autograph is on a 4.5” x 4.5” section of white paper with signatures by Harris, Gene Clines and Earl Williams. The autographs are bold, mint 9 to gem mint 10, with some light, inoffensive staining behind them on the paper. The Mantle signature could easily be displayed alone. The other autographs are next to the sports figure’s photo in a 40-page program for a 1973 “Sports Night” in York, PA. The signatures are nm-m 8 and better: Steve Carlton, Earl Williams, Bob Grich, Olympic archers Linda Myers and John C. Williams, Franco Harris and Rick Volk, Baltimore Colts defensive back. Also, a light Brooks Robinson autograph on a photo album page. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $83
Lot 379. 30+ Baseball, Football and Other Autographs: Aaron, Ford, Raymond Berry, Etc. These signatures are in a 4.5” x 5.5” autograph album. They grade nm-m 8 or better. Some pages have a single autograph, while others are multi-signed. Baseball: Hank Aaron; Whitey Ford; Rocky Colavito and Leon Wagner; Brooks Robinson; Frank Robinson, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally and Daryl Patterson; Ray Oyler (d. 1981), Jim Northrup and Wayne Comer; Eddie Weidner, Baltimore Orioles trainer (d. 1994); Jim Palmer; Vic Davilillo and Chico Salmon. Football: Raymond Berry; Jim Parker; Timmy Brown (Colts, actor) and Bob Mitchell; Tom Matte; Steve Stonebreaker (d. 1995). Archery: Linda Myers. Multiple Sports Signed Pages: Joe Periton (rugby, d. 1980), Roman Gabriel and one other; Jim Ringo, Herb Adderley, Clay Dalrymple and Chris Short; Larry Brown, Lee Stange and Chuck Hinton; tennis Hall of Fame player Vic Seixas and one other. Among the pages with more than one autograph, the Frank Robinson is especially nice, and it could be separated from the others for matting and framing. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $102
