Lot 101. Autographs of Casey Stengel, Lloyd Waner and Red Ruffing. All three Hall of Fame members signed the back of an ex-m postcard showing Doubleday Field at Cooperstown. The ballpoint signatures are large, bold 10s. Stengel signed also the front of the card in sharpie; the signature, a 7-8, is unusually large for Stengel. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Current Bid $61
Lot 103. Autographs of Two New York Yankees Icons – Frank Messer and Bob Sheppard. Messer broadcast Yankees games from 1967-85, and Sheppard was the team’s public address announcer from 1951-2007. He also served as the NFL New York Giants PA announcer from 1956-2006. Messer passed away in 2001. Sheppard was 97 when he retired from the Yankees. The signatures of both men are bold 10s on a 3 ½” x 5” color snapshot, possibly at Roy Campanella Day in Los Angeles. Campanella is in the photo.
Current Bid $25
Lot 104. 12 Signed 2003 Upper Deck “Pride of New York” Cards Including Short Prints. These “Yankees Signature Series” cards, all nm or better, are signed by Ron Blomberg, Jim Bouton, Ralph Branca, Lew Burdette (died 2007), Johnny Callison, Bobby Cox, Hector Lopez, Paul O’Neill, Willie Randolph, Dave Righetti, Mel Stottlemyre and Ralph Terry. The signatures are gem mint 10s. The supply of O’Neill and Randolph cards is apparently short. Reportedly, O’Neill signed 500 cards, and Randolph, 283.
Current Bid $45
Lot 105. Life Issues with Mantle-Maris Post Cereal Cards, DiMaggio and Mantle Covers. The cards are in the April 13, 1962 issue that has Liz Taylor and Richard Burton on the cover. Ex issue with the panel containing the 1962 Post Cereal Mantle and Maris cards still in place. The Mantle card itself is free of creases; there is a crease on the panel above the left corner of the card. The Maris card has a moderate crease. The other issues are: May 1, 1939, Joe DiMaggio, vg (clean image of DiMaggio, light soiling along the top edge, tape along the spine, crease in lower right corner). Aug. 1, 1949, DiMaggio, nice vg-ex, 1” split along the spine. Both DiMaggio issues are without labels. July 30, 1965, Mantle, ex, label.
Current Bid $68
Lot 106. New York Yankees Yearbooks, 1973-80, Magazines and a Program. The 1974 and 1975 yearbooks are nm-m, 1973 nm, 1976 vg+, 1977 ex with the cover detached , and 1978-80 ex-m. A 1977 scorebook for a game with Toronto has a loose scorecard, is lightly scored and otherwise is ex+. Yankees Magazines are for March 1997 (Mattingly cover, ex-m, very light scuff where label was removed), Aug. 1997 (Rivera cover, Mattingly poster inside, ex with glue residue where label was removed) and Feb. 26, 1997, World Series edition, vg-ex, label partially removed. Also, the Jan. 1997 Beckett Baseball Card Monthly with the Yankees celebrating their World Championship, ex-m.
Current Bid $15
