Lot 434. 1897 Judge Magazine Baseball Comic Art Featuring Racial Stereotypes. At the height of the 1881 depression, James Albert Wales, Frank Toussey and George H. Jessop all left their positions at the well-established Puck magazine to found Judge. By the early 1900s, they eclipsed their former employer and boasted contributing artists such as f James Montgomery Flagg and Richard Outcault. This full-page color lithograph by Sackett & Wilhems of New York features four comic vignettes of stereotypical black figures playing baseball. Organized around a non-tapered bat and two baseballs that read “Darktown Dead” and “Red Beauty,” each scene shows a different base. At the very end, the catcher is shown wearing an advertisement on his chest protector for “Corrugated Liver Pads.” The print measures about 9” x 12” and is matted and framed to 17 ½” x 21 ½”. Image is nm, and modern framing shows wear. Bold and colorful images from a different time, a part of baseball’s early history that makes Jackie Robinson’s arrival in the majors 50 years later all the more important.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 435. 3 Candy Boxes from John Dockman & Son, Producers of 1909 E92 Baseball Cards. The E92 cards apparently were issued inside boxes of Dockman’s “Base Ball Gum” boxes. These boxes held “peanuts coated with candy” and “glazed with lac.” A toy accompanied the candy, and the toys are present. 1. Goody Balloon Package, wonderful graphics of a jester catching balloons. A tiny metal chicken toy is inside the box. 2-3. Jolly Rover Peanuts, with a graphic of a child dressed as a pirate. One box has a paper insert with a “Fortune Teller Miracle Fish,” and the other, items that are supposed to turn into flowers. Each box has strong graphics and is rigid. Each also still has candy inside, and the candy has stained the boxes. Stains on the Goody Balloon and one Jolly Rover packages are light to moderate, affecting primarily the lower right. The third box has moderate to heavy stains. The paper inserts are heavily stained. Two of the boxes display very well, and the metal chicken is an interesting adjunct.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 436. 3 Bats – Circa 1920 Peters Shoes, Jacobs Field Commemorative, Game-Used Model. The scarce 34” Peters Shoes Diamond Brand bat has “Major League” engraved on the barrel. It has minor dead wood, a small crack in the handle, chips on the knob and two letters etched into the handle. The logo is deeply engraved, and the bat displays very nicely. The 34” Jacobs Field Bat from the Cooperstown Stadium II Commemorative Series has a photo of the ball park on the barrel, along with the year it opened, 1994. Mint. The game-used Louisville Slugger C235 model is autographed by Gary “Miller-Jones,” whose name is engraved on the barrel. He played for the Pawtucket Red Sox in the 1980s. The bat shows good game use with tape and pine tar on the handle, which is cracked, a chip out of the knob and multiple ball marks. Kevin Keating authenticated the signature, which is ex-m 6 to nm7.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 437. 1930 Pennsylvania Railroad Menu for the N.L. Champion St. Louis Cardinals. After capturing the National League pennant, the Cardinals traveled by train to Philadelphia for the first two games of the World Series. The menu given to the players on the train is headlined “St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club, National League Champions 1930.” It’s a breakfast menu, and the most expensive item was a “minute steak” with potatoes for $1.25. Domestic and imported cigars were offered, as well as aspirin and Bromo-Seltzer. Vg+ to ex menu printed in orange and black on white.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 438. Late 1940s-Early 1950s Wilson Gloves Ad with Ted Williams, Bob Feller. This 8 ½” x 11” point of purchase header-style ad on heavy paper stock features Williams, Feller and a Little Leaguer. According to the text, “From Little League…to Big League Stars, Wilson Is Top Choice!”
Minimum Bid $15.
Lot 439. Cards, Tickets, Records and Other Memorabilia Spanning the 1880s-1996. This group is for the collector with wide-ranging interests. It begins with an H804-7 Gargling Oil Linament card, “Bravo! The Pet of the Nine,” p. 2. Season ticket coupon for Providence at Yale, June 9, 1928, vg+ to ex. 3. Die-cut baseball ticket for “Baseball Night” on April 16, 1931, at the Mount Tabor Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Wakefield, MA, g, looks better. 4. Baby Ruth matchbook cover, matches removed, otherwise vg+. 5. Envelope commemorating the Centennial of baseball, 1939, writing in upper right, otherwise vg. 6. Envelope with a canceled 1939 Baseball Centennial stamp. 7. 1950 Continental Baseball League pass (specimen), p. 8-9. Uncataloged 1982 New York Daily News All-Star Caricature Posters of #4 Rusty Staub and #3 Goose Gossage. These posters were issued at the center of the Daily News Sunday Comics Section. The section for March 21, 1982, which contains Staub, is complete. Ex. 10-18. Nine Sports Illustrated envelopes, each apparently with two 9” flexible records that play at 8 RPMs. They provided “newspaper treatment” of sports topics for the “Blind and Handicapped.” Three of the envelopes are unopened. Nm. 19. 1996 commemorative issue of Mickey Mantle’s 1969 card, nm-m.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 440. 1903 “Parlor Base Ball” Game. Patented on April 21, 1903 by the American Parlor Base Ball Co. of New York, the game cover and board feature colorful graphics. The die and pegs are missing. Cover is f-g and the board has tape supporting the right edge on the back; otherwise, ex. Superb period example.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 441. 115 Baseball Images Including Sporting News Premiums, Inquirer Inserts. This interesting collection comprises primarily photos of individual players from newspapers, magazines and team issues. A few team photos also are present. Buy it for the fun of it! Or buy it for the 1926 M101-7 Sporting News supplements of the league champion Yankees and Cardinals. Trimmed to about 8 ½” x 13” and adhered to scrapbook stock, they have a vg appearance. Or buy it for the 1954 Philadelphia Inquirer Album of Baseball Stars half set. This half of the set, issued Sept. 12 on a full newspaper page, consists of Robin Roberts, Arnold Portocarrero, Curt Simmons and Smokey Burgess. The page was cut horizontally, and each two-player panel is vg-ex. There are team-issued real photos from the Reds (7 1940s including Blackwell plus 1960s Pinson), Phils (Callison) and Red Sox (3), and three team-issued pictures from the Philadelphia A’s. Advertising provides some of the images: a 1962 Union Oil Volpe card of Podres, a 1964 Pirates KDKA poster of Bailey (heavily trimmed) and eight magazine or newspaper ads with Stanky, Fitzsimmons, Lavagetto, Dom DiMaggio and others. Sports Illustrated covers from the 1970s-80s are the source of 17 images, including Gossage, Oh, Dale Murphy, Boog Powell and Bo Jackson. Eleven TSN covers involve such stars as Mattingly, Henderson and Rice. Some of the more interesting photos are in color, some possibly Colofoto, from 1940s-50s newspapers: 1959 White Sox A.L. Champs, Yankees pitchers with Joe Page and Allie Reynolds, 1957 Milwaukee Braves N.L. Champs, Joe Gordon, Mickey Cochrane, Schoolboy Rowe, Bobby Shantz, Charley Keller, Joe Kuhel, Bill Goodman, Sam Mele, Jackie Jensen, Johnny Vander Meer, Ewell Blackwell, Dom DiMaggio, Billy Martin and Babe Dahlgren. Joe DiMaggio is shown in a cartoon with Tony and Billy Conigliaro. Size and condition vary. Vg+ to ex overall.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 442. 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 MB $25.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 443. Porcelain Baseball Bank, McGwire Plate, Yankee Stadium “Unforgettaball.” The bank, probably from the 1940s-50s, shows wear on the red stitches. Ex to ex-m. The 8” Bradford Exchange plate, issued in 1998, is titled “Record Breaker 9-8-98,” is the first in the “Mark McGwire: Home Run Hero” series. It features three images of McGwire by Glen Green. Nm-m. Yankee Stadium is the subject of the colorful “Unforgettaball,” which is mint and still sealed in the original ball cube. Three great display items for a little as our MB $25.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 444. 1948 “Play Ball” Large Wooden Punchboard with Baseball Theme. This punchboard remains in its original unpunched state. For 1 cent per punch a customer could play. Proceeds were used to benefit “The Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund.” This punchboard is approximately 13” x 19 ½” x 1” deep. It features a wide variety of very colorful period baseball graphics and affords the player the option to play in separate areas designated for either the National or American Leagues. There is a bit of staining that somehow seems only to add to the wonderful period charm.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 445. Brooklyn Dodgers on 1940s-50s Magazine Covers and in Advertisements. This collection includes the classic May 8, 1950 issues of Life with a close-up of Jackie Robinson on the cover. A five-page article follows inside. Vg+ to ex. 2-6. Dodgers are on the covers of five issues of Sport: Oct. 1952, Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, g-vg. Oct. 1953, Roy Campanella, vg. Sept. 1954, Duke Snider, vg+. Sept. 1955, Snider, g-vg. March 1956, Walt Alston, ex. 7. Sept. 1952 Sports Stars, Robinson and Reese, scuff at bottom; otherwise, ex. 8. Sept. 1951 Sport Life, Snider, vg-ex. 9. Dec. 1953 Complete Baseball, Campanella, vg+. 10. April 1947 Time, Leo Durocher, multiple small binder holes along the left edge; otherwise, vg-ex. Clean image of Durocher. 11. April 1951 Tan Confessions, full-page Campanella Chesterfield ad on back cover, ex. 12. April 25, 1938 Life, cover only of John Thomas Winsett, vg, number written in upper right. 13-14. Magazine ads, one with Snider, ex, and another from 1942 with Cookie Lavagetto for Wheaties, g-vg. 15-16. Three cartoon ads. In two separate ads, Snider and Reese promote Gillette. The third features Reese and Campanella for Lucky Strike. Ex to ex-m. 17-18. Two images of Campanella, ex-m+.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 446. 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.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 448. 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.
Minimum Bid $10.
