Lot 259. 2 1888 A16 Allen & Ginter World’s Champions Album Pages with Billiards Players. Each page features four players as they are pictured on their 1888 Allen & Ginter N28 cards. Bits of staining that do not detract are found on each page. The first page, which has a few small inoffensive creases near two corners, has W.M. Sexton, Maurice Daly, Geo. F. Slosson and Jos. Dion. Vg-ex. The second page, which is free of creases, presents J.L. Malone, Albert Frey, Yank Adams and M. Vignauz. Ex.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 261. 8 Early Stadium or Arena Postcards – New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Etc. Two pre-linen. The others are from the 1950s: Chicago Stadium, Cincinnati Garden, Cleveland Arena, the Arena in St. Louis, Madison Square Garden (2 different), Municipal Auditorium in Philadelphia and Atlantic City Auditorium. The pre-linen cards are: Madison Square Garden, area for writing at the bottom front, 1908 postmark, vg, ex appearance. And Atlantic City, numbered “141” with text at the bottom describing it as the “largest convention hall in the world.” Vg+. The other cards average ex+.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 263. T218 Champion Athletes & Prizefighters Starter Set – 69 of 153. This cards average vg-ex, with the condition of some better and others less. Consists of 50 of 62 Athletes, all of the 15 Pool & Billiards Players, 3 of the 4 Bowlers and 1 of 4 Aviators.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 265. 1974 Nabisco Sugar Daddy Set of 25, 9 from 1975. These mini-cards feature basketball, hockey and football players. 1974 highlights: Staubach, Lilly, Plunkett, Phil Esposito, Dennis Hull, Robertson, Hawkins and Jabbar. Overall nm. 1975 highlights: Alan Page ex+, Plunkett ex-m, Hawkins nm-m, McAdoo nm-m.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 266. 83 Different 1977-1979 Sportscaster Cards. These cards feature some of the brightest stars of many sports. Familiar names include Maravich, Seaver, Unitas, Pele, Ali, Abdul-Jabbar, Howe, DiMaggio, Jenner, Owens, Aaron, Russell, Bench, Blanda, Namath, Erving, Barry, Cowens, Henie and Hamil. The cards average ex-m.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 267. 2 1980-81 T.I.L. Footballer (Soccer) Wax Boxes, 10 Card Albums. Each of these Irish-made cards features three soccer players. They are similar to 1980-81T basketball cards. 48 wax packs per box. The albums made to hold the cards are nm-m.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 268. Mid-1990s Collection of Soccer Stickers. 1. 1994 Panini “USA ‘94” World Cup” box of about 100 sticker packs. The box has been opened at the bottom. All packs appear to be present, and they are intact. 2. 1994 Merlin’s Premier League Sticker Collection packs. At least 75 packs, most of which appear to have come unglued at the seams. Unsearched. 3-4. 1995 Football Candy Sticks set of 48 cards from Trebor Massett of England featuring players from across Europe. Two sets, nm to nm-m.
Winning Bid $15.
Lot 270. Circa 1940s-50s Children’s Lunchbox with Sports Illustrations. This metal lunchbox has illustrations of children playing baseball and football (in leather helmets), biking, sled riding and roller skating. Vg-ex. Nice display item.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 271. 15 1922-24 Mid-Week Pictorials - Football Boxing, Olympics, Golf, Tennis Photos. Complete issues of the weekly New York Times tabloid, most with 24 pages. The Summer Olympics are the topic of two-page spreads in two 1924 issues. A related full-page photo shows Helen Wills, 1924 tennis gold medal winner. Two editions have football covers: Walter Taylor, NYU captain and Bill Mallory, Yale captain. An Army-Navy game photo occupies two pages. Boxing receives extensive coverage. There are four full pages on the upcoming Firpo-Dempsey bout and pictures of Greb, Johnny Wilson, Carpentier (full page), Leonard, Ciriqui and Willard. A 1924 issue has two pages on the U.S. Open Golf Tournament won by Cyril Walker. Elsewhere, photos capture Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Track and field is represented by Charles Paddock in multiple photos. The Sept. 21, 1922 issue has a rare photo of an African-American athlete, Dehart Hubbard, a broad jumper from the U. of Michigan. Other interesting figures are Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, and Mary Pickford. Most issues are separated at the spine, and the paper is brittle with edge chips and tears. Most photos are unaffected, or only minimally affected. Some covers have pencil notations.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 272. 5 Early Sport Magazines with Baseball, Hockey, Racing, Multi-Sport Covers. 1947: Hockey, Bentley Brothers, Feb., two copies, one vg-ex, one vg. Baseball, Durocher, April, vg+ to ex. Horse Racing, May, vg+. 1951: Carol Johnson painting, boxing, hockey, track and basketball vignettes, vg-ex. No mailing labels.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 273. 7 Hardcover Books on Bullfighting - Fulton, Conrad, Mailer and Others. Most are stated first editions or printings. Bullfighting, John Fulton, 1971, ex-m in ex dj. Bulls & Bullfighting, Eduardo Bonet, 1970, ex+ in vg-ex dj. The Bullfight, Norman Mailer, 1967 apparent first, ex in vg-ex dj. In the Presence of Death, Antonio Ordonez, 1969, ex in ex dj. Encyclopedia of Bullfighting, Barnaby Conrad, 1971, ex in g-vg dj. A Thousand Afternoons, Philip Haining, 1970, ex in vg-ex dj. Or I’ll Dress You in Mourning: The Story of El Cordobes…, Larry Collins, 1968, ex in vg-ex dj.
Minimum Bid $15.
