Lot 227. 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Near Set: Myron Cope’s “The MAN in the Pirate Uniform.” This uncataloged series of 14 player profiles and accompanying artwork and photos appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in August 1960. Myron Cope, better known as the Pittsburgh Steelers broadcaster who invented the Terrible Towel, wrote the profiles. Cope was an accomplished journalist who wrote for Sports Illustrated and authored several books. Twelve of the 14 profiles are present. The subjects are: #1 Don Hoak, 2 Smoky Burgess, 3 Rocky Nelson, 4 Bob Friend, 5 Gino Cimoli, 6 Vernon Law, 7 Hal Smith, 8 Harvey Haddix, 10 Dick Groat, 12 Bob Skinner, 13 Roberto Clemente and 14 “The ‘Quiet Men’ of the Pirates” – Bill Mazeroski, Bill Virdon and Roy Face. The profiles are on the first page of the Post-Gazette’s “Daily Magazine” section. They occupy five central columns of the page. Four issues have two profiles. With one exception, in which the left column has been removed, the full page is present. All of the pages are folded once vertically and once horizontally. They show average aging and use. It appears that very few of these profiles have been saved for posterity.
Winning Bid $538.
Lot 228. Very Scarce Near Set of 1972 Pittsburgh Press “Buc-A-Day” Pirates 21 of 25. Issued as part of the newspaper in March 1972, these “cards” picture a Pirates player in street clothes and provide biographical and career information. About 3 3/8” wide, they vary in length from 9 ¼” to slightly over 11”, depending on the amount of biographical data. The missing players are May, Hebner, Miller and Hernandez. All the key players are here – Clemente, Stargell, Mazeroski, Ellis, Blass, Oliver, Moose, Sanguillen, Veale, etc. These features were neatly trimmed from the newspaper; in almost all cases the border is complete. Technically, they grade vg to vg-ex, with an occasional corner chip or border tear. They look better and are all the more desirable because of their scarcity.
Winning Bid $366.
Lot 278. 1952 Topps “Look ‘N See” Set of 135 Including Babe Ruth. Key cards are #1 F. D. Roosevelt f, 4 Lincoln p-f, 6 Teddy Roosevelt ex-m+, 9 Washington g, 15 Ruth vg-ex, 30 Lindbergh f-g, 32 MacArthur vg-ex and 82 Rembrandt f-g. The other cards are. Ex-m+: 1 card. Ex-m: 3. Ex+: 1. Ex: 3. Vg-ex: 5. Vg: 13. G-vg: 23. G: 37. F-g: 22. F: 14. P-f: 5.
Winning Bid $489.
