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Baseball Photography
8 Lots
 Lot 219. Magnificent Silver Gelatin Baseball Prints (7) from the National Sports Gallery. These previously unpublished baseball images were part of a special display at the National Sports Gallery at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., in 2000. The gallery closed in 2004. Each print is about 16” x 20” professionally matted and framed to 22 ½” x 26” or 24” x 27”. Subjects of the photos are: 1. An 1800s Kansas City, MO, team consisting of African-American players and representing barnstorming ballplayers. 2. A pick-up game, with boys choosing sides in the 1920s in front of the Washington Monument. 3. A Sunday picnic game in Wisconsin in 1885. The sepia photo shows men and women playing baseball. 4. The Harvard Baseball Club of 1867, one of the top teams in the country. 5. Alma “Gabby” Ziegler, captain of the Grand Rapids Professional Women’s Baseball Team, 1940s action photo. 6. An integrated rural Pennsylvania team in 1886. 7. The Flandreau Santee Ball Club, a 19th century Native America team that played in the Dakotas. These photos are remarkable. They belong in an art gallery. Displaying dramatically, they will become a center of conversation in a game room, family room or sports bar.
Winning Bid $572.
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 Lot 220. Remarkable Collection of 2,300+ Photos of 19th and 20th Century Teams. PLEASE NOTE: The photos in this collection show teams as early as the 1850s. They were printed at various times in the 20th century. This collection comes from the estate of a New York broadcaster who wanted to obtain a photo of every major league team, player, manager and umpire. It begins in the 1850s and continues through the 1980s. More than 300 teams are pictured on George Burke or George Brace real-photo postcards. Routinely, Burke and Brace reproduced others’ photos, and almost all of these photos are reproductions. The breakdown includes approximately 600 8” x 10” photos, including many glossies, 75 larger than 8” x 10” and about 1,600 4”x 6” or smaller. Except for the Burke and Brace postcards, most of the smaller photos were neatly cut from baseball guides and magazines. More than 175 photos show 19th century teams. Sixty are Burke-Brace postcards, and five are 5” x 7” colorized Bra-Mac prints, including one of the 1898 Louisville team with Honus Wagner. Most of the others are from magazines. In addition to the team photos, the collection includes about 2,500 photos of individual players. Modern cards and magazines are the source of these photos; most fit into nine-pocket pages. The overall condition is ex. These photos will serve as outstanding reference material for the winning bidder. We have conservatively counted the individual items here at more than 5,000. We’ll also start the bidding conservatively at $1 per Burke-Brace photo.
Winning Bid $711.
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 Lot 221. Jackie Robinson in 3 Wire Photos, Roy Campanella in 1. In an original International New Service (INS) 7” x 9” wire photo, Ed Lopat avoids Robinson’s attempts to tag him in Game 4 of the 1949 World Series. Pee Wee Reese looks on. Vg photo that displays as ex from a distance and has the caption on the back, as do the three other photos. In another original INS 7” x 9” wire photo, Campanella is forced out at second in the 1954 All-Star game. Chico Carrasquel is also shown in this ex to ex-m photo that has creases in two corners. The two other wire photos were reissued upon Robinson’s death in 1972 at the age of only 53. One from 1948 shows him on sliding into home on the front end of a triple-steal against the Boston Braves. Brooklyn’s Billy Cox, Boston’s Bill Salkeld and umpire Jocko Conlan are in the 8” x 10” vg-ex photo, which has creases at the top outside the central image area. The final photo, 7” x 9”, has Robinson turning a double play as Del Ennis slides into second base. Ex-m with a couple of light surface creases.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 222. 34 Cleveland Indians Wire and Newspaper Photos, Primarily from the 1940-60s. Seven photos are from the 1940s, 15 from the 1950s, seven from the 1960s, four from the 1970s and one from 1980s. Subjects of the photos, many in multiple photos, include Lou Boudreau, Bill McKechnie, Mel Harder, Joe Gordon, Gene Bearden, Bob Feller, Bill Veeck, Al Lopez, Early Wynn, Al Rosen, Jim Hegan, Herb Score, Mudcat Grant, Pedro Gonzalez, Vic Wertz, Vic Power, Gabe Paul, Al Dark, Frank Robinson, Ken Harrelson and Joe Charboneau. Among the highlights are: A photo of Bearden receiving congratulations after winning Game 3 of the 1948 World Series. Veeck meeting with Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler. Boudreau receiving the Sports Magazine award as Outstanding Athlete of 1948. Score receiving an award as the top minor league player, and recovering from various injuries. Grant being sued by his former fiancé for breach of promise. Pedro Gonzalez, in several photos related to his suspension for swinging a bat at Larry Sherry. Robinson, upon his hiring as the first African-American major league manager in 1971, and his firing in 1977. Also, Robinson meeting with Jackie Robinson’s wife. Harrelson at a game as he recovers from an injury. And Charboneau as A.L. Rookie of the Year. The photos are from AP, UPI, International News, INP, Acme, the Central Press Association and the Cleveland Press. Almost all have captions; a half-dozen have only names written or typed on the back, and one has no identification. Sizes range from 6” x 8” to 8” x 10”; most are 7” x 9” or larger. These photos average ex to ex-m. Some have creases, which are almost always away from the central image area, which has an ex or better appearance. Two of the 1940s photos and one from the 1950s show some “alligatoring.” This is a quality, desirable collection of Cleveland photos.
Winning Bid $92.
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 Lot 223. 17 Mets Wire Photos – Seaver, Stengel, Mays, Hodges, 1969 Miracle Mets. Seven photos are from 1969, when the Mets captured their first World Championship. Six are 7” x 9” glossy photos from UPI: 1. Gil Hodges with his daughter, who holds a sign designating him “Manager of the Year,” g-vg, looks better. 2. Equipment manager hangs up uniforms at spring training, vg-ex. 3. Fans try for an autograph from Gary Gentry, ex. 4. Former manager Casey Stengel, living in California, roots for the Mets in the World Series, vg. 5. Fans flood the field after the Mets win the Series, ex, no border on one side. 6. Jerry Koosman and Pearl Bailey celebrate the Mets’ success, ex, no border on one side. 7. Also, AP, 6” x 8”, Gentry and Jim Palmer, Series starting pitchers, p-f. 8. Willie Mays portrait, 8” x 10”, no source, vg-ex, nice Mays photo. There are three Tom Seaver photos: 9. 1971 UPI, 5” x 6”, portrait, Seaver marks his 20-win, 1.76 ERA season, ex, corner creases outside the image area. 10. 1975 AP 8” x 10” facsimile, Seaver takes a salary cut, ex. 11. 1976 AP 8” x 10” facsimile, Seaver with M. Donald Grant, Mets chairman, vg. Stengel is in three photos: 12. 1965, Central Press Bureau, 8” x 10” glossy, Stengel and a child in Florida, vg, ½” edge tear, nice Stengel image. 13. 1971 UPI 7” x 9” glossy, Stengel releases a pigeon at a Dodgers Old Timers game in Los Angeles, corner clipped, doesn’t affect Stengel’s image, vg-ex. 14. 1968 UPI 8” x 10” glossy, sculptress Rhoda Sherbell with a statue of Stengel, ex, corner creases. Also: 15. Donn Clendenon hitting a home run, 1969 UPI 8” x 10” glossy, corner creases, ex. 16. 1962 UPI 7” x 9” glossy, Larry Bearnarth with Syracuse Chiefs manager Frank Verdi, g. 17. 1961 UPI 7” x 7 ½” glossy, Mets officials George Weiss and Don Grant, edited for publication, vg.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 224. 60 Negatives of Ted Williams by Don Wingfield from a 1971 Topps Photo Session. Outstanding collection of 60 black & white negatives and four color slides by the Washington, D.C. photographer. During baseball’s “Golden Era,” Wingfield worked for The Sporting News, the Washington Senators and Topps. He also freelanced for dozens of outlets, including Life, Look and other major national magazines. Using the results of his work, he produced a series of postcards of players from 1955 through 1960. These negatives and slides, taken during a 1971 session for Topps, will yield as host of enjoyable and collectible photo images of the Splendid Splinter as manager of the Senators.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 229. Babe Ruth Original Circa 1940s Vintage 8” x 10” Sepia Photo. A smiling Babe and two smaller men pose outside the Hilltop Restaurant, which specializes in “steak & chicken dinners.” The photo is slightly colorized, with red added to the men’s cheeks and blue added to a man’s tie and the restaurant sign. There is a crease in the sign, lesser creases primarily toward the border and several tiny scuffs in the lower left. This photo should give the winning bidder at least one good smile a day.
Winning Bid $138.
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 Lot 231. Joe DiMaggio in a 1943 Army Panoramic Photo. On Feb. 17, 1943, DiMaggio enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces. This 10” x 30 ½” photo shows him a month later, on March 16, 1943, as part of a squadron at Santa Ana Army Air Base in California. DiMaggio is clearly visible in the top or back row, sixth from the left. The sepia photo shows excellent contrast and displays well. Up close, it shows a series of vertical creases about every 1 ¼” that extend from the bottom as much as about 5” into the photo. The creases, apparently created when the photo was rolled, are not evident from several feet away, and they are well away from DiMaggio’s image. The photo is in a vintage frame that shows its age. Unusual collectible featuring the Yankee Clipper.
Winning Bid $110.
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