Lot 203. Pete Rose Signed Wheaties Box Panel. Mint signature on the front of a 12-oz. box matted and framed to 10” x 13”. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 205. 55 Cards Signed by Baltimore Orioles Including Ripken, Murray and Palmer. These signatures are overwhelmingly 9s and 10s. Twenty-eight autographs are on 1980s Topps, Donruss, Fleer and Upper Deck cards. Cal Ripken Jr. signed 1988 Topps #51, which pictures him with Eddie Murray, and Jim Palmer autographed 1982 Topps #81. Twenty-seven more autographs are on team-issued postcards, almost all from the 1980s. The highlight is a card signed by Eddie Murray; his signature grades ex-m 6. Other signatures on postcards are Don Aase (2), Tony Arnold, Mike Boddicker, Al Bumbry, Rich Dauer, Storm Davis, Ken Dixon, Dave Ford, Ken Gerhart (3), Jose Morales, Joe Nolan, Allan Ramirez, Ralph Rowe, Dave Schmidt (2), Larry Sheets, John Shelby, Nate Snell, Tim Stoddard and Mark Williamson. Lonnie Smith signed three 1994 postcards. The signatures on the Topps, Donruss Fleer and UD cards are by Aase, Jose Bautista, Boddicker (2 diff.), Bumbry, Davis, Ford, Wayne Gross (2 diff.), Gerhart (4, 3 diff.), John Habyan, Denny Martinez, Nolan, Ramirez, Floyd Rayford, Lenn Sakata, Sheets (4 diff.), Shelby (2 diff.) and Mike Young. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 206. Baltimore Orioles Publications, Autographs and Commemorative Baseballs. The signatures – of Cal Ripken and Cal Ripken Jr. – are on the cover of James H. Bready’s 1984 oversized softcover book, The Home Team: Baltimore Baseball. Kevin Keating authenticated the autographs, which grade nm-7 to nm-m 8. The covers and about 30 pages show light to moderate mold damage. One of the more interesting publications is James E. Fredlund’s self-published, photocopied Baltimore Orioles 1892-99. In more than 120 pages, Fredlund provides statistics on the 19th century National League Orioles. There is one other book, This Date in Baltimore Orioles & St. Louis Browns History by John C. Hawkins, 1983 paperback, vg-ex. This collection includes one yearbook, the 1974 edition, vg+. The newest of the programs is from The First Opening Day, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, April 6, 1992, ex-m to nm. Other programs range from 1975-2002. There also is a scorecard for a 1966 Dodgers-Orioles World Series game, g-vg. The programs are 1975 vs. Boston, ex+; 1978 vs. Detroit, scored, g+; 1979 vs. Chicago (anniversary design), vg, and vs. Red Sox, ex-m, and Tigers (3) scored, one f, one g, one vg-ex; 1980 vs. Red Sox, p-f, water damage; 1992 vs. Royals, scored, vg-ex; 1993 (2), one vg+ and one nm; 1994 (2), ex, and 2002 nm-m. Two media guides are present, for the 1979 World Series with Pittsburgh, and for the 1998 season, both ex+. Also: a program from the 1988 MCI Baseball Classic, Mets vs. Orioles, ex; 1984 and 1985 Baltimore Sun Orioles publications, ex; an April 3, 1994 issue of Outside Pitch, ex, and a 1994 Sesame Street program with an Orioles wrapper, ex-m+. Nine baseballs, all nm or better and most from Fotoball, commemorate: Ripken’s career, Ripken’s 2131 consecutive game streak, Brady Anderson’s 1996 season, Earl Weaver’s Hall of Fame induction, the 1993 All-Star Game (two different) and the Orioles’ membership in the American League. Two are logo balls, including one with a raised logo. There also is a facsimile team ball with Ripken Jr. on a sweet spot. Also: an Orioles bumper sticker, 12 stickers (four different, 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” up to 4” x 5 ½”) with an Orioles logo and an Orioles matchbook. And two Coke 8-ounce bottles commemorating Ripken’s 1995 record, three Pepsi collector cans, two Coke cans for the 1993 All-Star Game and two beer cans marking the closing of Memorial Stadium. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research.
Winning Bid $40.
