Lot 196. 2 1970s Baseball Games – 1971 Sports Illustrated and 1976 Strat-O-Matic. Both games have been used, and while contents are extensive, it is unclear whether they are complete. The Strat-O-Matic box is nm and displays extremely well. The Sports Illustrated box has tape in several locations on the lid.
Winning Bid $37.
Lot 197. LA Dodgers Collection – 1961 Union Oil Booklets Partial Set, Tickets, PCs, Etc. Seventeen of the 24 Union Oil “Dodger Family” booklets are present: Alston, Craig, Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Drysdale, Fairly, Gilliam, Howard, Koufax, Larker, Moon, Neal, Perranoski, Larry Sherry, Norm Sherry, Snider and Wills. Vg-ex to ex overall. There also is a 1960 “Dodger Family” booklet featuring Koufax. Vg. Full phantom tickets are offered for the 1991 NLCS and the 1991 World Series, all nm-m. They are accompanied by a 2001 ticket and stub picturing Shawn Green, nm, and a ticket for a 2003 game with the Brewers; Green again is shown, nm-m. Green is the subject of a center-fold poster in the 2000 Dodgers Magazine, nm. Nine team-issued 1960s-70s postcards are in the collection: Alston, Buckner, Fairly, Alan Foster, Lou Johnson, Mike Marshall, Osteen, Sizemore and Torborg. Ex-m+ to nm+ overall. There also is a 1960 team-issued b&w photo of James Gilliam vg-ex and a Jay Publishing photo, apparently from 1960, of Gil Hodges vg. Excellent collection of 36 items!
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 204. Reds Memorabilia Collection – Vintage Bank, Rose Ashtray, Mini-Bats, Etc. This collection consists of more than 85 individual items. Among the highlights are a circa 1940s Reds baseball bank from Mobil featuring Pegasus, the winged horse in red (ex with some wear on the blue on the baseball’s stitches and a couple of scuffs on the Reds’ logo), an nm ashtray from Pete Rose’s Restaurant and a nice vg-ex 1950s Reds popcorn megaphone with the team mascot. Also: 1971-72 Reds basketball team program with Rose as the coach on the cover, vg-ex. Reds-Letter newsletter, 22 issues, 1973-78, average vg-ex. Reds Vue magazine, 6 issues, 4 different, 1979 and 1981, ex+. 1977 Dads Root Beer laminated placemats set of three: Eastwick, Foster and Fryman; Geronimo, Griffey and Rose, and Concepcion, Driessen and Morgan, nm. Photos: Color 8 ½” x 10 team photos (22), 1969-90, and two b&w 8” x 10”s, Doug Capilla and Gary Nolan, vg+. Record albums (7): The New Red Machine, Reds Greatest Hits – ’76 (2), One Stop Along the Way: The Ballad of Johnny Bench, The Big Red Machine, The Best of Waite Hoyt in the Rain and Baseball: The First 100 Years. Nm-m records in ex to ex-m jackets. Wheaties boxes (5): Pete Rose (12 oz.), Johnny Bench Commemorative (two 18 oz.) and 1990 World Champions (two 18 oz.), unfolded, average ex to ex-m. 1986 Old Timers game program-poster, vg-ex. Mini-bats (12), including nine 16”: Cincinnati Reds (ex, Red faded), Pete Rose (vg), 1972, 1978 and 1979 Reds Caravan (overall ex-m), Ohio Baseball HoF, Cy Young Museum, Carl Ackerman testimonial (all nm or better); and three 22”: Johnny Bench (ex), 1975 World Series (ex-m) and Midget League (f). 1988 Surf book, nm. And three 2 ¼” pins: Kluszewski, Concepcion, Reds’ hat, ex.
Winning Bid $125.
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.
