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Basketball Cards and Memorabilia
5 Lots
 Lot 139. Maryland Basketball – 65+ Items, Some from the 2002 Championship Season. This collection consists of periodicals, programs and other memorabilia, including one relatively scarce book, Maryland Basketball: Red, White and Amen by Kent Baker, 1979, nm in a vg-ex dust jacket. One of the more important and oldest item is the program from the 1932 dedication of Ritchie Coliseum, ex-m. The coliseum played host to Terrapin sports, including basketball, for 22 years. The 44-page program is extensively illustrated, including photos of the Maryland team and the Terps’ first opponent, Navy. A Race to the Top Ten: Maryland Basketball 71-72 focuses on the NIT Championship team that included Tom McMillen, vg. Programs: 1957 vs. North Carolina State, g-vg; 1967 vs. Duke, vg, and Clemson, ex-m; 1976 ACC Tournament, ex+, and 2002 vs. Virginia (2), one ex-m and one vg. Also, a program for the 1962 NCAA Eastern Regional Tournament at College Park, ex. ACC Publications: 1977-78 Basketball Handbook, vg, 1984-85 Basketball Handbook vg+ and 1986-87 Barry Jacobs’ Fan’s Guide, ex. 2001-02 Season: Sports Illustrated commemorative issue, Juan Dixon cover (2), ex-m; April 8, 2002 regular issue, Dixon cover, ex-m; 2002 tournament roster, ex-m; three 2002 National Championship holiday ornaments, mint in the original boxes; two magnets, one Final Four and one National Champions, mint in the original package; five National Champions bumper stickers, vg-ex; four calendars celebrating the 2002 Championship, ex. 2002 Champions key chain, mint. A championship auto flag, nm-m. Also: TV Channels, Washington Post insert, McMillen cover, vg. 1996 Maryland Matchbox White Rose Collectibles toy trucks (2), mint in boxes. Seven tickets and three stubs, 1978-2004, ex overall. Terps towel, ex-m. Feb. 2002 Terrapin Times, vg. Maryland beanie, ex-m. Terps hat with the mascot on the front, nm-m. Two 3 ½” 2001 Final Four pins, nm. “Wreck Tech” 3” pin, vg+ to ex. Maryland ashtray, vg+. Three “Go Terps Go” bumper stickers, vg+. A USAir “Go Terps” 14” x 16” banner. A Terps in a cup basketball game. “Snappin’ Terp Territory” matchbook. And 10 miscellaneous items.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 152. 15 1970s Topps Basketball Star Cards – Erving, Robertson, Maravich, West, Etc. These cards span 1974-79. 1974-75T: #55 Robertson ex-m+, 176 West ex-m and 200 Irving vg-ex. 1975-76T: #1 Scoring Avg. Leaders nm, 80 Havlicek ex-m+ and 300 Erving nm. 1976-77T: #101 Malone ex-m and 130 Maravich nm-m. 1977-78T: #70 Havlicek ex-m and 111 Parish rookie (2) 1 is ex-m the other ex. 1978-79T: #130 Erving nm+ and 132 Dantley vg. And 1979-80T: #20 Erving (2) one ex+ and the other ex.
Winning Bid $68.
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 Lot 153. 6 Basketball Books Including Bill Bradley’s Life on the Run. The 1976 book by the basketball Hall of Fame member and former U.S. Senator is vg-ex in a g+ to vg dust jacket. Two books are coffee-table sized: Basketball: The American Game by Joe Jares, 1971, ex-library vg book and vg-ex dj, and Inside Basketball, Dick Barnett, 1971, vg+, dj absent. Two books are novels: A Mile Above the Rim, Charles Rosen, 1976, ex/ex, and Pivot Man, Dick Friendlich, 1950 paperback, vg+. The sixth book is Pro Basketball: Its Superstars and History, Zander Hollander, 1971 paperback, ex.
Minimum Bid $7.
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 Lot 154. Collection of 15 Basketball Guides and Periodicals. Four magazines, all dated Feb. 12, 1996 and all nm or better, have Magic Johnson covers: Time, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek and U.S. News. Other periodicals with basketball players on the cover are the Jan. 1947 Sports Stars (small photo cut from one page; otherwise) vg, March 1995 Sports Spectrum vg-ex and the premier issue of College Prevue, 1993, Eric Montross cover, nm. The Sports Star issue has a cover with a player who appears to be auditioning for a vampire move, and an article inside calls basketball the “ugly ducking (sic, duckling) of the sports world.” Three TSN NBA Guides are offered for 1977-78 (Walton Cover), 1978-79 (Unseld cover) and 1983-84 (Erving and Jabbar), vg+ to ex, There also is a 1974-75 Pro Basketball Guide from Snibbe Publications, ex-m. Other publications are three copies of the guide for the 1994 NBA Draft, nm, and the illustrated NCAA Official Read-Easy Basketball Rules 1973, nm. Also, two 1995 All-Star ballots.
Minimum Bid $10.
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 Lot 165. Sports Grab Bag – Basketball, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Soccer and NASCAR. This collection comprises programs, cards and other memorabilia. Basketball: 1-2. 1976 and 1978 Harlem Globetrotters yearbooks, vg-ex. 3. Opened Coke can commemorating Villanova’s 1985 NCAA championship. 4. 175 1990s cards, many stars, from Hoops, Fleer and Skybox, average ex. Football: 5. McDonald’s History of the Super Bowl magazine-format publications, Vol. 1 (2), Vol. 2 (2) and Vol. 3 (3), vg. 6. 40 1986 Steelers Police cards, ex+ overall, six players including three Stallworth cards. Hockey: 7. Early 1980s Ponderosa Steakhouse 12 ½” x 19” poster of Pittsburgh’s Michel Dion, vg+. 8. Topps cards: six from 1975-76, 53 from 1976-77, six 1976-77 Inserts including #5 Dryden and 44 from 1979-80, average vg+ to ex. Soccer: 9. 1982 MISL Memphis at Pittsburgh program, vg-ex. Olympics: 10. Four 4” x 6” “Welcome” flags from the 1984 LA Olympics, vg+ to ex overall. NASCAR: 11. 1997 Pinnacle Jeff Gordon card, nm-m. Also, 11 Rocky II cards, ex. More than 350 individual items.
Winning Bid $30.
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