Lot 156. Peter Rubino Plaster Cast Bust of Babe Ruth. Dated 1991, this meticulously detailed sculpture is #132 of 2,000. Rubino is widely recognized for his sports sculptures and his instructional book The Portrait in Clay. His signature is engraved on the back of the bust, which is 10 ¼” tall and 5 ½” across. The bust is a fitting tribute to baseball’s greatest player. Mint bust centered to the right on the base, which has some inoffensive scuffs.
Minimum Bid $150.
Lot 157. 1948 Exacta Babe Ruth Men’s Watch. The face of this colorful watch is nm-m with a superb image of the New York Yankees great. The watch shows wear on the back and has a metal elastic band. An ageless timepiece!
Winning Bid $121.
Lot 158. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Professionally Framed Lithograph. The 16” x 20” color print of the two New York Yankee legends is double-matted and framed to about 22” x 26”. Numbered 1 of 150, the print shows Gehrig and Ruth peering at game action from the dugout.
Winning Bid $152.
Lot 159. Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Matted and Framed B&W 16” x 20” Photo. The framed size is 24 ½” x 25 ½”. The display includes a plate noting the DiMaggio-Monroe marriage lasted for only months and that “for 20 years Joe sent a dozen roses to her crypt three times a week.” A definite conversation starter!
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 160. Yankee Stadium Scoreboard Letter “V.” In 1974 and 1975, the New York Yankees moved to Shea Stadium while Yankee Stadium underwent major renovations. During this period, the scoreboard was replaced. Offered here is the letter “V” from the original scoreboard. Measuring 15 ¾” x 22”, it is orange with a black background.
Winning Bid $248.
Lot 162. Tremendous Wall Display of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The focus of the display is a 16” x 10 black & white photo of the New York Yankees stars. The photo is matted and framed with a facsimile gold signature of each and a plaque with career information. The 29” x 30” frame has a grained leather appearance.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 163. Mickey Mantle 1961-63 White Square Base Bobbing Head in the Original Box. This bobble has a strong appearance from the front, including an intact “Mickey Mantle” decal on the base. There are two tiny marks on the bill of Mantle’s cap and a couple of rub marks on each shoulder. The back of the head has two cracks, and there is a barely noticeable hairline crack along the side of the head. The box is complete with a vg label that has a staple at the top. There are some chips on one end of the lid, and the box is separated at one corner. Together, the bobbing head and box display impressively!
Winning Bid $480.
Lot 164. Roger Maris 1961-63 White Square Bobbing Head. Strong, good-looking example Bob. The decal has a barely noticeable nick, and there are tiny rub marks on the nose, eyebrow, bill of the cap and several others on the top of the cap. The head has several hairline cracks and a tiny chip. Ex to ex-m and looks better.
Winning Bid $198.
Lot 171. Ten/One/Sixty-One – Roger Maris’ 61st Home Run Captured by Bill Purdom. On Oct. 1, 1961, in the final game of the season, Yankees slugger Roger Maris blasted a pitch from Tracy Stallard into the seats in right field. It was Maris’ 61st home run, one more than Babe Ruth swatted in his best home run season, 1927. Purdom, a member of the Bill Goff stable of sports artists, faithfully captures the moment in this 21 5/8” x 29 ¼” color lithograph signed by the artist. He even shows a field-level auxiliary scoreboard that presents Maris as the right fielder. Actually, as the large Ballantine scoreboard shows, Maris played center field that day. Photographic evidence supports this representation. The lithograph, #457 of 600, which is rolled, has a 3 ½” crease to the left of Maris’ feet, a couple of minor creases in the image area, edge creases and minor tape on the back that was used to attach it to a wall. Matted and framed, it will display very well. With copies of this lithograph being offered elsewhere for as much as $1,200, this copy is well worth our
Winning Bid $1,119.
Lot 172. Classic “1956 Mickey Mantle” Artwork. A very young Mantle is seated in the dugout in the 16” x 20” photographic printed professionally matted and framed to about 22” x 18”. A plaque that is part of the display notes that Mantle won the batting triple crown with 52 home runs, 130 RBI and a .353 average.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 173. Mickey Mantle 16” x 20” Humorous Photo. Professionally matted and framed to 21 ½” x 28 ½”, the photo captures Mantle, attired in a suit, hitting a snowball at snow-covered Yankee Stadium. A plaque with the photo notes that Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and that he belted 563 home runs during his remarkable major league career.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 174. Brooklyn Dodgers Collection of 75+ Autographs – Reese, Snider, Amoros, Grimes, Etc. These autographs are on baseballs, baseball cards, 8” x 10” photos and commemorative envelopes. They are overwhelmingly mint 9s and gem mint 10s. The photos are signed by Pee Wee Reese, Cal Abrams (2 diff., one personalized), Ralph Branca (nice vintage image), Don Newcombe (pers.) and George “Shotgun” Shuba (pers.). The strongest of the baseballs, a Jackie Robinson Coca-Cola commemorative, has Reese on the sweet spot and, on side panels, Mickey Owen, Jim Romano, Duke Snider, Shotgun Shuba, Andy Pafko and Clem Labine, as well Dodgers’ press agent Irv Rudd and Boys of Summer author Roger Kahn. The Romano and Kahn signatures are ex-m 6, and Snider’s, nm 7 to nm-m 8. A Little League ball has ex 5 to nm 7 autographs of Ralph Branca, Mrs. Gil Hodges, Steve Lembo, Hank Behrman, Joe Pignatano, Abrams, Newcombe, Saul Rogovin and Clem Labine. Another Little League ball has autographs of Eddie Basinski, Johnny Frederick Jr., Spider Jorgensen and Pete Coscarart. Sandy Amoros leads a list of signatures on commemorative envelopes and other slightly larger items; the others are Rex Barney (large dinner ticket), Behrman, Wayne Belardi (blotter), Joe Black, Carl Erskine, Billy Herman (retrace on “m”), Labine, Freddie Lindstrom, Sal Maglie (article photocopy), Newcombe, Pafko and Reese. Unlined index cards hold the autographs of Abrams, Bobby Bragan, Rocky Bridges, Dolph Camilli, Coscarart, Fred Fitzsimmons, Jim Gilliam, Andy High, Paul Hoffman, Waite C Hoyt, Charlie Hargreaves, Kirby Higbe, Clyde King, Ken Lehman, Ed Liberatore (scout), Rube Marquard, Joe Oeschger, Owen, Pete Reiser, Preacher Roe, Romano, Johnny Rutherford, Howie Schultz, Shuba, Don Thompson and Ben Wade. Signed cards: 1956 Topps #190 Carl Furillo; 1947-66 Exhibits Duke Snider (“B” on cap); 1978 Grand Slam #34 Babe Herman, 38 Burleigh Grimes (nm 7) and 44 Cookie Lavagetto; and another card by Billy Loes. And finally, Casey Stengel on a paper “baseball” (signed twice) and Johnny Podres on a “Johnny Podres Fan Club” card. Outstanding Dodgers collection of Hall of Fame members, stars and primarily deceased players. Authenticated by Kevin Keating. From the Ron Gabriel collection. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $354.
Lot 176. “1955 Jackie Robinson” Cooperstown Teddy Bear. Wonderful bear made of mohair in the style of early 1900s bears. This bear is 21” tall (15” as seated), has leather pads on his paws, wears a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and comes with a 16” Louisville Slugger Cooperstown Bears bat. Mint, like new, in the original box and accompanied by a Cooperstown Teddy Certificate of Authenticity identifying it as #144 of 1,000. Please note that “1955” refers to the style of the bear, not the year of production.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 177. Jackie Robinson Lithograph by Frank Stapleton. The 19” x 23” print commemorates the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s success in breaking baseball’s color barrier. Offering eight images of the Brooklyn Dodgers great, it is professionally matted and framed to 23 ¾” x 29 ½”.
Minimum Bid $75.
Lot 178. Photographic Large Composite Display Featuring the Dodgers of Brooklyn and LA. The Dodgers of each city are represented by two 10” x 10” sepia photos each. Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges are pictured for Brooklyn. In one LA photo, Sandy Koufax and his teammates celebrate their triumph in Game 7 in the 1965 World Series. The other provides a close-up of Koufax and Don Drysdale. The photos are matted and framed to 26” x 26 ¼”.
Minimum Bid $75.
