Lot 1. Mickey Mantle Autographed OAL Bobby Brown Baseball. The signature on the sweet spot is magnificent, conservatively nm 9 to gem mint 10, and the ball is nm-m to mint. It has three tiny or very small marks on panels well away from the autograph. Mantle added his career home run total – “536 HR’s.” Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $630.
Lot 4. 1928 “Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball.” In this book published by the A. L. Burt Company, Ruth provides instructions on playing baseball. Vg+ copy with the front cover slightly loose but still attached. There is an inscription inside the back cover, and someone wrote Ruth’s name above his photo inside the front cover.
Minimum Bid $60.
Lot 175. 3 High-Grade Mickey Mantle Cards Graded by PSA or Beckett. PSA graded 1975 Topps Mini #194 1965 MVPs with Mantle and Newcombe NM-MT 8. PSA assigned a grade of Gem Mint 10 to 2006 Topps All-Time “Rookie of the Week – Promo,” #1 featuring Mantle. Mantle’s 2007 Topps Heritage National Convention card #410 received a grade of 10 Mint or Better from BCCG.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 204. “Ball Four” Autographed by Jim Bouton. Mint 9 signature on the first title page of the 1993 edition of the baseball classic. Nm hardback and dust jacket. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 227. Moose Skowron Autographed OAL Budig Baseball. Mint 9 autograph on the sweet spot of the nm-m off-white ball. The popular Yankees first baseman was an eight-time All-Star and a five-time World Series champion. He passed away in 2012. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 233. Bruce Stark Caricatures Signed by Roy White, Ralph Houk, Graig Nettles, Ron Blomberg. A staff artist for the New York “Daily News,” Stark (died 2012) was widely recognized for his caricatures of celebrities and sports figures. In 1973, he produced caricatures of New York Mets and Yankees for the Sunday edition of the newspaper. Twenty-two caricatures, each about 10” x 14.5”, were issued over 11 weeks. The right borders of the Houk and Blomberg pages are somewhat irregular. The four caricatures offered here are each mounted on thick paper 14” x 18.5” or larger. Each Yankee signed his image. The signatures are gem mint 10. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 237. Oversized 1940s-50 Photo of HoF Pitcher Herb Pennock from Yankee Stadium. This large photo, formerly displayed in Yankee Stadium, shows Herb Pennock, regarded by Yankees manager Miller Huggins as baseball's best left-handed pitcher ever. He said that "If you were to cut that bird's head open, the weakness of every batter in the league would fall out." Pennock's accomplishments include a career record of 241-162, two 20-game seasons and 19 victories for the 1927 Yankees. He won five World Series games, including a three-hit shutout in 1927, without a loss. Later, as general managers of the Phillies, he assembled most of the players who ultimately won the 1950 N.L. pennant as the "Whiz Kids." Pennock was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1948, the year that he passed away. The 39.5” x 61.5” photo on paper ¼” thick was displayed in Yankee Stadium into the 1970s. It has a damaged upper right corner away from Pennock's image, and there is water damage extending 18” up from the bottom. Professional restoration would return this photo to an attention-grabbing display. It comes with a letter of authenticity signed by Mrs. Sugar confirming that it is from the Bert Randolph Sugar collection. Note: Depending on location, shipping for this item will be $100-$175. We offered it in a previous auction. The winning bid reneged and is banned from bidding with us.
Winning Bid $185.
Lot 339. “Babe Ruth’s Baseball Book for 1932.” Scarce magazine-format softcover in which Ruth presents 23 lessons on playing baseball and predicts the outcome of the 1932 season. He was correct in predicting that the Yankees would win the A.L. pennant. John McGraw offers 10 “Big Plays of the Last World Series.” And members of the 1931 world champion St. Louis Cardinals, including Jim Bottomley and Frank Frisch, provide advice on how to play each baseball position. Christy Walsh’s organization put together this 98-page special, which is extensively illustrated with excellent sepia photos of Ruth and other stars. Vg copy that shows use, but not abuse. The pages are ex.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 340. 2 Newspaper Pages with the Babe’s Salary Info, 2 “Illustrated Current News” Posters. Ruth is pictured on two “Atlanta Constitution” pages, one from 1932 and the other, from 1934. On a page from Jan. 15, 1932, Ruth is said to be “indignant” because the Yankees offered him only $70,000 for the upcoming season. That was $10,000 less than what he made in 1931, when he hit only 46 home runs and batted .373. By 1934, Ruth has agreed to have his salary cut from $52,000 in 1933 to $35,000. The 1934 paper has a 6” x 6.5” picture of Ruth. It has a tear at the top; otherwise, the newspapers are vg+ to ex. The 12.5” x 19” “Illustrated Current News” posters are from 1947 and 1948. In the earlier poster, Ruth is shown leaving a hospital, where he spent three months recovering from cancer surgery; a nurse accompanies him. In the later poster, Ruth is at the Giants-Dodgers opening game at the Polo Grounds. This poster also shows President Truman throwing out the first ball at the Senators-Yankees game and Connie Mack and Joe McCarthy at the opening Athletics-Red Sox game. Both posters have vertical folds. Otherwise, the 1947 poster is vg-ex, and the 1948, vg with border stains or tears.
Minimum Bid $40.
