Lot 311. Sports and Non-Sport Collection – Golf, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Etc. Eleven items make up this collection: 1. “World Champions Yankees Dynasty” 18” x 27” banner, blue and red on white cloth. The banner lists 22 championships from 1923-78. Ex. 2. San Francisco Giants 1982 home baseball schedule from Coors, 14” x 22” cardboard with an unused easel. Ex with soiling across the bottom. 3. Circa 1987 Julius Erving and Larry Bird 15” x 28.5” color promotion on cardboard for Atari Electronic Arts. Three heavy creases, easel on back detached. 4. 1977 Greater Greensboro Open 40th Anniversary Ezra Brooks bourbon decanter by Heritage China. Several chips and cracks, displays decently, 7.25” wide x 3” deep x 9” tall. 5. Size medium sweatshirt by Logo 7 with the Super Bowl XIX logo and the date, Jan. 20, 1985. Ex-m. 6. “Willie Mays” by John Grabowski, youth book from the Chelsea House “Baseball Legends” series, vg+ hardback, no dust jacket as issued, 1990. 7. 1940 program, San Francisco Junior College vs. San Mateo Junior College, 8 pages, excellent vintage cover artwork. Vg+ with score added to front cover. 8. Franco Harris unsigned Pro Football Hall of Fame b&w photo. Nm. 9. Deacon Jones 8.25” x 11” color photo promoting his “All Pro Limousine Service.” Vg+ to ex. 10. 1945 Fort Worth, TX, 16-page football program. Vg+ to ex. The program shows an injured World War II veteran on the cover and promotes “Victory Bonds.” Team photos of Fort Worth’s six high school teams are inside. 11. “Information Please 1952 Almanac,” San Francisco “Call Bulletin” Edition by John Kieran, g-vg.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 312. Baseball, Football, Basketball and Non-Sport Collectibles. Thirty-five individual items make up this collection. BASEBALL: Topps inserts – 1965 Embossed #28 Ron Santo vg; 1969 Stamps of Gibson and Jenkins, average ex; 1969 Deckle Edge #11 Wilhelm g; 1970 Scratch-Offs Jones ex and Kaline g-vg; 1970 Story Booklets Mays, checklist marked, otherwise ex; and 1974 Stamp of Brock, nm. Also - 1988 Donruss Stan Musial puzzle card, ex. An 8” x 10” Pittsburgh Pirates 1975 team photo, a Ford promotion, p-f photo and envelope. And two 4” tall glass mugs from an undated baseball card show in Monroeville, PA. FOOTBALL: Media Guides, NFL Teams – 1972 Bears vg-ex, 1973 Lions vg-ex, 1976 Bills vg-ex, 1979 Eagles ex-m and 1983 Dolphins ex-m. Cards – 1975 #116 Dawkins and 246 Skorupan and 1977 #126 Hampton and 422 Fox. Average ex. 1980s cards of O.J. Simpson, John Williams and Kevin Greene. Average nm to nm-m. 1990s cards of Howie Long, Joe Theismann and Joe Arenas. Nm. Topps 1980 and 1983 wax wrappers. Vg-ex. An 8” x 10” photo of Indiana University football player Harold Mauro, p-f. And a San Diego Chargers kitchen or bar towel, unused, nm-m. BASKETBALL: Offset-printed 6” x 7” photos of Boston’s Bill Sharman and Fran Ramsey, both in blue, with facsimile autographs. Folded once or twice; otherwise ex. And a postcard with a glossy photo of young Tom Heinsohn, facsimile autograph, ex-m. NON-SPORT: 1939 Player & Sons card #33 Japanese battleship “Nagato” from the “Modern Naval Craft” set, g, minor back damage. And a 1944 program for the First Annual Dance & Banquet of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Cumberland, MD. Twelve pages, primarily advertising, vg.
Winning Bid $30.
Lot 313. 130+ Pro, College and Minor League Football, Basketball and Hockey Pocket Schedules. These schedules span 1980-2012 and average ex-m to nm. Counts in each category are approximate; duplicates account for less than 10 percent of the total. PRO FOOTBALL: 44, 1980-2012. Packers, Vikings (26) and Chiefs (7). Also, seven that cover the full NFL. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: 20, 1984-2012. Nebraska, Minnesota (10), Minnesota State, Missouri, Iowa (5), Iowa State and Illinois State. HOCKEY: 21, 1982-2011. Washington Capitals. Minor or junior leagues Phoenix Coyotes, Minnesota Wild (7), Minnesota Gophers (6), Minnesota Moose, Chicago Steel, Missouri Otters and Peoria Rivermen. PRO BASKETBALL: 36, 1981-2006. Pacers, Cavaliers, Hawks, Kings, Mavericks, Pistons, Lakers, Bucks, Timberwolves (17), Flyers, Bulls and Warriors. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: 15, 1980-81and 2008 Minnesota (5), Iowa, Iowa State, Southwest Minnesota State, Missouri, Big 10 and Big 12.
Winning Bid $15.
Lot 317. Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 World Series Ticket Stub and a 1972 NLCS Program. Both of these collectibles are closely tied to Roberto Clemente, who is pictured on the cover of the program. Batting .414, he was the MVP of the 1971 World Series as the Pirates edged the Orioles in seven games. He had at least one hit in each game. A year later, his final major league appearance in Pittsburgh was on Oct. 8 in the NLCS. Two sections of the 1971 ticket stub are present for Game 5, which Pittsburgh won, 4-0, to take a three games to two lead over Baltimore. The score is lightly recorded on the back of the stub, which is ex. Bruce Kison was effective for Pittsburgh as a relief pitcher, and Al Oliver and Willie Stargell led a 14-hit attack. Clemente singled and drove in a run in the fifth inning to increase Pittsburgh’s lead to 3-0. The 1972 NLCS program is vg-ex and unscored. Clemente was hitless in the two NLCS games in Pittsburgh, one on Oct. 7 and the other, on Oct. 8. The same program was used for both games. The Pirates and Reds then traveled to Cincinnati for three games, where Clemente played his final MLB game on Oct. 11.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 319. 2 Shot Glasses: Kessler Pittsburgh Steelers’ 1969 Schedule and a Jim Beam MVP Baseball. The four-ounce Kessler glass displays the Steelers’ schedule in blue. Despite the team’s 1-13 record, the 1969 season was pivotal for the Steelers franchise. It marked the arrival of Chuck Noll as head coach and linemen Joe Greene and L. C. Greenwood. Five seasons later, the Steelers won the first of four Super Bowls in six seasons. The glass is nm-m. The James B. Beam MVP glass, in the shape of a baseball, holds one ounce. Nm-m.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 320. 1977 Sugar Bowl Victory Photo of University of Pittsburgh Coach Johnny Majors. The 5” x 7” photo shows Pitt players carrying Majors after the Panthers defeated Georgia, 27-3, to complete a 12-0 season and capture the national collegiate football championship. Nm photo with some newspaper markings in the top border.
Winning Bid $5.
Lot 321. 4 Rare Pittsburgh Gladiators’ Arena Football League Inaugural (1987) Season Programs. With three other teams, the Gladiators were charter members of the Arena Football League. In 1991, the Gladiators became the Tampa Bay Storm, the only team today that can trace its roots to an original team. On June 19, 1987, at Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena, the Gladiators defeated the Washington Commandos in the league’s first game. In a brief season, the team won three more games, lost two and then fell to the Denver Dynamite in the league’s first championship game, which was played at the Civic Arena. The programs are for the Gladiators’ three regular-season home games and the championship. Each program contains 36 pages, plus the covers. The program for the first game is ex+; for the third (Denver Dynamite), ex-m; and for the second game (Chicago Bruisers) and the Arena Bowl, nm to nm-m. A couple of the Gladiators’ players had a turn in the NFL. These programs are very seldom seen. The regular-season programs do not have dates on the cover; the Arena Bowl program does.
Winning Bid $20.
