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Magazines with Baseball Covers: 5 Pre-1960 Collier’s, 6 More – Greenberg, Etc.
Lot 527. Magazines with Baseball Covers: 5 Pre-1960 Collier’s, 6 More – Greenberg, Etc. Four Collier’s covers feature some of the best illustrations this side of Norman Rockwell. The artists are Howard McCormick, C. C. Beall, Arthur Jameson and Ronald McLeod. The earliest cover, from Oct. 24, 1908, has a drama theme, which complements five articles inside. Billy Sunday provides the sports content, selecting his “All-America Baseball Team.” A separate article, which discusses the N.L.’s deciding game, focuses on Christy Mathewson and Larry Doyle. Vg-ex. Baseball illustrations are on the April 16, 1932; April 14, 1934, and April 11, 1936 issues. They average ex; two have the owner’s name in pencil in the upper right corner. There are two covers only: April 17, 1937 and Oct. 8, 1938; both vg, one with the owner’s name. For March 6, 1948, photography succeeds illustration; a pitcher in a Yankees uniform is pictured, ex+. Willie Mays and Gregory Peck as Ahab in “Moby Dick” share the cover of the March 4, 1955 issue. Ex. Inside, Tom Meany provides a baseball preview. Mays is also on the cover of the March 1966 Boy’s Life, ex-m. Look is the source of two baseball covers: Hank Greenberg, with an accompanying article, on the April 30, 1946, cover, and Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig on July 28, 1942 cover. Both are vg. Greenberg is also on the cover of the Oct. 1945 Baseball Digest, ex to ex-m. Greenberg is the subject of a three-page article. Yogi Berra is on two covers, the April 1957 Saturday Evening Post, vg, and the April 1963 Boys’ Life, ex-m.
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