 Lot 204. Reds Memorabilia Collection – Vintage Bank, Rose Ashtray, Mini-Bats, Etc. This collection consists of more than 85 individual items. Among the highlights are a circa 1940s Reds baseball bank from Mobil featuring Pegasus, the winged horse in red (ex with some wear on the blue on the baseball’s stitches and a couple of scuffs on the Reds’ logo), an nm ashtray from Pete Rose’s Restaurant and a nice vg-ex 1950s Reds popcorn megaphone with the team mascot. Also: 1971-72 Reds basketball team program with Rose as the coach on the cover, vg-ex. Reds-Letter newsletter, 22 issues, 1973-78, average vg-ex. Reds Vue magazine, 6 issues, 4 different, 1979 and 1981, ex+. 1977 Dads Root Beer laminated placemats set of three: Eastwick, Foster and Fryman; Geronimo, Griffey and Rose, and Concepcion, Driessen and Morgan, nm. Photos: Color 8 ½” x 10 team photos (22), 1969-90, and two b&w 8” x 10”s, Doug Capilla and Gary Nolan, vg+. Record albums (7): The New Red Machine, Reds Greatest Hits – ’76 (2), One Stop Along the Way: The Ballad of Johnny Bench, The Big Red Machine, The Best of Waite Hoyt in the Rain and Baseball: The First 100 Years. Nm-m records in ex to ex-m jackets. Wheaties boxes (5): Pete Rose (12 oz.), Johnny Bench Commemorative (two 18 oz.) and 1990 World Champions (two 18 oz.), unfolded, average ex to ex-m. 1986 Old Timers game program-poster, vg-ex. Mini-bats (12), including nine 16”: Cincinnati Reds (ex, Red faded), Pete Rose (vg), 1972, 1978 and 1979 Reds Caravan (overall ex-m), Ohio Baseball HoF, Cy Young Museum, Carl Ackerman testimonial (all nm or better); and three 22”: Johnny Bench (ex), 1975 World Series (ex-m) and Midget League (f). 1988 Surf book, nm. And three 2 ¼” pins: Kluszewski, Concepcion, Reds’ hat, ex.
Winning Bid $125.
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