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Cincinnati Reds
15 Lots
 Lot 428. 33 Jay Publishing 1950s-60s Photos – Braves, Cards, Indians, Mets, Reds and Tigers. Includes Braves: Frank Bolling (2), Covington, Dressen and Spahn g-vg. Cardinals: Gibson vg and Schoendienst vg-ex. Indians: Adcock, Donovan (2 different), McDowell, Romano and Terry. Mets: Snider vg-ex and Stengel (2), one ex+ and one vg. Reds: Frank Robinson ex+. Tigers: Aguirre (2 different), Bridges, Bruton (2), Bunning vg-ex, Foytack; Kaline (2 different), one vg-ex and one g-vg; Lary (3), Scheffing and Wood. These photos average vg-ex to ex.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 444. Cincinnati Reds Baseball Cap Signed by Pete Rose with “4256 (Hits)” Added. Rose signed the bill of the size 6 7/8 cap and added the “4256” notation. In 1986, Rose concluded his playing career with the major league record of 4,256 career hits. The signature and addition are mint 9. Authentication by Kevin Keating and JSA Authentication. The tags have been removed from the inside of the cap; otherwise, it is mint. Rose led the National League in hits seven times and was a 17-time All-Star. The JSA Auction Letter of Authenticity may be exchanged for a full LoA at a discount.
Winning Bid $45.
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 Lot 445. Pete Rose Autographed Poster Showing His Topps Cards. Below his large, bold gem mint 10 signature, Rose added “Hit King #4256,” the number of hits he collected during what, statistically, was a Hall of Fame career. No active player is close to Rose in career hits. The poster is double-matted and framed to 22.25” x 28.25”. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 724. 1974 Willard Mullin “The Big Red Machine” Cincinnati Reds 22” x 28” Lithograph. Widely recognized for his “Brooklyn Bum,” Mullin also created a figure personifying the Reds’ “Big Red Machine” of the 1970s. This colorful litho has figures, including the Bum, representing other National League teams. Production of these prints was limited to 3,000. They were issued by the Reds and Pepsi. Nm. The portfolio or folder that housed this lithograph is offered separately in Lot 725.
Winning Bid $68.
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 Lot 725. REVISED DESCRIPTION: Portfolio for Willard Mullin's “The Big Red Machine In 1974, Mullin, the Cincinnati Reds and Pepsi issued a limited-edition lithograph featuring a huge, muscled batter typifying the Reds surrounded by hapless representatives of the other National League teams. This 22” x 28” red-on-yellow portfolio or folder housed the print offered in Lot 724. It displays nicely on its own. The back contains a lengthy biography of Mullin and a similarly long description of the painting used for the lithograph. The background color is a medium-to-dark yellow, without the variation in shading evident in our photo. The image of the player is free of creases, which do appear in the upper left and right and, in a very minor way, in the lower left and right. Light foxing or soiling affects the lower one-quarter and is most pronounced in the lower left. The back has corner creases, minor foxing along some edges, a section of tape 2” long in the center at the top well away from the descriptions and a tiny area of paper loss above the tape.
Winning Bid $25.
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 Lot 726. 14 Autographs, Many with a Cincinnati Connection – Schott, Lombardi, Hoyt, Rowe, Etc. These signatures are on various media. Sometimes it comes down to getting a baseball star’s autograph on whatever you have. Maybe a bag from a grocery store. That’s what Ernie Lombardi signed, and so did three other Reds who played in the 1930s. The pencil signature of the Hall of Fame catcher is nm 7 on a 3” x 4.5” section from a bag. There is a stray pencil mark next to the top of the “b.” The three autographs are on a slightly larger portion of a bag – Eddie Joost, Chuck Aleno and Ival Goodman. The Aleno signature is ex-m 6, while the other are nm. Marge Schott autographed a panel of a holiday brochure and added a paw print representing her St. Bernard Schottzie. Mint 9. During his Hall of Fame career, Waite Hoyt never played for the Reds, but he broadcast their games for 24 years. One of his broadcast partners was Jack Moran. Both signed an autograph page (3.5” x 5”) dated 1958. Both signatures are mint 9. Pete Rose and Jim Bunning signed the back of the same computer card. The card is creased and the autographs are in opposite directions, but they could be separated. Gary Nolan autographed the other end of the card. Nm-m 8. Other autographs are by: Gene Freese (nm 7) on a business card; “Schoolboy” Rowe (nm-m 8) and Rudy York (ex to ex-m 6) on a section clipped from an envelope; and Chuck Tanner on a name tag from a SABR event. This group includes Rose, three Hall of Fame members and a couple of stars.
Minimum Bid $35.
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 Lot 728. 11 Cincinnati Reds Publications, 1963-2003 – Yearbooks, NLCS and W.S Programs, Etc. In the 1963 yearbook, Pete Rose makes his first appearance as a member of the Reds’ farm system. Rose made the Reds’ roster and was named the N.L. Rookie of Year. A person’s name is written on the front cover of the yearbook; vg+ with ex pages. The other yearbooks are from 1979, Big Red Machine cover, nm-m; 1980, nm+; 1982, card intact inside, vg-ex; 1988, ex-m; and 1996, Marge Schott and players on the cover, vg+. The program for the 1979 National League Championship Series is ex+, and the scorecard for the 1995 N.L. Division Series, nm. The Reds defeated the Red Sox in the 1975 World Series; the program for the event is vg-ex. Also, a 1986 Reds Express program with Schott, Rose and others on the cover, vg-ex, and a scorecard, ex-m, and two ticket stubs, nm, from 2003, the Reds’ inaugural season at Great American Ball Park.
Winning Bid $61.
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 Lot 729. 3 Books on Baseball in Cincinnati from 1869 to the Big Red Machine. A softcover by Greg Rhodes and John Erardi provides details on the city’s earliest professional team in “The First Boys of Summer: The 1869-1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baseball’s First Professional Team.” The 1994 144-page book is extensively illustrated. Queen City baseball in the 1970s is the focus of Bob Hertzel’s 1976 book, “The Big Red Machine: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Best Team.” The hardback is nm-m, and the dust jacket, ex-m. Baseball and other sports receive coverage in “Cincinnati’s Sports Stories,” Pat Harmon, 1978, ex-library, minimal markings, vg, dust jacket glued to the book.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 731. Crosley Field Print by George Longfellow, “Cincinnati Enquirer” Illustrator. The print of the pen and ink drawing, signed by Longfellow, is framed without glass to 20.5” x 26.5”. It has some border wrinkles. The image area is 13” x 18”, including Longfellow’s autograph, and the print would benefit from matting an reframing. Longfellow has been a member of the “Enquirer” staff for 24 years.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 732. Bill Purdom 1992 Lithograph, “Last Crosley Pitch.” The Cincinnati Reds called Crosley Field home from 1912-70, when it was replaced by Riverfront Stadium. Purdom’s autographed 21 5/8” x 29 5/8” print, #195 of 600, shows Bobby Bonds about to bounce to the box to end the final game played there – on June 24. Tito Fuentes is in the on-deck circle, the Reds’ Wayne Granger on the mound and Johnny Bench behind the plate. The other Reds visible are third baseman Tony Perez, shortstop Woody Woodward, left fielder Bernie Carbo and center fielder Bobby Tolan. Powered by back-to-back eighth-inning home runs by Lee May and Bench, the Reds defeated Juan Marichal and the Giants, 5-4. The print is nm-m and framed.
Winning Bid $138.
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 Lot 733. 1973 Cincinnati Reds Big Red Machine Catcher’s Glove Bourbon Decanter. From Hoffman Distilling of Kentucky, this decanter is as much as 11” tall, including the baseball on top, 9.5” across and 3.75” deep. The 1973 Reds fielded such stars as Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Ken Griffey and George Foster. The Big Red Machine dominated the National League in the first half of the 1970s, winning four pennants and two World Series. Nm-m with the Big Red Machine logo on the front and the Reds’ mascot logo on the back.
Winning Bid $138.
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