Space & Autographs Auction Space & Autographs Auction Jan. 2014 | Page 150

Sports Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Estimate Estimate CHECKS (SIGNED) Baseball – Sports, cont. CARDS (SIGNED) 831 833 1940s-80s SIGNED PSA GRADED BASEBALL CARDS .................................................................. PH $400-600 /D 1922-30 SIGNED NEW YORK YANKEES PAYROLL CHECKS (x4) .................................... PH $750-1000 Unique collection of 4 vintage, 1922-30, New York Yankees payroll checks, all signed by Hall of Famer Jacob Rupport as New York Yankees President, three also signed by his fellow Hall of Famer Ed Barrow as New York Yankees Secretary, all then endorsed on the verso by New York Yankees players & employees Sam Jones, Ernie Johnson, George Perry & legendary New York Yankees training Doc A.A. Woods. Fascinating slice of Yankee history with some scarce signatures! Fine. Group of 11 different PSA graded baseball cards & postcard, all signed by baseball greats including: Berra (1974 postcard), Mathews (1985 Circle K), Lohrke (1948 Bowman), Sievers (1956 Topps), Houk (1970 Topps), Killebrew (1985 Circle K), B.Robinson (1980 Immortals), Martin (1983 Donruss), Spahn (1989 Donruss), Seaver x2 (1982 Topps & 1982 Donruss), and an SMA graded cutout photo of rookie Babe Ruth from 1916 Reach Baseball Guide. COVERS (SIGNED) 834 Withdrawn 835 / 1938 DIMAGGIO, DICKEY & CROSETTI AUTOGRAPHED WORLD SERIES COVER ...... PH $750-1000 A First Day Cover commemorating the 1938 World Series between the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs. Cover carries circular date stamp of 10/5/1938, out of Chicago, the first day of the World Series. The Yankees would go on to sweep this series, and this cover features autographs by three of those Yankees, all in blue ballpoint: HOF legend Joe DiMaggio, HOF catcher Bill Dickey, and shortstop Frank Crosetti. An outstanding collectible, featuring player autographs from one of the many Yankee dynasties. 836 837 / 832 1939 FIRST DAY COVERS (x12), SIGNED BY SEVERAL HOFERS .......................................... PH $1000-1500 Stellar group of 12 First Day Covers, all commemorating the Centennial of Baseball in 1939, and all date canceled 6/12/39 out of Cooperstown, each signed by at least one baseball player. Signed covers include following: Ernie Banks (HOF), Walt Alston and Leo Durocher (both HOF), Hank Greenberg (HOF) and Roy Cullenbine, Bob Feller (HOF), Red Schoendienst (HOF), Dick Williams (HOF), Lou Boudreau (HOF), Billy Herman (HOF), Gus Zernial, Tommy Henrich, Charlie Grimm, and Joe Hauser. 1978-88 AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL CARDS W/ KOUFAX, SNIDER, DRYSDALE, MCGWIRE ........................................................................... PH $1000-1500 Just under one hundred modern baseball cards, all signed by the featured player. Most certainly a Dodgers theme here, autographs include: 25 cards from the 1980 TCMA 1959 Dodgers series, with autographs by HOFers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, Walter Alston, as well as other Dodger greats like Carl Erskine, Carl Furillo, Tommy Davis, Johnny Podres, and more; 27 cards from the 1978 SSPC All-Star Gallery series, including signatures from HOFers Tommy Lasorda and Don Sutton, along with other contemporaries like Tommy John, Steve Garvey, Manny Mota, Ron Cey, Bill Russell, Dusty Baker, Davey Lopes, Vic Davalillo, and others; non-Dodger group of 1985 and 1989 autographed Topps 1984 and 1988 United States Olympic baseball teams, with by far the most important card here being Mark McGwire, with only a handful of these other players making it to the Majors; finally, from Cubs and Indians great, Riggs Stephenson, signing on a 1982 TCMA Baseball Greatest Hitters card. Most cards in at least VG-EX if not better. Great autograph selection! 838 / 1939 FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY MANTLE, WILLIAMS, ROBINSON, YASTRZEMSKI ....... PH $1000-1500 A First Day Cover commemorating the Baseball Centennial in 1939 (date-stamped 6/12/39 out of Cooperstown), signed by four baseball HOFers: Mickey Mantle (blue sharpie), Ted Williams (blue ballpoint), Frank Robinson (black ink), and Carl Yastrzemski (blue ballpoint). All four signatures big, bold and beautiful specimens. 839 / 1939 FIRST DAY COVERS (x7), ALL MULTIPLE-SIGNED, W/ SEVERAL HOFERS ...................................... PH $750-1000 Seven First Day Covers, all commemorating the Baseball Centennial in 1939, all postmarked 6/12/1939 out of Cooperstown, each with several autographs from various baseball players and other personalities. 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