Legendary Auctions August 5, 2011 Live Auction sale (#43 Extremely Rare 1880’s Matched Pair of Fingerless Baseball Gloves , #46 1910’s Stahl & Dean Ty Cobb-Endorsed Glove and Matching Pictorial Box and #47 1930’s Babe Ruth-endorsed “Home Run Special” Glove and Matching Pictorial Display Box ) Legendary Auctions kicks off the sale of The John Graham Collection.
One of the finest galleries of player endorsed store model gloves ever assembled was compiled by Texas collector John Graham. Focused on condition as well as completeness, his amazing “finds” were drawn together to form a museum-caliber trove of astonishing breadth. (His diligence in seeking out and acquiring the most exceptional items was gentlemanly in nature, but nevertheless unrelenting.) Consisting of the most comprehensively representative and highest-quality material imaginable – including a mind-boggling 85 of the 88 known pre-war glove models endorsed by Hall of Famers (plus Joe Jackson) – Graham’s collection served as the resource for simply incredible displays. (These are pictured in Graham’s book, which also serves as an invaluable, pictorial reference work in full color.)
Please Note: Winning bidders of one or more pieces from The John Graham Collection’s “Player Endorsed Store Model Gloves” section in this catalog will receive a complimentary copy of his book, Baseball Gloves – Store Model Gloves from 1880’s to 1940’s – From the Collection of John Graham.
Full Preview Now Online for our August 5th Summer Sports Memorabilia LIVE Auction . The event features 100 offerings of truly extraordinary sports memorabilia and will be held at MUVICO in Rosemont, IL, 8:30 pm, Friday, August 5, 2011. Online proxy bidding begins July 25 . For event reservations please call (708) 889-9380. Space is limited. As our customers have come to expect this will include a wide array of game used items, memorabilia, historical artifacts and rare sports cards. There will be something for everyone! Some highlights include:
Lot # Name Minimum Bid 1 Historic 1866 “Wapellos of Rock Island, Illinois” Cartes de Visite Collection (13) – Featuring the Entire Team, plus a CDV of Trophy Balls, Memorializing 119-7 Victory! $5,000 2 1895 N300 Mayo Cut Plug Complete Set (48) – #1 on the PSA Set Registry $10,000 3 1887 Kalamazoo Bats Wilbert Robinson/Fred Mann Cabinet (N690-1) and Card (N690) – One of Just Two Cabinets in the Issue Featuring a Hall of Famer! $5,000 4 $5,000 5 1888 N338-1 S.F. Hess “California League” Charles J. Sweeney – SGC 40 VG 3 $2,500 6 1894 N142 Honest (Duke) Cabinet Ed Delehanty – SGC 30 GD 2 $4,000 7 1899-1900 M101-1 Sporting News Supplements Complete Bound Set (62) – A Nearly Impossible Set to Assemble! $15,000 8 Extremely Rare 1908 Ty Cobb Detroit Free Press Postcard – One of Only Two Known! – SGC Authentic $4,000 9 1909-11 T206 White Border Ty Cobb, Bat On Shoulder – PSA NM-MT 8 $7,500 10 1909-11 T206 White Border Sherry “Magie” Error Card – SGC 20 FR 1.5 $4,000 11 1909 T206 White Border Eddie Plank – With Stunning Color and Eye Appeal! – PSA Authentic $7,500 12 Extensive 1909-11 T212 Obak Complete Sets Collection (3 Different, Plus Variations – Containing 430 Cards In Total) Including Chick Gandil, Ten Million and Buck Weaver $15,000 13 J.L. Wilkinson Signed Bank Check/Receipt – Exceedingly Rare Signature of Hall Of Famer and Founder of Kansas City Monarchs – PSA DNA MINT 9 $4,000 14 $2,500 15 Walter Johnson Early 1900s Signed Studio Photograph – Among the Earliest Known Examples! $2,500 16 Rare Circa 1930 Tris Speaker Single Signed Ball – Beautiful Sweet Spot Signature! $5,000 17 Christy Mathewson 1925 Full Signature Signed Letter as President of Boston Braves – Great Baseball Content Offering to Share “Inside Points About Art of Pitching” $7,500 18 “Bustin’ Babes” and “Larrupin’ Lous” 1927 Barnstorming Panoramic Photo $4,000 20 Thurman Munson’s 1978 Signed Student Pilot License Framed Display – PSA DNA MINT 9 $5,000 27 Tremendous “.400 Hitters Club” Multi-Signed Ball (6 Signatures) Including Cobb, Hornsby, Williams, Sisler, Terry and Clarke* $5,000 28 Exceedingly Rare Joe Jackson Signed Bat – Penned on a 1918 White Sox Teammate Johnny Mostil Gamer! $40,000 29 Historic 1919 Chicago Black Sox Original Glass Negatives Archive (12) – Including Joe Jackson and Game Action Shots! $4,000 30 1919 Joe Jackson Follows the Flight of His Ball – Paul Thompson Original Photo – PSA DNA Authentic Type I $5,000 31 Rare 1913 “Jim Thorpe at the Plate” Underwood & Underwood Original News Service Photo – PSA DNA Authentic Type I $1,500 32 Extraordinary 1906 Christy Mathewson Original Photograph – Used to Create His T206 Tobacco Card – PSA DNA Authentic Type I $4,000 33 $4,000 34 Poignant Circa 1921 Babe Ruth Paul Thompson Original Photo – “Babe” En Route to the Plate “Batter Up” – PSA DNA Authentic Type I $4,000 35 $5,000 36 Rare 1861 “Home Run Quick Step” Full Color Baseball Sheet Music $2,500 37 Rare and Exceptional 1867 “Home Run Polka” Sheet Music $1,500 38 “George Wright” 1973 Hand-Painted Baseball by George Sosnak $2,500 39 1891 Cleveland Spiders Composite Photo Baseball Schedule – Featuring Cy Young in His First Full Season! $2,500 40 Rare and Magnificent 1876 Muller Baseball Clock – Featuring High-Relief Depictions of Historic Baseball Figures Alexander Cartwright and Henry Chadwick $4,000 41 1887 Detroit Wolverines World Champion Team Original Imperial Cabinet Featuring Ned Hanlon, Dan Brouthers, and Sam Thompson $5,000 42 1888 A35 Goodwin “Baseball Champions” Tobacco Premium Album – The Famed “Round Album” $7,500 43 Extremely Rare 1880s Matched Pair of Fingerless Baseball Gloves $7,500 44 Circa 1910 American Chicle “Fad-A-Way” Gum Advertising Display Box Featuring Christy Mathewson $1,000 45 Exceptional Early 1900s Ornate Silver Baseball Figural “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Music Box $2,500 46 Exceedingly Rare 1910s Stahl & Dean Ty Cobb-Endorsed Glove and Matching Pictorial Box $6,000 47 1930s Babe Ruth-Endorsed “Home Run Special” Glove and Matching Pictorial Display Box $4,000 48 Rare 1911 “Addie Joss Day” Postcard/Cabinet Photograph $4,000 49 1910 E125 American Caramel Die-Cut Christy Mathewson – SGC Authentic $5,000 50 High Grade 1910 E90-3 American Caramel Complete Set (20) – #2 on the SGC Set Registry $5,000 51 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Complete Set (132) – #8 on the PSA Set Registry $15,000 52 Exceedingly Rare 1912 La Azora Cigars Ty Cobb “Schedule Backs” Complete Set (2 Cards) – Both SGC-Graded $4,000 53 1913 H813 Boston Garter – Larry Doyle – SGC Authentic $4,000 54 1914 Cracker Jack #103 Joe Jackson – SGC 84 NM 7 $20,000 55 Rare 1916 M101-4 “Altoona Tribune” #151 Babe Ruth – PSA VG 3 $15,000 56 1916 M101-5 Famous and Barr #176 Jim Thorpe Rookie Card – PSA VG-EX 4 “1 of 1!” $4,000 57 1917-20 M101-6 Sporting News Supplements/Felix Mendelsohn PSA-Graded Collection (37 Different) Including Ruth, Johnson and Other Hall of Famers! $4,000 58 $40,000 59 Ultra-Rare, Newly Discovered 1969/70 Topps Complete Set (99 Cards) on a Full Uncut Sheet – One of Only Three Known Examples! $2,500 60 Scarce 1910 T220 Mecca “Champion Prizefighters” Silver Border Boxing Complete Set (24) – #1 on the PSA Set Registry $5,000 61 1935 R331 National Chicle Complete Set (36) Including Nagurski PSA EX-MT 6 Example! – #9 on the PSA Set Registry $7,500 62 1948-1952 Football Exhibit Cards Complete Master Set (128) $5,000 63 New England Patriots Super Bowl XXXVII Full-Size Vince Lombardi Trophy $5,000 64 1971/72 O-Pee-Chee Hockey 2nd Series Unopened Wax Box (36 Packs) $15,000 65 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Game-Winning Hockey Puck and Signed Team Photo – With Provenance and Ticket Stubs in Magnificent Framed Display $7,500 66 Incredibly Rare October 8, 1913 World Series Game 2 at Philadelphia Full Ticket – Mathewson vs. Plank! – PSA Authentic $1,500 67 1913-14 “White Sox & Giants World Tour” Pennant – Featuring Christy Mathewson $4,000 68 Ornate 1917 14K Gold Pocket Watch Presented to Honus Wagner as a Retirement Gift by Owner Barney Dreyfuss – Originates From Teammate Max Carey $7,500 69 Spectacular 1916-17 Full Size Silver Presentation Bat and Ball (2 Items) – Awarded to Frank Chance, Manager of PCL Champion Los Angeles Seraphs $4,000 70 $2,500 71 Attractive 1920s Ty Cobb “Safe” Trophy by Dieges & Clust $4,000 72 Newly Discovered Circa 1922 Babe Ruth Royal Diamond & Watch Co. Premium Advertising Piece $1,000 73 Rare 1927 Mills “Play Ball” Baseball Slot Machine with Custom Display Stand $4,000 74 Spectacular Jackie Robinson Pinbacks Collection (16 Different) – Including “Brooklyn Eagle” Rarity $2,500 75 1956 Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals Game Worn Home Jersey – Rare One-Year Style! $10,000 76 Pristine Boston Red Sox Sept. 28, 1960 Scored Program and Ticket Stub – Ted Williams’ Final Game – His 521st Home Run $1,500 77 2004 Boston Red Sox World Championship Front Office Ring with Original Presentation Box $10,000 78 1975 Carlton Fisk Boston Red Sox Signed Post Season Home Jersey – Possibly Worn as He Hit His Historic World Series Home Run! $7,500 79 Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron Dual Signed Ball – Began Its Journey as a Spring Training Home Run Ball! $5,000 80 Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris 30″ x 36″ Original Oil Painting by Ron Stark $4,000 81 $5,000 82 $7,500 83 Rare Beatles Signed Checks (4) – All PSA DNA-Graded – Beautifully Framed with Four Original Cow Palace Performance Photos $7,500 84 Spectacular 1960s Beatles Signed Display (PSA DNA MINT 9) with Comiskey Park Performance Photo and Full Ticket $4,000 85 Rare 1916 Zeenut Jimmy Claxton – First 20th Century Black Player in Professional Baseball – SGC 40 VG 3 $5,000 86 1922 E120 American Caramel SGC-Graded Complete Set (240) $5,000 87 1928 Exhibit Supply Co. “Pacific Coast League” Complete Set (32) – #1 on the PSA Set Registry $4,000 88 1929 Star Player Candy #21 Babe Ruth – SGC 88 NM/MT 8 “1 of 2!” – Freshly Pulled from an Unopened Pack! $7,500 89 1953 Glendale Meats Detroit Tigers Complete Set (28) – #3 on the PSA Set Registry $5,000 90 Rare 1952 Central National Bank of Cleveland Complete Set (20) – Including 19 Previously Unknown Subjects! $5,000 91 1953 Hunter Wieners St. Louis Cardinals Complete Set (26) – On 13 Uncut Panels $15,000 92 1959 Bazooka Uncut Proof Sheet Featuring All 14 “Short-Printed” Subjects Plus 20-Count Box Design – The Only Sheet of its Kind Known to Exist! $5,000 93 Incredibly Scarce 1967 Topps Venezuela “Retirado” Series Complete Set (50) – #2 on the PSA Set Registry $5,000 94 1968 “Champion Corn Flakes” – Tremendous Collection of Uncatalogued Baseball Cards (52 Different) – Including Aaron, Clemente, Mantle and Mays $5,000 95 Willie Mays 1965-1968 H&B Signed Game Used Bat Bearing Vintage 1960s Signature – PSA DNA GU 9 $4,000 96 1917-21 Rogers Hornsby Hillerich & Bradsby Game Used Bat – From His Early Days with the St. Louis Cardinals! – PSA DNA GU-9 $7,500 97 1953 Roy Campanella Hillerich & Bradsby Vault Marked C186 Game Used Bat – Historic Gamer from his Finest MVP Season! – Graded PSA DNA GU 8.5 $15,000 98 October 14, 1923 Historic “Last Out” Ball that Ended Game 5 of the New York Yankees’ First World Series – The Only Game Ball Known from this Milestone Championship! $4,000 99 Unique Babe Ruth 1947 Twice-Signed and Inscribed Christmas Day Baseball – Penned on Ruth’s Final Christmas! $5,000 100 Babe Ruth Early 1920s H&B Game Used Bat – A Fantastic and Early Ruth Gamer! $20,000
With the sale of three lots in the Legendary Auctions August 5, 2011 Live Auction sale (#43 Extremely Rare 1880’s Matched Pair of Fingerless Baseball Gloves , #46 1910’s Stahl & Dean Ty Cobb-Endorsed Glove and Matching Pictorial Box and #47 1930’s Babe Ruth-endorsed “Home Run Special” Glove and Matching Pictorial Display Box ) Legendary Auctions kicks off the sale of The John Graham Collection.
