November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
This is an intriguing array of classic football guides and pulp magazines from the postwar era, headlined by imposing runs of Football Illustrated, Street & Smith’s Football Pictorial Yearbooks and Football Illustrated, virtually all in a highly collectible Excellent or better condition, with some below. We’ll start with the 20-year run of Football Illustrated (17): 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1953. The legendary Street & Smith’s Football Pictorial Yearbooks constitute an amazing run (20) from the beginning of the Second World War to the arrival of the 21st Century. Here’s the lineup: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2001. Breakdown of the rest: 1934 The Literary Digest; 1936 The American Boy; 1937 The Open Road for Boys; 1943 Official Football Guide (4 ½-by-6 ½ inches); 1943 Esquire Sports Book Football; 1946 College Football Illustrated; 1947 College Football Illustrated; 1949 Complete Football; Stanley Woodward’s Football - 1951, 1954 (2), 1955 and 1957; 1953 Football Yearbook; 1954 Sports Review Football; 1956 True Men’s Magazine Football; Sports Illustrated, Sept. 24, 1956; 1957 Sports Review Football, 1957 Real Magazine’s Kickoff; and “You Gotta Be a Football Hero” sheet music.
1934-59 Football Guides, Yearbooks and Pulp Magazines (60)
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