April 11, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2013
It’s hard to imagine a more entertaining and intriguing array of a wide variety of material from the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old-time lot that basically demands careful scrutiny and a good deal of written compilation. Thirty years ago at a live auction bidders would have simply pored over the contents; we’ll do our best to provide a 21st century-style glimpse.
Breakdown: 1) Excellent condition player rosters from 1933 and 1938; 2) Excellent condition player schedules from 1951 and 1955 with Mullin artwork; 3) Seven pulp magazines from 1940’s and 1950’s in grades from Fair to Very Good, including 1945 True Sport Picture Stories; 4) Four 1970’s and 1980 World Series and NLCS programs, mostly Ex to Ex-Mt; 5) Five Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt yearbooks from various teams, including 1953 Washington Nationals, 1961 Cardinals, and others; 6) Scorecards mostly Good to Excellent, from 1949 Braves, 1951 Cubs and 1955 Braves; 7) Hardbound books in varying grades but all presentable and most Ex-Mt or even better, including two copies of the “Brooklyn Dodgers An Informal History,” Roger Kahn’s “The Era, 1947-57,” the 1948 “The Dodgers,” with spine damage, “The Duke of Flatbush,” and four others; 8) Seven paperbacks, including “This is Next Year,” a 1951 issue of Baseball Digest with Dressen on the cover, a 1953 Baseball Digest with Furillo on the cover, Roy Campanella’s “It’s Good to be Alive,” a 2002 Dodgers media guide, “The Kid Comes Back,” and “The Brooklyn Dodgers 1953-57, A Fan’s Memoir”; 9) Two DVD’s and a VCR tape recounting Dodgers history; 10) A black-and-white photo of Casey Stengel (1914); 11) And 25 Susan Rini Art Cards with color photographs of her original Dodgers artwork, most Ex-Mt or even better condition, but some below.
Brooklyn Dodgers, etc. Oddball Group with 1950s Schedules, Books, 1930s Player Rosters
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