April 11, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2013
For publications fans, a wonderful treasure trove highlighted by some great classic magazines with the likes of Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth on the cover and a substantial accumulation of Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Day yearbooks. Some of the older magazines and newspapers are generally in the expected condition, often Fair to Good, while the HOF publications tend to be mostly Ex to Ex-Mt or even better. Here’s a breakdown: 1) Large group of 26 or more pre-1980’s Hall of Fame Induction Day programs when page count was typically 24-36 pages; 2) 16 different Hall of Fame Induction Day Souvenir programs in the larger page-count format of typically 124 pages or so (1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992-96, 1999, 2000, 2005-2008 and 2012); 3) Hall of Fame Map and Guide book; 4) Circa 1960’s Sport Magazine with Mantle portrait on cover; 5) 1960 Sport Magazine with Mantle action pose on cover; 6) 1935 Literary Digest with Ruth on cover; 7) half dozen newspapers, mostly Fair to Good, including 1905 and 1930; 8) Lone Scout magazine 1919; 9) Aug. 1948 Look Magazine; 10) July 1956 Life magazine with Mantle on cover (Poor); 11) September 1962 Life magazine with Drysdale cover (Poor); 12) July 1958 Life with Campanella on cover; 13) July 1961 Saturday Evening Post magazine with No-Hitter story inside; 14) 1995 and 2000 New York Yankees Media Guides; and 15) Half dozen or so miscellaneous publications, including to Sports Illustrated.
Vintage Baseball Publications Collection of 50 with Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, HOF
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