July 21, 2022: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022
This is an incredible opportunity for serious Detroit Tigers collectors, an imposing array of team yearbooks, scorecards, programs and other publications, plus All-Star and World Series programs, all chronicling more than a half-century of the colorful history of the beloved franchise, most notably the World Series titles in 1968 and 1984 and the final game at Tiger Stadium in 1999. It’s the kind of auction lot that begs for a good deal of close examination and a comprehensive inventory is provided. In the detailed listings that follow, the scorebooks are generally about 6-by-9 ½ inches and the yearbooks and World Series and All-Star programs approximately 8 ½-by-10 inches; listed items are Detroit Tigers unless otherwise indicated. The breakdown: 1) 1956 Scorebook (lightly scored) – Excellent; 2) 1959 Scorebook (lightly scored) – Ex; 3) 1960 Yearbook, 40 pgs. – Poor; 4) 1961 Yearbook, 48 pgs., Ex-Plus (cover VG); 5) 1961 Scorebook (scored) – Ex-Plus; 6) 1962 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 7) 1963 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt; 8) 1964 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex; 9) 1965 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 10) 1966 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 11) 1967 Yearbook (2) – Ex-Plus and VG-Ex; 12) 1967 Scorebook (scored) – Ex-Mt; 13) 1968 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 14) 1968 Scorebook (lightly scored) – Ex-Mt-Plus; 15) 1969 Yearbook (2) – Ex-Mt and Ex; 16) 1970 Yearbook, 48 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 17)1971 Yearbook, 64 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 18) 1972 Yearbook (3), 64 pgs. – Near-Mint and (2) Ex; 19) 1972 Scorebook (2), one is scored – Ex; 20) 1973 Yearbook, 64 pgs; - Nr-Mt; 21) 1974 Yearbook (2) – Nr-Mt; 22) 1975 Yearbook – Ex; 23) 1976 Yearbook – VG; 24) 1977 Yearbook – Ex-Mt-Plus; 25) 1978 Yearbook – Ex-Mt; 26) 1979 Yearbook – Nr-Mt; 27) 1980 Yearbook – Ex-Mt-Plus; 28) 1980 Scorebook (unscored) – Ex-Mt; 29) 1981 Yearbook – Ex-Mt-Plus; 30) 1981 Scorebook (unscored) – Ex; 31) 1982 Yearbook (3) – Nr-Mt; 32) 1982 Scorebook (scored) – Ex-Mt; 33) 1983 Yearbook (2) – Ex-Mt and Ex; 34) 1984 Yearbook (2) – Nr-Mt; 35) 1984 Scorebook (2), unscored – Nr-Mt; 36) 1985 Yearbook – Ex-Mt-Plus; 37) Roar of 84 Commemorative Magazine – Nr-Mt; 38) 1986 Yearbook, 80 pgs. – Ex-Mt-Plus; 39) 1986 Scorebook, 92 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 40) 1986 Old Timers Day Program – Nr-Mt; 41) 1987 Yearbook, 88 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 42) 1989 Scorebook, 72 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 43) 1991 Scorebook – Ex-Mt; 44) 1996 Scorebook – Nr-Mt; 45) 1999 The Final Game, 136 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 46) 2000 Calendar – Ex-Mt-Plus; 47) 2004 Tigers Magazine (Baseball’s Back), 108 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 48) 2004 Tigers Magazine, 108 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 49) 2006 Tigers Magazine, 108 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 50) 2006 Tigers Magazine (Head of the Class) – Nr-Mt; 51) 2012 Spring Training Program – Nr-Mt; 52) 2012 Spring Training Program (AL Champs) – Ex-Mt; World Series and All-Star Game Programs (21) – 53) 1984 World Series Program (4), 104 pgs. – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt; 54) 1985 World Series Program, 104 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 55) 1986 World Series Program, 104 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 56) 1987 World Series Program, 96 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 57) 1988 World Series Program, 96 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 58) 1989 Dodgers Spring Training World Championship Edition, 146 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 59) 1989 World Series Program, 96 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 60) 1990 World Series Program – Nr-Mt; 61) 1991 World Series Program, 116 pgs. – Nr-Mt; 62) 2003 World Series Program, 200 pgs. (cover Poor) – Ex-Mt; 63) All-Star Game Programs 1986-91 and 2005 (8) – Nr-Mt; and 64) Miscellaneous additional items (9), including a 9-inch Tigers Pennant, six (6) Bumper Stickers (five are “Tear Up the Cards” and one “Bless You Boys”), a 1954 black-and-white Tigers Team Picture with facsimile autographs (Ex) and 1955 black-and-white Tigers Team Picture (VG-Ex).
1956-2012 Massive Hoard of Detroit Tigers Pubs, WS Programs (95)
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