July 15, 2021: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2021
This is an imposing array of really important early Sporting News Guides, Registers and Rule Books, along with other key reference tomes from baseball, football and other sports, all in a highly collectible condition. Most of the pubs are approximately 5-by-6 ½ inches, with the Sporting News Registers often ranging in size from about 400 pages to occasionally more than 600. Here’s a breakdown: 1) 1938 Major League Baseball – Good, 2) 1939 Major League Baseball – Fair, 3) 1960 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Very Good, 4) 1962 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Ex-Plus, 5) 1964 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – VG-Ex, 6) 1967 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – VG-Ex, 7) 1968 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Good, 8) 1969 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – VG-Ex, 9) 1970 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Ex-Plus, 10) 1971 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – VG-Ex, 11) 1972 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Ex-Mt/cover – Ex, 12) 1973 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Ex-Mt-Plus, 13) 1974 Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Ex-Mt-Plus, 14) 1973 Sporting News Official Baseball Record Book – Ex-Mt, 15) 1948 Spink/Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Fair/cover detached, 16) 1953 Spink/Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Fair/cover missing, 17) 1971 Sporting News Official Baseball Rules – Ex-Mt-Plus, 18) 1973 Sporting News Baseball Dope Book – Ex-Mt-Plus, 19) 1971 Sporting News Baseball One for the Books – VG-Ex, 20) 1972 Sporting News World Series Records – Ex-Mt-Plus, 21) 1951 The Thrilling Story of Joe DiMaggio – Ex/cover Fair, 22) 1945 Gallico on Sport – Good, 23) 1945 NCAA Official Football Guide – VG, 24) 1950 Basketball Official Guide – Good, 25) 1967 Jack Zanger MLB Guide – Ex-Plus, 26) 1968 Jack Zanger MLB Guide – Ex, 27) 1970 Sporting News Baseball Register – Ex-Mt-Plus, 28) 1973 Sporting News Baseball Register – Ex-Plus/cover VG, 29) 1948 Sportfolio – VG-Ex, 30) 1970 Who’s Who in Baseball – VG-Ex, 31) 1923 Spalding’s Athletic Library of College Athletics – Good, 32) 1935 Spalding How to Play Golf by Bobby Jones – VG-Ex, 33) 1952 Phillips 66 How to Watch Football – VG, 34) 1968 Official North American Soccer League Guide – VG-Ex, 35) 1929 Spalding’s How to Play Football – VG-Ex, 36) 1965 NCAA Official Football Guide – VG, 37) 1967 NCAA Official Football Guide – VG, 38) 1973 Sporting News Official NBA Guide – Ex-Mt-Plus, 39) 1950 Official NCAA Soccer Guide – VG-Ex, 40) 1969 Sporting News AL and NL Schedules and Records – Good, 41) 1974 Sporting News AL and NL Schedules and Records – Ex-Mt, 42) 1963 Official Collegiate Swimming Guide – Ex-Plus, 43) 1943 Spink/Sporting News Official Baseball Guide – Fair/cover missing, and 44) 1946 A.S. Barnes Official Baseball Book – Good.
Massive Group Sporting News, Guides, Registers and More (44)
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