Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 56

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Sports

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 361		Ball Signed by Eleven 500 Home Run Hitters. Official National League Ball, made by Rawlings, signed by 11 of the 19 baseball players who hit over 500 home runs during their careers: Ted Williams (521), Mickey Mantle (536), Willie Mays (660), Frank Robinson (586), Reggie Jackson (563--he signed on the sweet spot), Ernie Banks (512), Harmon Killebrew (573), Eddie Mathews (512), Willie McCovey (521), Mike Schimdt (548), and Hank Aaron (755). Signed in 1968 at the Tropworld Show in Atlantic City. Housed in a lucite case on a wooden stand. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 362		The Book of Baseball - 1911--and A Vintage Minor League Uniform. The Book of Baseball: The National Game From the Earliest Days to the Present Season, Editied and Compiled by William Patten and J. Walker McSpadden. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1911. An early history of baseball, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings. Folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, which are rubbed and somewhat worn, with a small crack at lower right tip; 2 ½ in. tear in right margin of title page; minor soiling and wear. The frontispiece is from an original drawing of a "Gibson Girl" at a game with her family. Among the illustrations is an 1866 print of an Atlantic-Athletic game in progress, one of the earliest photographs of Joe Jackson in uniform. The game's origins, which do not include Abner Doubleday, are discussed and a chronological survey is given, up through a detailed preview of the 1911 major and minor league season. There are playing tips from star players and articles on "Making a Championship Club" and "The Troubles of an Umpire." Dead Ball Era enthusiasts will want this book. Grobani 6-10. Accompanied by a vintage minor league uniform, team unknown, with the letters "D" and "L" on the chest. Jersey, pants, and cap are made of gray wool with blue pinstripes, size 40, by GoldSmith, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stained and obviously much used but intact. Caps are rarely found with vintage uniforms. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 363		Kirby Puckett - 5 Signed Baseball Cards, A Handwritten Letter & Note. Five different baseball cards--one Topps, two Fleer, and two Donruss-- each signed across the bottom in blue ballpoint, three with his batting statistics through '84 and two through '85. All were given to a young fan, Sarah Hanna. Also included is a postcard Puckett sent to Sarah from Florida in 1983, "…I really miss you and your sister…I will never forget you. Remember I love you…Love Always Kirby Puckett," and another partial page with his statistics signed, "To My Sweetheart, Love Always, Kirby Puckett." Estimated Value $250 - 350. Directly from Sarah Hanna. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $106
Lot 364		Kirby Puckett - Game Used Bat and Ball. Louisville Slugger bat signed by Kirby Puckett (signature is light) and others, probably from his minor league days with the Visalia Oaks (1983). Probably game used since handle has a crack at the top. Good condition. With an official American League Rawlings baseball with 25 signatures from the Minnesota Twins, including Kirby Puckett, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek, Frank Viola, Bill Gardner, and manager Tom Kelly. Condition Good + with slight yellowing from age throughout. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Directly from Sarah Hanna who was a fan of Puckett's from his Visalia Oaks days. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $94
Lot 365		Kirby Puckett - Handwritten Letter, Signed Baseball Card, & Wheaties Box. Two-page handwritten letter written, probably in 1984, to a young fan in Visalia, California, whom he had met while playing for the Visalia Oaks. In part: "…I'm here in Bloomington, Minnesota thinking about you & your family…I've been so busy trying to find a place to live…." He gives his phone number and says, "You are free to call anytime. Sarah, I told you I wasn't going to forget about you…Besides you are my favorite fan….You guys have to come see me play…I'll give you all the free tickets you need…" With a Visalia Oaks baseball card signed and inscribed to Sarah and an unsigned Wheaties box featuring Puckett on one side and Dave Winfield on the other. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Directly from Sarah Hanna. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 366		Kirby Puckett - Three Signed Baseballs. One ball is an official American League baseball with 25 Minnesota Twins signatures including Kirby Puckett, Gary Gaetti, Mike Smithson, John Butcher, Kent Hrbek, and manager Tom Kelly. With two minor league balls (one marked California League); one ball has twelve signatures including Kirby Puckett, Craig Henderson, Mark Portugal, and Jim Hollenbach, and the third ball has ten signatures, including Puckett, Mark Portugal, and Bob De Costa. The balls are Good +. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Directly from Sarah Hanna who was a fan of Puckett's from his Visalia Oaks days. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 367		Kirby Puckett - Worn Minor League Jersey & Signed, Inscribed Photo. Puckett's No. 28 Visalia Oaks jersey, size 44, worn in 1983 when he was promoted to the Minnesota Twins' Class A team; he had been drafted by the twins in 1982 and played his first season in the Appalachian League. In 1984 he would join the Twins' major league team. This jersey was gifted by Puckett to a young fan from Visalia, Sarah Hanna, along with an 11¾ x 8 in. color photo of Puckett wearing the jersey at bat. On the back, he wrote, "To Sarah, One of the sweetest girls I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. I'll never forget you. Stay Sweet. Love Always, Kirby Puckett Visalia Oaks #28." Puckett added his Chicago address and phone number. These items were loaned to the Hall of Fame for a year by Miss Hanna for the "2001 Inductees" exhibit; a photo of the HOF exhibit and paperwork from the HOF is included. Puckett's 2000 hit, game-worn Twins jersey brought $7,000 in a 20003 auction at Leland's. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Directly from Sarah Hanna. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $999
Lot 368		Mantle, Mickey & Willie Mays. 10 x 8 in. photograph handsigned by Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Both signed with a blue felt-tip pen across their jerseys. "The Mick" wears his Yankee pinstripes; "The Say Hey Kid" wears his New York Giants uniform. Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and Mays in 1979. Mounted under lucite on a wooden backing, with a brass plaque. With PSA/DNA COA. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $382
Lot 369		Mays, Willie - Handsigned Jersey and Ball. Wool "Giants" jersey signed with a red, felt-tip pen pm on the upper right side. Some light age discoloration, otherwise fine. With a Rawlings Official Ball National League signed on the sweet spot with a blue ballpoint. The ball has a couple of small scuffs away from the signature and some minor age yellowing. Both with PSA/DNA COAs. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $235
Lot 370		Frazier, Joe and George Foreman. Joe Frazier (1944 -) American world heavyweight boxing champion from February 16, 1970, until January 22, 1973, when George Foreman defeated him. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Photograph in an oval setting on a 5 x 3¼ in. card engraved "Joe Frazier / World Heavyweight Champion." Frazier signed with a black ballpoint pen diagonally to the right of his printed name. George Foreman (1949 -) Two time world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist; in 1994, at the age of 45, he became the oldest fighter to win the title when he beat Michael Moorer. Small 2¾ x 3½ in photo from a publication signed "Best Wishes / George Foreman" in blue marker. These two items are matted with a larger image from their 1973 match and attractively framed to an overall size of 17 x 12 in. Fine condition. Ready for display. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $235
Lot 371		Johansson, Ingemar - Signed Glove From the June 26, 1959 Heavyweight Championship. Signed boxing glove used by Ingemar Johansson to defeat Floyd Patterson on June 26, 1959, at Yankee Stadium. Johansson's large signature, 3 x 5 in., has faded somewhat through the years but is still legible. The brown leather glove is fully intact, with laces, and bears a label from "G & S SPORTING GOODS, 43 ESSEX ST., N.Y.C." The glove is signed on the inside by Patric Johannson, son of Ingemar, who also signed a notarized letter, guaranteeing that "this glove was given to me by my Father, Ingemar Johannson, who used it to win the 1959 World Heavyweight Championship from Floyd Patterson on June 26, 1959 at Yankee Stadium…." The notarized letter is framed and accompanies the glove. A rare and historically important part of boxing history. The Swedish Johansson (1932-2009) was the first non-U.S. boxer to win the heavyweight title in 25 years (since Italian Primo Carnero won in 1934) and the 5th non-U.S. boxer to ever win. Johansson was the European champion when he and Patterson met for the heavyweight title. Johansson sent Patterson to the mat seven times before the referee, Ruby Goldstein, stopped the fight 2:03 into the third round. For his win, Johansson won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year in 1959. He was also named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year." Patterson won two rematches, one on June 20, 1960 and one on March 13, 1961. These were the only two losses in Johansson's career. Johansson and Patterson remained lifelong friends until both were sadly incapacitated by Alzheimer's disease. Estimated Value $6,000 - 9,000. This glove sold for 15,000 Euros in 2007 at Andreas Thies in Nuertingen, Germany. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 372		Louis, Joe & President Franklin D. Roosevelt - Boxing Gloves Signed by Both. Joe Louis Barrow (1914-1981), known as "The Brown Bomber," was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. In 2005 the International Boxing Research Organization named Louis the greatest heavyweight of all time. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was our longest-serving President (1933-1945). Pair of Spalding boxing gloves signed on each glove by Joe Louis and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, before Louis' June 22nd rematch with Max Schmeling. Louis' signatures are very faint, the ink having faded over the years, but President Roosevelt's signatures are very bold, a result of the heavy ink he used. The gloves are housed in a lucite case and accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dr. Joseph J. Plaud, President of the Frankln D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum. On June 19, 1936, Louis, who had a 23-0 professional record, was knocked out in Round 12 by German boxer Max Schmeling. Hitler and his Nazis were ecstatic. Schmeling (who was not a Nazi) became a national hero and was held up as the paragon of Aryan manhood and proof of Aryan superiority. In June 1937, Louis defeated "Cinderella Man" Jim Braddock, and earned the right to a rematch with Schmeling. The rematch took on a dimension far beyond boxing: It was the USA against Germany; it was a contest between fascism and democracy, and Louis became the hope of all America, both black and white. President Roosevelt invited Louis to the White House and, feeling his biceps, said to him: "Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany." On June 22, 1938, before a crowd of over 70,000, at Yankee Stadium, and with radio broadcasts going out all over the world, Louis took just 124 seconds to obliterate Schmeling, who only got two punches in during the fight. Louis knocked Schmeling down three times, and the third time, Schmeling's trainer threw in the towel. Referee Arthur Donovan stopped the fight. It was the most important boxing match in history. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 373		Schmeling, Max & Anny Ondra. Schmeling ((1905-2005) was the heavyweight champion of the world 1930-1932. He is best known for defeating Joe Louis in 1936 and then being defeated by Louis in the 1938 rematch which had international political significance. Anny Ondra (1903-1987) was a Czech actress who married Schmeling in 1932; they were happily married until her death in 1987. Three items signed by Schmeling: a postcard photo signed by Schmeling and Anny Ondra; a 4¾ x 3¼ in. photo signed of Schmeling in boxing trunks; and a 1935 typed letter in German and signed by Schmeling, to John Royal in New York City, thanking him for congratulations on Schmeling's victory over (Steve) Hamas; the letter has a horizontal split at the fold. Also included in a 1937 envelope addressed to a New York State Trooper and with Schmeling's return address., a 1936 stamp, and a couple of photocopied items related to the Olympics. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 374		1984 Official Olympic International Flag Pin Series. Beautiful, complete set in the original frame and Official Olympic box. Created by Coca-Cola, the 150 pins show Sam the Olympic Eagle carrying the flag of each of the countries scheduled to attend as of mid-1982, when the flags were manufactured, including the Soviet Union, East Germany, Cuba, and 14 other countries who would boycott the games. The name of each country is engraved on the back of its pin. A diagram shows the location of each pin. The attractive wooden frame is 21 x 25 in. and ready for display. Rare. Acommpanied by a 86 x 32½ in. banner with "Welcome LA 84 Olympics" in purple, pink, green, orange lettering against a white background, except for "Welcome" which is white against an orange background. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $529
Lot 375		1984 Olympics - Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Limited Edition Collector Set. Fourteen pins in the original 10 x 13 in. frame and the original Official Olympic box, identified as Series #1 - 1981/82. / One pin represents the Anheuser-Busch logo, an "A" with a star on top and an eagle through the center, along with "USA" and the Olympic rings below; the other 13 pins have the name of a beer made by the company. Attractive and ready for display. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $130
Lot 376		1984 Olympics - Buick and the Olympic Years. Limited Edition No. 4784. A set of 20 pins, 18 of them depicting an Olympic year, from 1904-1984, and a popular Buick model produced for each Olympic year, except for 1984 because the pins were produced prior to 1984. The other two pins in the set represent Buick's Olympic sponsorship pins for the 1984 Summer Games and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team. Each pin was handmade of crystalline enamel with gold plating. A sheet from Buick gives information on where the Olympics were held and the Buick model featured on each pin. In original 16 x 13 in. frame and the original Official Olympic box. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $130
Lot 377		1984 Olympics - Commemorative Set by AT&T. Five handmade cloisonne pins, all with the Stars in Motion and the Olympic Rings. Two show the outline of the state of California, three have bells, and one has "At&T Western Electric." Like new. Still in original 8 x 6 in. display frame and Official Olympic box. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $53
Lot 378		1984 Olympics - Limited Edition Sponsor Set Pins. Complete, as issued, still in original case and Official Olympic box. There are 56 pins in this set, representing sponsors such as American Express, AT&T, Budget, Budweiser, Buick, ARCO, Arrowhead, Coca Cola, Fuji Film, Kodak, Levi Strauss & Co., McDonald's, Michelob, Motorola, Pacific Bell, Perrier, Sanyo, United Airlines, Xerox, and others. Some sponsors have more than one pin. The manufacturer's sheet is still with the set and states that it "has been manufactured under license from the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing committee and is limited in production to 10,000 sets." Complete sets such as this are hard to find. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $295
Lot 379		1984 Olympics - Official Jewelry - Limited Edition Collectors' Pins. Series #1 - Set No. 26457. Manufactured under license from the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Thirty-eight hand-crafted cloisonne pins, the first being the Stars in Motion, the official symbol of the 1984 Olympics and the remaining 37 designs depicting Sam the Olympic Eagle, the Official Mascot, in various poses, inclusing 31 sports disciplines. The pins are in the original 12 x 15 in. presentation frame and in the original Official Olympic box. Like new. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $354
Lot 380		1984 Olympics Collectors' Pins - Series #2, No. 29443. Set of 38 handmade cloisonne pins, the first being of the official symbol, the Star in Motion with Olympic Rings, and the other 37 featuring Sam the Olympic Eagle, the Official Mascot. He is shown carrying the U.S. flag, the Olympic flag, and the 1984 Olympic torch. On the other 34 pins, he is engaged in various Olympic sports. The pins are like new and are still in the original 12 x 15 in. display frame and in the original Official Olympic box. Estimated Value $300 - 5,001. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $223
Lot 381		1984 Olympics Collectors' Pins - Series #3, No. 15522. Set of 25 handmade cloisonne pins, featuring a large Stars in Motion and Olympic Rings pin surrounded by a smaller Stars in Motion pin and 23 official pictogram sports pins. The pins are like new and are still in the original 12 x 15 in. display frame and in the original Official Olympic box. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $153
Lot 382		Owens, Jesse (1913-1980) African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and embarrassed Hitler by disproving his theory of Aryan superiority. Two items from the 1936 Olympics, both signed "Jesse Owens / 36 Olympics" in black marker. The first item is a 1936 German postal card showing the Berlin Stadium Olympics site; the second item is a souvenir sheet with a block of four stamps commemorating the 1936 games. Also included is a stamp featuring Owens and honoring his Olympic feats; it was issued by the U.S. in 1990. All very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300