Offered is an (850+) 1950s-1990s baseball treasure chest with (275+) autographs with a Los Angeles Dodgers concentration. Highlights include Signed Postcards/Team Issues: (112 items, mostly stamped J.D. McCarthy, some personalized, average “7”, cards average VG) with Aparicio, Feller 63, Newhouser, Roberts, (3) Slaughter, Wilhelm, Wynn; Signed Index Cards: (165 index cards, average “8-9”, many personalized or with salutations) with (2) Slaughter; Cards/Team Issues: (421 cards) with (84) 1953-63 Artvue Type 1 & 2 Hall of Fame plaque postcards (median EX-MT); Union Oil Dodgers Premium Pictures: (105 pictures, average EX-MT) with (33) 1962 (most trimmed or written on) including (2) Koufax (both trimmed or written on), (20) 1964 (two trimmed) with Koufax (EX-MT) and 1965 Volpe Cup Tumbler Union 76 Dodgers set: (12 cups, average VG, seven chipped or cracked) with Koufax (EX). Auction LOA for signed items from James Spence Authentications. For more details, please visit our website.
Signed Postcards/Team Issues: (112 items, mostly stamped J.D. McCarthy, some personalized, average “7”, cards average VG) with Aparicio, (2) Barber (d.2002), Drabowsky (d.2006), Feller 63, Freehan, Haller (d.2004), Herbel (d.2000), Newhouser (d.1997), Piersall, Roberts (d.2010), Rosen, (3) Slaughter (d.2002), (2) Tuttle (d.1998), Wilhelm (d.2002), (2) Woodling (d.2001), Wynn (d.1999) and four cuts and 1963 Topps #243 signed;
Signed Index Cards: (165 index cards, average “8-9”, many personalized or with salutations) with (2) Adcock (d.2006), Allison (d.1995), (2) Barber (d.2007), (2) Brewer (d.1987), Buhl (d.2001), (2) John, Podres (d.2008), (2) Slaughter (d.2002), (3) Westrum (d.2002), B. White, (3) Wills, (2) Woodling (d.2001), (2) Zimmer;
Cards/Team Issues: (421 cards) with (23) 1947-66 Exhibits (all PR with tape residue or back damage) with Mantle (letters connected), Mays, J. Robinson; (13) 1953-55 Dormand Postcards Yankees (average EX) with deference to reverse advertising stamp with Berra, Ford; (84) 1953-63 Artvue Type 1 & 2 Hall of Fame plaque postcards (median EX-MT), (102) 1991 Los Angeles Police Dodgers (average (EX-MT), (199) 1950s-1970s J.D. McCarthy postcards and assorted team issues (average EX) with Carlton, (2) Musial, Williams and several additional stars (many rubber stamps and secretarial autos);
Union Oil Dodgers Premium Pictures: (105 pictures, average EX-MT) with (33) 1962 (most trimmed or written on) with (2) Koufax (both trimmed or written on), (20) 1964 (two trimmed) with Koufax (EX-MT), (26) 1982, (26) 1986;
1965 Volpe Cup Tumbler Union 76 Dodgers set: (12 cups, average VG, seven chipped or cracked) with Drysdale (GD), Koufax (EX);
Publications/Guides: (28 publications) with Yearbooks/Programs: (12 items, all yearbooks, unless noted) with Baseball: 1962 Reds (EX-MT, August-September edition), 1963 Angels (GD), 1963 Braves (EX-MT), 1964 Angels (VG), 1964 Giants (EX-MT), 1964 Orioles (GD), 1964 Senators scorecard (EX-MT), 1982 Padres (NM), (2) 1988 Dodgers (both NM-MT), 1988 World Series program (NM); Football: 1963 Rams (VG-EX); Guides/Annuals: (16 items) with Baseball: 1960 Who’s Who in Baseball (EX, Baseball Magazine), (4) 1961-1964 Famous Slugger Yearbook (average VG, Hillerich & Bradsby); 1963 Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (VG, Barnes & Company), (3) 1963-1965 Sporting News Baseball Guides (average EX), 1964 Sporting News Baseball Register (VG), 1964 Street & Smiths Baseball annual magazine (GD), (2) 1964-1965 Sporting News The Dope Book (both VG), 1965 Sporting News Official Baseball Rules (EX-MT), 1969 Professional Baseball: The First 100 Years (FR, no back cover, Poretz-Ross); Basketball: 1962-63 Sporting News NBA Guide (FR, loose cover);
Also present are (2) 1954 Tigers team 8-3/4 x 11-3/4” photographs (FR, due to tape residue), 1955 Orioles facsimile autograph sheet on team letter head (GD, 8-1/2 x 11), 1955 Yankees facsimile autograph sheet (GD, 8-1/2 x 11), 1960 Dodgers team 8x10 photograph, (6) 1960s Dodgers/Angels unsigned 8x10 photographs (average GD), circa 1960s Stan Musial 8x10 photograph with facsimile signature (GD), (2) 1965 Union 76 Los Angeles Dodgers illustrations of Parker (VG), Roseboro (GD)