Team-Signed Baseballs Headline Mastro Classic Collector Sale

Mastro Auctions will kick off 2009 with a February Classic Collector auction loaded with a wide variety of sports and Americana items. The sale will begin on Feb. 16 and conclude on Feb. 25 and 26. The Classic Collector auction will feature more than 1,600 lots, each with an opening bid of $100.

The auction is headlined by a remarkable array of team and single-signed baseballs, including a number of New York Yankees World Champion team-signed balls from several different eras.

“Despite the challenging economic environment that surfaced in 2009, sports and Americana collectibles appear to be weathering the storm well,” said Doug Allen, COO and president of Mastro Auctions. “During the last part of 2008, prices realized, as well as bidding, remained strong in our sales events. Our outlook for 2009 is optimistic, and we are busy preparing for our upcoming Classic Collector auction, along with accepting consignments for most of our sales through 2009.”
Specific highlights from the February auction include:

Babe Ruth single-signed ball
Paul Waner single-signed ball
May 12, 1962 Sandy Koufax vs. Bob Gibson game-used and inscribed victory baseball
1951 New York Yankees World Champions team-signed ball (24 signatures, including DiMaggio and Mantle, on a lightly toned OAL Harridge ball)
1931-32 Yankees team-signed ball (15 signatures, including Ruth and Gehrig on an OAL Harridge ball)
Hall of Famers and superstars single-signed balls collection (23, including Mantle)
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates World Champions team-signed ball (29 signatures, including Roberto Clemente, on an ONL Giles ball
1938 Yankees World Champions team-signed ball (29 signatures, including Gehrig and DiMaggio)
1931 Yankees team-signed ball (14 signatures, including Gehrig and Ruth, plus six other Hall of Famers on an OAL Harridge)
1951 Yankees World Champions team-signed OAL Harridge ball

Cards

1922 Wm. Paterson Tris Speaker SGC 50, only example at its tier (with none graded higher) among a total of just two copies recorded in SGC’s census reporting.
1933 Goudey No. 92 Lou Gehrig SGC 50
1888 N162 Goodwin Champions King Kelly SGC 30
1909-11 T206 White Border Ty Cobb, Portrait, Red Background SGC 40
1909-11 T206 White Border Joe Tinker, Bat On Shoulder, Uzit reverse SGC 10
1909-11 T206 White Border Clark Griffith, Portrait, Hindu reverse SGC 50
1911 M110 Sporting Life Cabinet card Hal Chase SGC Authentic (shown lower left)
1911 Jones, Keyser & Arras Cabinets Roger Bresnahan SGC 20
1909 E92 Croft’s Cocoa Joe Tinker, with “Croft’s Cocoa” Overprint on the Front SGC 30
1938 Goudey Heads-Up Joe DiMaggio SGC 50
1909 E92 Croft’s Cocoa Christy Matthewson (Mathewson) SGC 40
1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Chris Von Der Ahe SGC 40
1913 WG5 National Game Joe Jackson PSA 7 (shown below)
1950 Bowman Jackie Robinson SGC 84 (shown upper left)
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 30
1954 Red Heart Mantle SGC 84
1954 Journal-American Mickey Mantle SGC 84
1950 Bowman Casey Stengel PSA 9
1952 Topps Harry Brecheen PSA 9
1965 Topps Hank Aaron PSA 9
1968 Topps Mantle PSA 9
1968 Topps Bench rookie PSA 9
1969 Topps Aaron PSA 9 (shown)
1970 Topps Willie Mays PSA 9
1952 Topps Joe Garagiola PSA 8
1940 Play Ball Shoeless Joe Jackson SGC 70
1935 R321 Goudey 4-in-1 PSA-graded complete set
1968-1970 Topps Collection (915), including Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Clemente and many other HOFers

Bats

Thurman Munson 1979 H&B game-used bat PSA 5
Mickey Mantle 1961-63 H&B game-used bat PSA 4
Stan Musial single-signed bats collection (64)
Willie Mays 1956 Louisville Slugger game-used bat
Barry Bonds 1997 All-Star Game-issued NL All-Stars team-signed bat (25 signatures)

Equipment

Andy Pettitte 2000 World Series Yankees game-worn home jersey
Mickey Mantle 1956 Yankees signed replica jersey
Ron Fairly 1963 Dodgers game-used road jersey
1930s Dizzy and Daffy Dean NMIB play suit

Photographs

Original 1931 U.S. Baseball Tour of Japan photographs (3 different, two of Gehrig)
1916 White Sox panoramic photo with Joe Jackson
1951 Yankees AL Champions team photograph

Autographs

Jimmie Foxx signed index card PSA/DNA 10
Babe Ruth signed profile photograph
Foxx 1933 Goudey No. 154 signed – PSA/DNA 9
Whitey Ford signed Mantle/Ford photos (100)
Lou Gehrig “1/1” cut signature custom card
Honus Wagner 1917 signed check PSA/DNA
Ty Cobb 1946-60 signed personal checks collection (9), all graded PSA/DNA 8
1955 Yankees World Champions Slugger multi-signed news service photograph (five signatures, including Mantle and Elston Howard)

Miscellaneous

1921 Babe Ruth “Pathé Frères” phonograph premium and record
1898 Cameo Pepsin Gum pinback collection (12), including three teams
1945-71 World Series programs collection (16)

Football

Baltimore Colts late 1950s sideline jacket
Walter Payton signed keepsake collection (8 items), including jersey, mini helmet and five photos
1970 Ohio State Big Ten Champ salesman’s sample ring, with rare “Woody Hayes” shank engraving
1964 NFL Championship full, unused ticket pair (2 items)
1935 National Chicle No. Dutch Clark PSA 6

Basketball

1969-70 Topps Lew Alcindor rookie PSA 8
1950 D290-15 “Bread for Health” label George Mikan SGC 20
Hall of Famers and Legends signed memorabilia collection (55), including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and LeBron James
“The Best Ever” UDA signed Chicago Bulls display, including Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman

Boxing

1886-1948 boxing card collection (43), including Old Judges, Dixie Queens and Red Suns
1887 N174 Old Judge Prizefighters John L. Sullivan SGC 20
1988 Muhammad Ali “life mask” on marble base
Rocky Marciano 1962 paychecks collection (10)

Hockey
1962-63 Parkhurst Gordie Howe PSA 9
1962-63 Parkhurst “Zip Game Card” PSA 9
1954-55 Parkhurst complete set (100)
1976-77 O-Pee-Chee complete set (396 cards) on three uncut sheets

Americana Highlights

1938 R69 Gum Inc. Horrors of War No. 2 “Bombers Raid ... Airdrome” PSA 9, “1 of 2”
1938 R69 Gum Inc. Horrors of War No. 152 “Shanghai University Head Slain” PSA 8, “1 of 2”
1938 R69 Gum Inc. Horrors of War No. 181 “Men Against Machines” PSA 8, “1 of 2”
1956 Topps “Hocus Focus” PSA-graded collection (14 different, including Custer, Buffalo Bill and Dwight Eisenhower, all “1 of 1s”
1957 C.W.S. Western Stars complete set (25)
1953 R707-4 Topps Wings complete set (200)
1956 Topps Western Round-Up high-grade complete set (80)
1936 Carreras Famous Airmen and Airwomen complete set (50)
1965 Topps Lost In Space high-grade set (55)
1953 Skelly Oil All American Space Fleet graded complete set (24), including SGC 96 examples
1961 Fleer Pirates Bold complete set (66), including PSA 8 Blackbeard
1957 UM22 Johnson & Johnson Robin Hood TV Action Scenes complete set (20), plus scarce membership card
1933 R78 World Wide Gum Jungle Gum set (48)
1936 Mitchell & Son Gallery of 1935 set (50)

Campaign collectibles

Early 20th-century Eugene V. Debs/Socialist Party celluloids collection (8 different)
Extremely rare 1924 John Davis “Clarksburg, West Virginia” 21/4-inch campaign pinback
1896-1900 Wm. McKinley Presidential Campaign Pinbacks Collection (4 different)
1930s-70s Classic Presidential Campaign Pinbacks Collection (8 different)
1920-24 Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge Presidential Campaign Pinbacks Collection (7 different)
1924 “Honest Days with Davis – Teapot Dome” Anti-Republican Pinback

Presidential

1900 Theodore Roosevelt signed letter geaturing phenomenal content: “I would rather be professor of history in some college” than be vice president
Harry S. Truman single-signed OAL Harridge ball
Andrew Jackson 1829 signed land grant
1860 Abraham Lincoln “Free Homes for the People” portrait campaign ribbon
1993 Bill Clinton Inauguration gold presentation charm

Historical

U.S. Supreme Court Justices signed letters collection (9 different), including Taney and Rehnquist
Signed “Flats” collection (34 items), including FDR, George S. Patton, Harry S. Truman and George Bernard Shaw

To register for Mastro Auctions’ February Classic Collector auction or to get more information, go to www.mastroauctions.com, or call (630) 472-1200.

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