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Baseball Football Basketball

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John Gennantonio

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Circa 1876  BASEBALL CLOCK STORY

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SPORTS

ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

c1950

Brayton Laguna

Black 

Boxers Statues

11" tall 

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

c1912

POWER

BOAT 

PRINT 

5ft. wide

 2ft. tall 

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Circa 1891

Tiffany & Co.

YALE 

FOOTBALL MATCH  SAFE

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

c1880

BASEBALL

CLOCK

New Haven

Clock Co.

20 1/4" wide 15 1/5" tall  

6 3/4" deep

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Circa 1910

ELLENSBURG WASHINGTON

FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO STORY

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

c1910 
MISSION OAK STYLE 
ROCKING CHAIR WITH
BOWLING SCENE
39" tall 

33 3/4" wide 

40 1/2" deep

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CARLTON'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF GETTING 

Joe DiMaggio's

AUTOGRAPH

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MEETS AND TALKS TO THE YANKEE CLIPPER

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

C1940's 
JOE MARTY'S 
BAR AND 

GRILL

NEON BASEBALL SIGN
7 Ft wide 

4 1/2 Ft. tall

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Circa 1890

HIGH WHEELER

FIGURE Story

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

C1890 
Mary Gregory/

Bohemian Style 
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19th Century 

ESTES PROFESSIONAL

BASEBALL BAT STORY

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ANTIQUE OF THE WEEK

c1930 

A. B.

SPRECKLES 

CUP GOLF TROPHY

Circa 1887

Reed and Barton Silver Plate Football 

Box Story

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GREATEST FOOTBALL BOX EVER MADE 

c 1896 

PRANG

FOOTBALL CALENDAR STORY

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Circa 1907

Kayser Sohn

HORSE AND JOCKEY INKWELL

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THE FINEST

HORSE-

RACING

INKWELL 

EVER MADE

Circa 1900

VIENNA

TENNIS

BRONZE

Story 

5 Inches Tall

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Circa 1889

GAIL AND AX 

 TOBACCO ADVERTISING POSTER WITH

JOHN L. SULLIVAN

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NO. 1 PICK Lot 833 19" x 14" CIRCA 1923 YANKEES STADIUM  TERRA COTTA CATCHERS MASK ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT  Once graced front of Yankee Stadium  Estimated selling price $4,500.00-$6,500 SOLD FOR $7,500.00
Auction Overview By Carlton Hendricks Some might consider my top pick for this auction to be unusual, Lot 833, a terra cotta architectural ornament of a catchers mask that once graced the front of Yankee Stadium (estimate $4,500-$6,500.00). Particularly in light of Lot 80, the Babe Ruth Yankees cap (estimate $150,000.00-$200,000.00), and Lot 860 the Lou Gehrig Yankees warm up jacket (estimate so high you have to request it). But my likes are based on practicality. That is, your average bear won’t be bidding on the later two. If you like antique baseball decoration, where do you go from there? Say you get it and hang it in your living room. Friends come over and ask about it…you tell them…oh yeah, that came off the front of Yankee Stadium. That’ll generate a good 10 seconds of silence before they continue….awesome piece! Presumably there‘s another one out there somewhere, based on the photo of the front of Yankee Stadium Hunt posted with the listing.  I wouldn’t say it’s David’s strongest auction for display pieces, but it’s got some horsepower. The three statue lots, 146, 148, and 153, are certainly formidable. Antique sports statues seem to be growing in popularity. If you take a look at my coverage of the Hunt booth in my 2003 National Sports Collectors Convention story you’ll see Lot 153 is the same example David had back then. You can see it’s got the same scratches on the wood base, and the little flattened area on the front of the metal base. Which means nothing in relation to it’s importance, which is very high. Lot 73, the Gehrig leather satchel is fantastic. It looks like the same one offered in the Leland’s August 2006 auction. Actually it was my top pick for that auction. Lot 145 is great, one of the neatest baseball shaving mugs I’ve seen. I think that may be part of a c1900 set of baseball themed porcelain, of which I have a large plate/charger that I got lat summer in at the Adamstown Antique gallery during my pre convention wanderings. Mark Steinberg has a beverage pitcher from the set.  I know there is a strong contingent of pennant collectors on Net54, so I included seven pennant lots, which they may not really appreciate actually! At any rate, it’s a good auction, good luck bidding. -Carlton
Lot 146 9 1/2" tall c1910 Pair of baseball figural statues by P.Testi  DID NOT SELL	Lot 148 22" tall c1907  baseball player plaster statue, resembles Christy Mathewson SOLD FOR $1,900.00	Lot 153 10" tall c1860-70s spelter baseball player statue  SOLD FOR $2,000.00
Lot 73 Lou Gehrig's travel bag c1920-30s SOLD FOR $12,000.00	Lot 144 11" long c1920s figural baseball music box SOLD FOR $9,000.00	Lot 145 4 1/2" tall c1900 baseball shaving mug  SOLD FOR $550.00
Lot 67 28"x42" Ruth endorsed baseball game broadside SOLD FOR $8,500.00	Lot 151 8" tall c1890 "Consols" cigarettes adv. matchsafe w/striking plate DID NOT SELL	Lot 150 12" tall c1880 Pair Heubach porcelain baseball figurines SOLD FOR $1,100.00
Lot 820 7"x9" c1930s-40s Ruth auto. golfing photograph SOLD FOR $7,500.00	Lot 80 c1920-30s Babe Ruth New York Yankees cap SOLD FOR $285,000.00	Lot 860 Lou Gehrig's New York Yankees warm up jacket SOLD FOR $325,000.00
Lot 819 5"x8" 1947 Babe Ruth signed luncheon menu SOLD FOR $3,250.00	Lot 866 21"x22" c1947 Chesterfield Cigarettes advertising sign, Williams, DiMaggio, Musial, Elliot, Harris, Blackwell SOLD FOR $4,000.00	Lot 807 1949 Jackie Robinson Barnstorming Tour program SOLD FOR $1,900.00
Lot 802 25" long Vintage Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn street sign SOLD FOR $1,400.00	Lot 816 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" 1896-97 Page Fence Giants, African American baseball trade card SOLD FOR $6,000.00	Lot 140 34 1/2" c1880-90 Spalding baseball ring bat SOLD FOR $1,300.00
Lot 60 c1927-28 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig autographed baseball  SOLD FOR $20,000.00	Lot 815 c1914-17 Chicago American Giants Negro League postcard  SOLD FOR $6,000.00	Lot 147 8" dia. 1889 New York Base Ball Club porcelain plate DID NOT SELL
Lot 58 Signed Ruth Photo SOLD FOR $3,600.00	Lot 915 1886 Lorillard Tobacco Detroit BBC team card SOLD FOR $2,500.00	Lot 861 5 1/2" tall 1952 figural Japanese baseball trophy SOLD FOR $750.00
H Lot 792 1956 Dodgers Yankees World Series pennant SOLD FOR $450.00 Lot 862 1948 World Series lot w/pennant SOLD FOR $850.00 H Lot 814 Brooklyn  Eagles  pennant SOLD FOR $350.00 Lot 805 c1940-50s Brooklyn Dodgers NL Champions pennant  SOLD FOR $550.00 Lot 795 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers "World Champions" phantom pennant SOLD FOR $900.00 Lot 861a 1947 All-Star Game pennant SOLD FOR $550.00 Lot 810 c1940s New York "Black Yankees" pennant SOLD FOR $500.00
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