• Auction 19475

    Home Plate: A Private Collection of Important Baseball Memorabilia

    16 December 2020, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 6,545,625 (USD)
134 Lots for Sale 19475
Lot 1
July 6, 1878 Cleveland Forest City vs. Tecumseh BBC Trophy Baseball

estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 2
Pair of 1878 Manchester vs. Tecumseh Trophy Baseballs

estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 4
1905 World Series Panoramic Photograph

14 x 41 in., framed
estimate
$2,500 - $5,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 5
1911 World Series Panoramic Photograph

12 ½ x 27 in., framed
estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 6
Exquisite \"Take me Out to the Ball Game\" Baseball Decorative Music Box c.1920s

6 ½ in. high, 8 in. wide, 10 in. deep
estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 7
Winchester Sporting Goods Co. Advertising Triptych Display c.1920s

19 x 40 ¾ in., each panel framed
estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 8
Scarce Christy Mathewson 1913-14 World Tour Souvenir Pennant

21 in. wide, 43 in. long, framed
estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 9
Historic April 20, 1912 Fenway Park Inaugural Opening Day Panoramic Photograph

7 ½ x 45 ½ in., framed
estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$15,625
Lot 11
Significant July 11, 1914 Babe Ruth First Major League Game \"Lineup Card\"...

4 ¼ x 4 ½ in., the lineup card
5 x 8 in., the photograph
estimate
$50,000 - $75,000

price realized
$100,000
Lot 12
1916 Red Sox World Series Team Cabinet Photograph with Babe Ruth

5 x 7 in.
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$20,000
Lot 13
Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox photograph c.1980s (PSA/DNA Type IV)

5 x 7 in.
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$1,375
Lot 14
Significant Edward Maynard Boston Red Sox Photographic Archive and Autographed...

estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 15
Scarce and Important Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox Era Professional Model Baseballl...

35 ¾ in. long
43.6 ounces
estimate
$500,000 - $1,000,000

price realized
$600,000
Lot 16
Very Fine Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox Photograph c.1918 (PSA/DNA Type I)

7 ½ x 9 ½ in.
estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 17
Babe Ruth Boston Red Sox photograph (PSA/DNA Type II)

6 ½ x 8 ½ in.
estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 18
\"First Five\" National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1936 Cooperstown Bat...

46 in. high, 19 in. wide, 8 ½ in. deep
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 19
Very Fine 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductees Autographed Baseball...

estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$32,500
Lot 20
Significant Christy Mathewson Single Signed Baseball: A Surviving Attributed...

estimate
$150,000 - $300,000

price realized
$187,500
Lot 21
Superlative Babe Ruth Single Signed Baseball c.1940s: Elite Condition Specimen...

estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$62,500
Lot 22
Connie Mack Single Signed Baseball (PSA/DNA 7.5 NM+)

estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 23
Rare G.C. Alexander Single Signed Ball (PSA/DNA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$20,000 - $40,000

price realized
$57,500
Lot 24
Rare Tris Speaker single signed baseball

estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 25
Extraordinary Cy Young Single Signed Baseball (PSA/DNA 7 NM)

estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$22,500
Lot 26
Ty Cobb Single Signed Baseball c.1920s: Scarce Playing Career Example (PSA/DNA...

estimate
$25,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 28
1915 Eddie Collins Single Signed Baseball to Umpire Tommy Connolly

estimate
$20,000 - $40,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 29
George Sisler Single Signed Baseball

estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 30
John \"Honus\" Wagner Single Signed Baseball c.1940s

estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 31
1956 \"The Lou Gehrig Story\" Original Script with Related Documents

estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 32
Archive of Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Related Materials Including Autographed...

estimate
$100 - $300

price realized
$875
Lot 33
1928 Lou Gehrig Autographed Letter From Mickey Eiesenberg

estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 34
Lou Gehrig Autographed U.S. One Dollar Bill

estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 35
1949 Eleanor Gehrig Autographed \"Lou Gehrig: Boy of The Sand Lots\" Book

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$250
Lot 37
Outstanding Lou Gehrig Autographed Large Format Photograph by George Burke...

11 x 14 in.
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 40
High Grade Lou Gehrig Autographed Photograph (PSA/DNA 9 MINT)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$16,250
Lot 41
Eleanor Gehrig Single Signed 1978 World Series Baseball

estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 42
Lou Gehrig Photograph Autographed by Eleanor Gehrig

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$200 - $400

price realized
$125
Lot 43
Unique Lou Gehrig Imperial Size New York Times Studio Photograph Autographed...

10 ½ x 13 in.
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 44
Lou Gehrig \"To Mickey\" Autographed Photograph (PSA/DNA 9 MINT)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 45
Rare Babe Ruth And Lou Gehrig Autographed Photograph by Louis Van Oeyen c.1927...

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$25,000 - $50,000

price realized
$68,750
Lot 46
Important 1931 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees Professional Model Home Jersey

estimate
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000

price realized
$1,440,000
Lot 47
1902-11 W600 Sporting Life Honus Wagner (Uniform, Type 4 mount) (1909-11 T-206...

estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 48
1902-11 W600 Sporting Life Cy Young (Uniform, Type 1 mount) (SGC 5.5 EX+)

estimate
$25,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 49
1903-04 W600 Sporting Life Chief Bender Rookie (Street clothes, Type 3 mount)...

estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 50
1902-11 W600 Sporting Life Eddie Plank (Uniform, Type 4 mount) (SGC 5.5 EX+)

estimate
$50,000 - $75,000

price realized
$68,750
Lot 56
1909-11 T-206 White Border Johnny Evers (With bat, Chicago on shirt) (PSA 8...

estimate
$5,000 - $7,500

price realized
$5,000
Lot 58
1909-11 T-206 White Border Addie Joss (Portrait) (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 59
1909-11 T-206 White Border Hugh Jennings (One hand showing) (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$5,000 - $7,500

price realized
$5,000
Lot 60
1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb (Portrait, green background) (PSA 8 NM-MT

estimate
$225,000 - $425,000

price realized
$437,500
Lot 61
1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb (Bat off shoulder) (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$75,000 - $150,000

price realized
$125,000
Lot 62
1909-11 T-206 Ty Cobb (Bat on shoulder) (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$75,000 - $150,000

price realized
$200,000
Lot 63
1909-11 T206 White Border Ty Cobb (Portrait, red background) (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$93,750
Lot 64
1922 E120 American Caramel Babe Ruth (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$77,500
Lot 65
1927 E126 American Caramel \"Series of 60\" Babe Ruth (PSA 3 VG)

estimate
$7,500 - $10,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 66
1929-1930 Rogers Peet #47 Babe Ruth (PSA 7 NM)

estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 67
1931 W517 #4 Babe Ruth (Throwing) (PSA 9 MT)

estimate
$7,500 - $9,500

price realized
$8,750
Lot 68
1933 Goudey #181 Babe Ruth (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$75,000 - $150,000

price realized
$125,000
Lot 69
1933 Goudey #144 Babe Ruth (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$75,000 - $150,000

price realized
$162,500
Lot 70
1933 Goudey #149 Babe Ruth (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$100,000 - $200,000

price realized
$262,500
Lot 71
1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig #160 (SGC 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$20,000 - $40,000

price realized
$43,750
Lot 72
1934 Goudey #37 Lou Gehrig (PSA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$93,750
Lot 73
1934 Goudey #61 Lou Gehrig (SGC Authentic)

estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 74
Ty Cobb Photograph by George Grantham Bain (Ex-Hillerich & Bradsby Co....

5 x 7 in.
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$375
Lot 75
1927 Babe Ruth \"Bathing Beauty\" Photograph (PSA/DNA Type I)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$875
Lot 76
1927 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Original Photograph with Infirmed child (PSA/DNA...

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$750 - $1,500

price realized
$500
Lot 78
Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams Photograph c. 1940s (PSA/DNA Type I)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$500 - $750

price realized
$1,750
Lot 79
Walter Johnson and Ty Cobb Photograph c.1925 (Walter Johnson's Personal Copy)...

7 ¼ x 9 ¼ in.
estimate
$2,500 - $5,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 80
1925 Walter Johnson Day Panoramic Photograph

11.5 x 40 ½ in., framed
estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 82
Iconic \"Walter Kent\" Babe Ruth Single Signed Baseball: Unique and Important...

estimate
$50,000 - $75,000

price realized
$87,500
Lot 83
1937 Lou Gehrig Autographed Government Postcard

3 x 5 in.
estimate
$5,000 - $7,500

price realized
$4,375
Lot 84
Commissioner Lou Gehrig photograph c.1940 (PSA/DNA Type I)

7 x 9 in.
estimate
$250 - $500

price realized
$250
Lot 85
Superb 1933 Babe Ruth \"Biggest Hit I Ever Make\" Autographed Christmas Card (Gem...

estimate
$25,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 86
Lou Gehrig Autographed Christmas Card c.1920-30s (PSA/DNA 8 NM-MT)

estimate
$25,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 87
Highly Important Lou Gehrig Document Archive From Dr. Paul O'Leary Of The Mayo...

estimate
$400,000 - $600,000

price realized
$450,000
Lot 88
Significant April 30, 1939 Lou Gehrig Final Game New York Yankees program:...

estimate
$5,000 - $7,500

price realized
$8,125
Lot 89
Rare and Historic April 30, 1939 Lou Gehrig Final Game Ticket Stub

estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 90
Scarce Cal Ripken Jr. May 30, 1982 1st Game of Streak Full Ticket (PSA/DNA...

estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 91
Superlative Babe Ruth Autographed Presentational Baseball Bat c.1933 (PSA/DNA 7...

estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 92
President Woodrow Wilson Single Signed Baseball (US President 1913-21)

estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$21,250
Lot 93
President Calvin Coolidge & 1926 Washington Senators Team Autographed Baseball...

6 x 8 in., the photograph
estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$40,000
Lot 94
Rare Franklin D. Roosevelt Single Signed Baseball (US President 1933-45)

estimate
$20,000 - $40,000

price realized
$100,000
Lot 95
President Harry Truman Single Signed Baseball (US President 1945-53)

estimate
$2,500 - $5,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 96
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Single Signed Baseball (US President 1953-61)

estimate
$5,000 - $7,500

price realized
$8,750
Lot 97
President Gerald Ford Single Signed Baseball (US President 1974-77)

estimate
$500 - $750

price realized
$875
Lot 98
President Gerald Ford Single Signed Baseball (US President 1974-77)

estimate
$500 - $750

price realized
$750
Lot 99
President Jimmy Carter Single Signed Baseball (US President 1977-81)

estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$750
Lot 100
President Jimmy Carter Single Signed Baseball (US President 1977-81)

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$750
Lot 101
President Ronald Reagan Single Signed Baseball (US President 1981-89)

estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$5,250
Lot 102
President George H. W. Bush Single Signed Baseball (US President 1989-93)

estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,000
Lot 103
President George H. W. Bush Single Signed Baseball (US President 1989-93)

estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$375
Lot 104
President Bill Clinton Single Signed Baseball (US President 1993-2001)

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,125
Lot 105
President Bill Clinton Single Signed Baseball (US President 1993-2001)

estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$750
Lot 106
President George W. Bush Single Signed Baseball (US President 2001-09)

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$875
Lot 107
President George W. Bush Single Signed Baseball (US President 2001-09)

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$500
Lot 108
President Barack Obama Single Signed Baseball (US President 2009-17)

estimate
$750 - $1,250

price realized
$6,000
Lot 109
President Donald Trump Single Signed Baseball (US President 2017-Present)

estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$1,625
Lot 110
Rare 1931 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Souvenir Program

estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 111
1931 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Autographed Photograph (PSA/DNA 6 EX-MT)

3 ½ x 5 ½ in.
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 112
1931 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Photograph

10 x 15 in.
estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$750
Lot 113
Scarce 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Ticket Stub

14 x 12 ¾ in., framed
estimate
$2,500 - $5,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 114
Pair of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig 1934 U.S. Tour of Japan Postcards

estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$875
Lot 115
1934 U.S. All-Star Team Tour of Japan Postcard

estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$625
Lot 116
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Autographed Photograoh (PSA/DNA 7 NM)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 117
1934 Babe Ruth U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Postcard

estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$500
Lot 118
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Souvenir Scorecard

estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 120
1934 Lou Gehrig Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA 8...

2 ¼ x 3 in.
estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$18,750
Lot 121
1934 Babe Ruth Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA 8...

2 ¼ x 3 in.
estimate
$7,500 - $15,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 122
1934 Jimmie Foxx Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA 9...

2 ¼ x 3 in.
estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 123
1934 Moe Berg Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA 7 NM)

2 ¼ x 3 in.
estimate
$1,000 - $3,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 124
1934 Connie Mack Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA 8...

2 ¼ x 3 in.
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$625
Lot 125
Rare 1934 Babe Ruth U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Souvenir Matchbook

estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,375
Lot 126
Collection of (23) 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Autographed Photographs

2 ¼ x 3 in., each
estimate
$1,300 - $3,500

price realized
$3,750
Lot 127
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Photograph (PSA/DNA Type I)

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 128
Trio of 1934 Babe Ruth U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photographs (PSA/DNA Type I)

2 ½ x 3 ¼ in., the larger
estimate
$1,500 - $3,000

price realized
$1,250
Lot 129
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Autographed Photograph

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$32,500
Lot 130
1934 U.S. All-Star Team Tour of Japan Autographed Baseball

estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 131
Scarce Moe Berg single signed baseball (1934 U.S. Tour of Japan Member and U.S....

estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$60,000
Lot 132
Collection of 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Ephemera

estimate
$600 - $1,300

price realized
$375
Lot 133
1934 U.S. All-Star Team Tour of Japan Arrival Photograph and Souvenir Decal

4 x 5 ½ in.
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$250
Lot 134
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Team Photograph (PSA/DNA Type I)

4 x 6 in.
estimate
$500 - $1,000

price realized
$750
Lot 135
1934 Babe Ruth Autographed U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Photograph

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$5,000 - $10,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 136
1934 Babe Ruth U.S. All-Star Team Tour of Japan Photograph (PSA/DNA Type I)

9 x 11 in.
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 137
1934 Babe Ruth U.S. Tour of Japan photograph (PSA/DNA Type I)

3 ½ x 5 in.
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 138
1934 Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan...

3 ½ x 5 ½ in.
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 139
1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Souvenir Program (Ex-Clint Brown Collection)

estimate
$1,500 - $3,000

price realized
$3,250
Lot 140
1934 Clint Brown U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Presentational Album

estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$40,000
Lot 141
Significant 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan Presentational Display Autographed...

15 x 22 in.
estimate
$50,000 - $75,000

price realized
$50,000
Lot 142
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Louisville Slugger advertising poster c.1920s...

24 ½ x 18 in, framed
estimate
$10,000 - $20,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 143
Unique Babe Ruth Autographed \"A Ball Player, Not a Girl\" Letter (PSA/DNA 9 MT)

estimate
$15,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 144
Very fine Babe Ruth Single Signed Baseball c.1940s (PSA/DNA 7 NM)

estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 145
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Autographed Baseball c.1927-31. (PSA/DNA 7.5 NM)

estimate
$75,000 - $125,000

price realized
$106,250
Lot 147
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio \"Flowers Around Neck\" Photograph c. 1954 (Joe...

8 x 10 in.
estimate
$750 - $1,500

price realized
$2,750
Lot 149
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Related Photograph c.1954 (Joe DiMaggio...

4 ½ x 5 in.
estimate
$750 - $1,500

price realized
$750
Lot 151
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio U.S. Passport Photograph c. 1954 (Joe DiMaggio...

2 ½ x 2 ½ in.
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$5,625
Lot 152
Significant Marilyn Monroe letter handwritten to Joe DiMaggio as found with Joe...

estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$425,000
The currency conversion rates on Christies.com are updated daily. Any conversion of a pre-sale estimate or price realized into a currency different from that of the saleroom site is solely for your convenience. Errors may occur in such conversion and currencies fluctuate. We do not accept liability for such errors or fluctuations or for any reliance you or others may have on the converted currency amounts. All purchase must be made in the currency of the country where the saleroom is located.