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SCP Auctions July 13, 2011 Monthly Auction #1

Mon, Jun 27, 2011 08:00PM EDT - Thu, Jul 14, 2011 07:37AM EDT
Lot 679

1933 WHO'S WHO IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASE BALL BOOK PLUS NEW YORK YANKEE MEMORABILIA

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1) 1933 Who's Who in Major League Baseball - Inside pages in nice shape. Cover about EX but starting to loosen at spine.

2) 1953-55 Brown & Bigelow cards - Lou Gehrig (15 cards) about EX-EX-MT. Babe Ruth (15 cards) about NM/NM-MT or better.

3) December 1949 Baseball Magazine with Casey Stengel and Bert Shotton on the front. About EX.

4) 1950's? copy of the 33 1/3 RPM record The Greatest Moments In Sports with Ruth and Gehrig on the cover. Record unbroken, but we did not play it.

5) Crystal clear Kodak sepia tone 4" by 6" photo (not period) showing Babe Ruth signing a baseball with William Bendix dressed as the "Babe" during the filming of the Babe Ruth Story.

6) July 14, 1927 Mid-Week Pictorial newspaper page devoted entirely to Lou Gehrig titled "Lou Gehrig Leading Babe Ruth in Home Run Race".

7) April 23, 1923 cover(?) page of Associated News Service Latest Events in Pictures, Volume 10 Number 49, with photo of Ruth against new Yankee Stadium with the headline "74,500 Cheer Yank's Opening Victory".

8) July 5th, 1939 copy of the Minneapolis Journal Sport Section with the headline "Evan an Iron Man's Entitled to One Good Cry; Gehrig Gets His As He Says Good-by As Player to 62,000 Friends at Stadium".

9) August 13th, 1928 copy of The Detroit News with the headline " George Herman Ruth, Mightiest Slugger of the Baseball Ages, Trying to Beat His Home Run Record of 60 He Set Last Year".

10) June 3, 1941 copy if The New York Times with article on front page "Gehrig, 'Iron Man' of Baseball, Dies at Fieldston Home".

11) April 23, 1923 cover(?) page of Associated News Service Latest Events in Pictures, Volume 10 Number 49, with photo of Ruth against new Yankee Stadium with the headline "74,500 Cheer Yank's Opening Victory".

12) June 25th, 1956 Life magazine with Mickey Mantle on the cover. About EX or better condition.

13) October 17th, 1962 copy of the New York Daily News with headline "Yanks Champs".

14) October 6th, 1941 copy of The Oregonian with an article "Error Gives 7-4 Victory To Yankees" on front page.

15) Recent copy of a photo showing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig shaking hands.

16) 1991 Cooperstown Collection 50th year New York Yankee sleeve patch.

17) 1993 The Conlon Collection Master Series Complete Set of 9. #2179/25000. Includes Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

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