Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2019
Celebrating The Mick and Clipper, we have a small collection of New York Yankees items totaling 8 and featuring Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Included, we have the first issue of Sport Magazine from 1946 with DiMaggio on the cover, signed by the superstar along with John Vander Meer (JSA LOA), this is followed by a Mickey Mantle pencil set from circa-1960, with 2 pencils with facsimile signatures attached to a photo placard (3 ½” x 9 ¼”). Next, we have a DiMaggio M114 Baseball Magazine Insert (trimmed to current dimensions of 8 ½” x 10 ½”), a magazine page with player portrait photos including Mantle, the uncut page from the second issue of Sports Illustrated with Mantle and ’54 Topps Yankees, a match booklet from DiMaggio's San Fran restaurant, a 1962 Post Cereal Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris advertising/subscription section with cards (insert from Life magazine), and a modern 8” x 11” colour photo of DiMaggio in his 1939 Yankees jersey with World’s Fair patch.
The Mantle pencil set shows just handling wear along with a crease over the upper left corner of the placard, with spotting over the lower reverse. The Sport Magazine is in lower grade, with cover tears and paper loss, with the signatures displaying well, especially the DiMaggio. The M114 supplement has been trimmed as mentioned, with creases, surface wear and edge tears, while the Life/Post Cereal subscription card and DiMaggio match booklet show expected wear from handling, with no matches in the match booklet and a hole over the striker. Finally, the Sports Illustrated sheet (7 ¾” x 11 ½”) just exhibits light wear with a rough-cut left edge, with a few slight bends along the top over the Mantle photo.
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