My first estate lot purchase: Scans-a-palooza!

Some of you may have seen my thread about the 1953 World Series signed program I recently picked up. That came from a guy who bought a huge lot (135 large boxes!) from an estate auction in May. Since the first deal went so well, he kept me in the loop on what other vintage baseball items he found. This may be just the tip of the iceberg since he said he still has over 100 boxes to go through (not just sports, but art, military items, books, etc...)

Well, after seeing the description and some scans, I had to pull the trigger. It's pretty exciting to make a lump purchase like this off Ebay. No guarantees with the signed items, but I still see a lot of potential with the lot. I'll be pretty busy over the next several weeks, I'd imagine.

PROGRAMS

1 1951 World Series (unsigned)

1 1951 World Series (signed by Larry Goetz)

1 1951 World Series (signed by Leo Durocher, Fred Fitzsimmons, Horace Stoneham, Charles Feeney, Edward Brannick)

1 1951 World Series (signed by Douglas MacArthur)

8 1953 World Series (unsigned)

2 1954 All-Star (unsigned)

6 1955 World Series (unsigned)

3 1956 World Series (unsigned)

3 1956 World Series (signed by Larry Goetz)

1 1959 World Series (signed by Ford Frick)

2 1959 World Series (unsigned)

1 1962 All-Star (signed by 6, including Ford Frick)

3 1971 American League (unsigned)

4 1971 World Series (unsigned)

1 1979 World Series (unsigned)


OTHER

1 1950's Dodgers silk scarf/banner

3 Pennants (Milwaukee Braves, 1948 Cleveland Indians World Series, 1976 Cincinnati Reds)

1 Philadelphia Phillies Christmas Card

1 baseball figurine

2 1961 Cincinnati Reds NL Pennant glasses

1 1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series button/badge

1 Joe Morgan button

1 1976 American League pocket schedule

1 1993 Colorado Rockies inaugural baseball

3 News clippings

5 untitled baseball books

1 Greatest Moments in Sports LP record

1 Robert Merril Brooklyn Baseball Cantanta LP record

3 Stan Musial autographed photographs (personalized)

1 Dizzy Dean & Paul Dean autographed baseball


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For inquiring minds, an even grand delivered.

Awesome Stuff. That is a great find.

Very nice pickup, sir!

That Dean Bros baseball is incredible. Wow.

And if you ever part with the Dodgers scarf...I need it.

Very nice stuff, and a grand seems a pretty good price. The Dean ball alone would bring in quite bit if you decide to flip.

Just saw the dual Dean ball. Good Lord.

For you autograph gurus, does the Dean ball look legit? How rampant are forgeries/clubhouse versions?

Believe it or not, that was a last minute "throw in" right before we closed the deal.

The MacArthur signed '51 program is an interesting piece as well. I only recently learned that he was almost considered for MLB commissioner after Happy Chandler (Ford Frick ultimately got the job).

I've looked at Dizzy autos wanting to pick one up for a while. I only look at authenticated versions. I always look at the angle and consistency of the D's and the slant of the "zzy". They tend to slant at a greater angle than the rest of the sig.

Looks good to me, but my opinion and $1.50 might buy you a Coke.

A_Pharis said:

I've looked at Dizzy autos wanting to pick one up for a while. I only look at authenticated versions. I always look at the angle and consistency of the D's and the slant of the "zzy". They tend to slant at a greater angle than the rest of the sig.

Looks good to me, but my opinion and $1.50 might buy you a Coke.

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?...but Adam, a Coke is only 99 cents...

MojoDan said:

?...but Adam, a Coke is only 99 cents...

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The weather is getting hot in Louisiana and prices are up..supply and demand sir

MojoDan said:

?...but Adam, a Coke is only 99 cents...

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Well... a bottled coke? I'm not talking one of those wimpy single serving bottles, either. FULL SIZED.

(That, or my opinion is worth -$.51)

A_Pharis said:

Well... a bottled coke? I'm not talking one of those wimpy single serving bottles, either. FULL SIZED.

(That, or my opinion is worth -$.51)

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Let's go with that, for the sake of comedy

Congrats to the op. I think you did very well.

Very nice!!!!

Any autos on the Cubs 62 Program?

Nice haul.

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Any autos on the Cubs 62 Program?

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That's actually an All-Star program, and these are the only ones he mentioned:



It looks like 5 no-names (who may not even be players) + Ford Frick.

If you are interested in moving one of those Dodgers World Series programs please let me know. That would be a great piece of history I could add to my collection. Thanks!

Alex

Very nice pick ups all around I would say.

alexs64 said:

If you are interested in moving one of those Dodgers World Series programs please let me know. That would be a great piece of history I could add to my collection. Thanks!

Alex

Very nice pick ups all around I would say.

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Thanks for the interest. PM sent.

Hate to resurrect a 90 day old thread, but this lot is finally ready to go in next week's Huggins & Scott auction. Very confident I'll break even.

Naturally, I'd like to make a contest out of it, but I obviously don't want to violate the board's terms of not spamming one's own items.

In the meantime, here are non-links to the items: