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Back Items For The Auction of August 20th and 21st, 2004  
 
  Lot Number Item Description Est. Price Range Sold For Price
 
See a Picture of this Item 1401 1929 Phila. Athletics team panoramic photograph. Rube Walberg's personal copy of this classic image picturing the World Champion Athletics lined up in Shibe Park. Includes Foxx, Mack, Grove, Collins, and Cochrane. Retains very nice contrast with some minor surface wear.7"x30" in its original frame. Includes letter of provenance from Walberg family: EX-EX/MT ($1,000.00-$1,500.00) $1,600.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1402 1924 Milwaukee baseball team photograph. Large 10"x20" framed image of the American Association team which Walberg played for in 1924. Has three small vertical 'scrolling' creases on bottom edge: EX ($250.00-$350.00) $125.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1403 Lot of (2) Oriental Tour related photographs. Includes 4"x6" cabinet photo of the "Canadian Stars" team and 5"x8" cabinet photograph of the Canadian Stars team and "Uchiu" teams in uniform: EX ($300.00-$400.00) $125.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1404 Collection of vintage baseball items with relation to Rube Walberg. Includes a quantity of Walberg related photos and articles, 1934 Red Sox dinner program, 1970 Old Timers Day auto. program, (6) auto. photographs incl. Walberg and Al Schacht, (6) vintage photos incl. Red Sox related, 1939 A's Centennial dinner program signed by the players' wives, and 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers NL Champions comm. black bat: Range GD-NM ($400.00-$600.00) $500.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1405 Rube Walberg's personal autograph album. Small 2 1/2"x4" notebook with (39) ink signatures incl. Grove, Ruth, Gehrig, Ruffing, Lazzeri, McCarthy, and Pennock. Sigs range from 7-10 out of 10, Ruth and Gehrig are beautifully positioned together for display. Includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: EX-MT ($1,500.00-$2,000.00) $4,500.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1406 Rare 1905 Phila. Athletics team photographic souvenir silk. Double sided 12"x15" silk picturing the AL Champion Athletics with players identified underneath the image. Players include Bender, Waddell, Plank, Mack, and Davis. Murphy, Davis, Mack, and Bender have all autographed the silk with signatures ranging from 6-8 out of 10, includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: VG-EX ($750.00-$1,250.00) $1,100.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1407 Lot of (5) Rube Walberg related baseballs. All are game used American League baseballs including (4) that were last out balls for games in which Walberg was pitching. All but one of the games was against the Yankees. Each ball is inscribed by Walberg with (3) having been traced over by Walberg himself due to ink fading. Also includes a Rube Walberg single signed AL ball to his nephew Kenneth Strelow: Range VG-EX ($650.00-$850.00) $1,550.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1408 Old Timers Day auto. baseball. Cream color Frick NL ball signed by (26) players incl. Cy Young, J.Foxx, F.Baker, L.Grove, and R.Walberg. Sigs range from 7-9 out of 10 with a beautiful Cy Young. Includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: EX-MT ($1,000.00-$1,500.00) $1,600.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1409 Old Timers Day auto. baseball. Toned Giles NL ball with (23) sigs incl. Bender, Grove, Gomez, E.Walsh, and Frisch. Sigs range from 4-9 out of 10, includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: VG-EX ($350.00-$450.00) $400.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1410 1935 Boston Red Sox team auto. baseball. Toned Harridge AL ball signed by (14) players incl. Grove, Walberg, Berg, and Cronin. Sigs range from 2-7 out of 10, includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: VG-VG/EX ($450.00-$650.00) $300.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1411 1933 Phila. Athletics team auto. baseball. Lt. toned Harridge AL ball signed by (18) players incl. Foxx, Grove, Bishop, and Miller. Sigs range from 4-9 out of 10, fine Foxx autograph. Includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad: EX ($450.00-$650.00) $800.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1412 Lot of (2) Phila. Athletics auto. baseballs. Includes 1928 A's team, (18) sigs incl. Grove, Foxx, and Collins. Mack is clubhouse signed and has two common players that have been traced over. Ball also has a large area of damage to the leather on one side: VG and 1925 A;s team, (24) sigs ranging from 1-5 out of 10 on a B.Johnson AL ball. Cochrane is still visible: VG. Includes LOA from PSA/DNA J.Spence-S.Grad. ($400.00-$600.00) $300.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1413 1930 World Series stick pin. 1" diameter brass pin features the A's elephant mascot with crossed bats and ball issued to the players for the 1930 World Series. Stick pin on back is broken. Includes letter of provenance from the Walberg family and retains its original leather case: EX ($350.00-$450.00) $475.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1414 Rube Walberg's 1930 World Series presentational pocket watch. Fine 14K gold pocket watch by J.E. Caldwell, Phila. having "WORLDSCHAMPS" encircling the watch face and an elephant mascot with blue "1930" on side. Back of watch is even more impressive having a full portrait engraving of Walberg in A's uniform. Watch face has some surface wear, otherwise very clean retaining its original box. Includes letter of provenance from the Walberg family and a period newspaper article detailing that there were only (11) of these watches made for those players who selected them as their prize: EX-MT : EX ($3,500.00-$4,500.00) $6,000.00
 
See a Picture of this Item 1415 Important Rube Walberg 1929 Philadelphia Athletics World Series ring. Handsome 14K gold ring presented to Walberg as a member of the World Champion Phila. Athletics. Body of the ring has the trademark elephant mascot holding a diamond solitaire in its trunk. Globe shaped emblem next to diamond is worn from age with "Champions" inscribed on front. Indiscernible hallmark is stamped inside interior rig band which also has "George Walberg" engraved inside. Ring shows moderate overall usage wear and has a tiny area on base of ring band that has been resized. The 1929 Athletics are regarded by may notable baseball historians to be the finest team in baseball history with a record of 104 wins against just 46 losses to outpace the Yankees by 18 games. They also proceeded to crush a fine Chicago Cubs team in the World Series having (5) future HOF members in the lineup and the greatest manager in the history of baseball, Connie Mack, on the bench. Walberg was an integral part of the 1929 A's success finishing with a record of 18-11. The offered 1929 Championship ring is the first that we have encountered even though we have had the privilege of selling the property of several former Phila. Athletics through the years. Includes letter of provenance from the Walberg family: EX-EX/MT ($7,500.00-$10,000.00) $9,750.00
 
Lot group 1301 to 1400    
 
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