Lot 341.  1920 Colored Collegiate Foot Ball Record by Scott and Chiles with Note signed by Arthur Ashe. This 4 3/8" x 7, 52 page book, is a virtual never-seen annual reviewing Black football. Has photos of teams and players. Includes a page on Lincoln University and their famous HOF coach Fritz Pollard. Our consignor loaned the book to the late tennis star Arthur Ashe for the latter's research and includes a thank you note on Ashe's card "I profusely apologize for any convenience. Thanks again. Arthur Ashe". The book has a small stain at the bottom and some items underlined inside but is otherwise in excellent condition. Minimum Bid $250.

Lot 342.  Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski and West Coast football photos. Original 1924 Underwood & Underwood wire photo of Harold "Red" Grange, Univ. of Illinois All-America halfback, and pro and college HOFer. The 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 B&W action photo shows the "Illinois Iceman" eluding two tacklers. Inserted in the upper left corner is 3 by 3 1/2 inch portrait of helmet-less Grange to the waist carrying the ball; The Nagurski B&W 8 by 10 is modern newspaper file photo showing the pro and college HOFer posed in the 1920s holding a football. Both Excellent. The West Coast football photos range from 1931-1988 and consists of 37 items with 33 wire photos and other original pictures of stadiums (4), players & coaches (9 pro, 16 college) and teams (4 pro) who appeared at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium or the Los Angeles Coliseum in college, pro or all-star games between 1931 and 1988. More than half the items are in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes four tough Falstaff color photos of 49ers teams 1957-60, a colorful 1930s Standard Oil display piece featuring the Santa Clara U. bucking Bronco, 3 tickets. HOF pros are McElhenny, Montana, Nomellini and HOF college coaches Casanova and Madigan; Condition is Mt (4), Ex (19), Vg-Ex (4), Vg (9), Good (1). Winning Bid $446.

Lot 343.  Miscellaneous Football grab bag of 10 items. Highlights are a 1923 Northwestern-Illinois program with Red Grange in the lineup (ex) and an N305 Mayo Football card of Wrightington, Harvard (gd, no creases but no top border). Also 4 better postcards including a Rotograph of Robert Edeson, Harvard and Yale Game, Brown-Dartmouth scorecard postcard and Harvard Stadium. 1924 Exeter schedule and ticket stub (vg-ex), a 1969 Pro FB HOF Fact Book with Thorpe on the cover (ex) and a 1925 Official Football Rules (vg). Winning Bid $400.

Lot 344.  1948 Bowman Football set of 108. Extremely nice high grade set. Nearly half are ex-mt and over 80% are excellent and better. Highlights: 1-Treshinski (vg), 3-Lujack (ex-mt), 7-Van Buren (vg), 12-Conerly (ex+), 22-Baugh (vg-ex), 26-Waterfield (ex-mt), 36-Turner (nr mt), 63-Pihos (ex), 107-Luckman (ex+), 108-Ray (ex). Rare Series: 16 cards ex-mt, 12 cards excellent, 3 cards very good; Balance: 32 cards ex-mt or better, 25 cards excellent, 9 cards very good, 1 card good. Winning Bid $2,330.

Lot 345.  1955 Bowman Football set of 160. Highlights: 1-Walker (vg), 7-Gifford (ex-mt), 52-Summerall (ex), 62-Blanda (ex+-mt), 71-Layne (vg), 72-Tittle (ex-mt), 152-Landry (vg-ex). Balance: Average excellent. Winning Bid $587.

Lot 346.  1955 Bowman Football set of 160 with a very high grade SGC 88 Landry. Highlights: 1-Walker (ex), 7-Gifford (ex+), 16-Conerly (ex+-mt), 37-Groza (nr mt), 52-Summerall (vg-ex), 62-Blanda (ex-mt), 71-Layne (ex-mt, o/c), 72-Tittle (ex), 152-Landry (SGC 88 NM/MT 8). Balance: Ten cards have a wrinkle or small crease, the balance are either excellent or ex-mt or better with possibly a dozen with centering issues. Winning Bid $799.

Lot 347.  1955 Topps All-American Football set of 100. Beautiful set - 63% ex-mt, 85% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Hickman (ex), 6-Kinnick (ex-mt), 12-Graham (ex+), 16-Rockne (ex+), 27-Grange (nr mt), 37-Thorpe (gd), 68-Four Horseman (ex+), 85-Luckman (ex-mt, o/c), 97-Hutson (nr mt), 100-Henry (vg). Balance: 60 cards ex-mt or near mint, 21 cards excellent, 9 cards very good; Winning Bid $1,832.

Lot 348.  1958 Topps Set of 132. Extremely nice high grade set. We noticed only two cards with a light crease. The balance are all excellent to near mint with a few centering problems. Highlights: 22-Unitas (ex-mt), 62-Brown (ex-mt), 66-Starr (nr mt), 73-Gifford (ex-mt), 90-Jurgensen (ex+), 120-Berry (nr mt, slight o/c). Winning Bid $807.

Lot 349.  1959 Topps set of 176. Very nice high grade set. Highlights: 1-Unitas (nr mt, o/c), 10-Brown (nr mt, o/c), 20-Gifford (vg), 23-Starr (nr mt), 51-Huff (nr mt, o/c), 82-Hornung (nr mt), 103-Karras (nr mt, o/c). Balance: Almost all cards ex-mt to near mint. Winning Bid $440.

Lot 350.  1964 Philadelphia Football near set of 199 and 1963 Stancraft Card set of 54. The 1964 Phgilly set is missing 139-Philadelphia Team Card. 1964 Philadelphia Highlights: 3-Mackey (nr mt), 12-Unitas (ex-mt), 17-Ditka (nr mt), 30-Brown (vg-ex), 48-Lilly (ex), 79-Starr (ex-mt), 84-Packers (nr mt), 91-Olsen (ex), 109-Tarkenton (ex), 117-Gifford (ex+-mt), 198-Checklist (nr mt). Balance: The Stancraft set is a playing card set of 52 cards with NFL players on each card plus 2 Jokers and is all near mint. Winning Bid $500.

Lot 351.  1969 Topps and 1970 Topps Football sets of 263. Two extremely nice sets ranging from ex-mt to near mint condition. The 1970 set has extra cards of Starr, Sayers and Simpson. 1969 Highlights: 25-Unitas (nr mt), 26-Piccolo (nr mt), 51-Sayers (ex-mt), 100-Namath (ex-mt), 120-Csonka (nr mt), 139-Butkus (ex), 215-Starr (ex-mt). 1969 Balance: Virtually all ex-mt or better with the majority near mint. 1970 Highlights: 30-Starr (nr mt, nr mt, o/c), 59-Page (nr mt), 70-Sayers (nr mt, gd), 90-Simpson (nr mt, o/c, ex), 150-Namath (ex+-mt), 180-Unitas (nr mt but for small circular stain), 190-Butkus (nr mt); 1970 Balance: Virtually all near mint exc ept for a few centering problems. Winning Bid $550.

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