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Extraordinary collection of baseball sheet music spanning the years 1850 to 1992.
Lot 5. Extraordinary collection of baseball sheet music spanning the years 1850 to 1992. This grouping of 215 sheets represents one of the most comprehensive collections of baseball sheet music ever assembled, let alone offered as a single collection. The collection is housed in four albums. Included are dozens of significant rarities. Fifteen sheet musics are from the nineteenth century, and 177 were published before 1950. Only 38 titles are post-1950. Every sheet music in the collection pertains to baseball in some way, either by picturing a baseball scene on the cover or mentioning baseball in the title, or in some cases subtly (a song written by a player or a player's name mentioned in the lyrics). Twenty of the sheets represent publishing variations for thirteen different titles, thus there are 195 different song titles in total. Also included is a handwritten sheet composed by Henry Chadwick (accompanied by an LOA from his grandson) as well as two other interesting handwritten baseball song lyrics. Many specific ballplayers and teams are pictured or referenced in the collection, from the 1869 Cincinnati Reds to Ty Cobb to Mickey Mantle. Included are many other highlights, such as sheet musics picturing Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, various teams, and, of course, many extraordinary generic titles with striking artwork and amusing titles. A selection of the many titles included follows: 1850 Victoria Polka , written by Henry Chadwick; 1863 Capitoline Polka (the Capitoline Grounds was home to the Brooklyn Atlantics); 1867 Base Ball Waltz (dedicated to the Kent Base Ball Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan); 1867 Home Run Galop (cover only); 1867 Monthly Amusements (one of the twelve vignettes on the cover pictures a baseball game); 1869 Red Stockings (cover only) dating from the Cincinnati Reds Stockings' inaugural season and featuring engraved portrait images of each team member including Harry Wright, George Wright, Asa Brainard and Charlie Gould (with professional restoration to an approximate 3.5 x 1 inch area of paper loss in upper right border, not affecting portraits or type, otherwise in Very Good to Excellent condition, framed to total dimensions of 16.5 x 20 inches); 1886 Base Ball - American Association Vs. League Comic Song ; 1890 The Pennant Yorke (dedicated to the New-York and Brooklyn B.B. Teams); 1895 Games We Used To Play (shows images used for Dukes Terrors in America set on cover) ; the very rare 1896 Win. Mercer Two-Step (dedicated to Mr. Win. Mercer and the Washington Base Ball Club); 1904 Husky Hans (Honus Wagner on cover, poor condition); 1907 Cubs On Parade (dedicated to Mr. Frank Chance); 1907 The White Sox March (dedicated to Charles A. Comiskey and featuring portrait photos of all team members); 1908 Between You And Me (written by Johnny Evers and Joe Tinker, and featuring photos of each player in uniform); 1908 Take Me Out To The Ball Game (2 variations); 1909 Hurray For Our Base Ball Team (pictures each Major League manager and League presidents Ban Johnson and Harry Pulliam); 1910 Little Puff Of Smoke Good Night (words by Ring Lardner, lyrics by White Sox pitcher Doc White, Doc White on cover, two variations); 1912 King of Clubs (Cobb at bat on cover, minor edge wear, overall Excellent appearance, matted and framed to total dimensions of 15.25 x 18.75 inches); 1912 The Marquard Glide (Rube Marquard on cover); 1912 Remember Me To My Old Gal (two variations, one pictures Doc White and George Moriarity on cover, the other Chief Bender, Jack Coombs and Cy Morgan); 1912 Those Ragtime Melodies (two variations, each with Rube Marquard on cover); 1912 Three Cheers Base-Ball Is A Grand Old Game (Bender, Coombs and Morgan on cover); 1912 Baseball's The Game For Me (Rube Marquard on cover); 1920 Oh! You Babe Ruth (Ruth on cover); 1923 Babe Ruth He Is A Home Run Guy ; 1925 Bucky Boy (Bucky Harris on cover); 1928 Babe Ruth! Babe Ruth! - We Know What He Can Do ; 1928 Where The Shy Little Violets Grow (Waite Hoyt on cover); 1929 The Galloping A's ; 1929 Here Comes My Ball And Chain (Waite Hoyt on cover); 1933 Come On, Let's Root For The Red Birds (Columbus Red Birds team on cover including Paul Dean); 1934 The Tiger Team Song (Tigers team on cover); 1938 When A Cowboy Goes To Town (from the movie Rawhide , Lou Gehrig on cover); 1941 Joltin' Joe DiMaggio (DiMaggio on cover); 1947 Babe (Ruth on cover); 1948 Our Bambino (Ruth on cover); 1948 Safe At Home (Ruth on cover); 1950 Grand Old Man Of Baseball (Connie Mack on cover); 1956 I Love Mickey (Mickey Mantle on cover); 1973 Move Over, Babe - Here Comes Henry (Aaron on cover). The approximate condition breakdown is as follows: 34% Excellent or better condition, 50% Very Good condition, 15% Good Condition, 1% lesser. Approximately 10% of the sheets have pencil or ink notations written on the cover (mostly the names of former owners). Most measure approximately 10 x 14 inches. Total 215 sheets plus three miscellaneous handwritten song lyrics for a total of 218 items. The Minimum Bid comes to less than $25 per piece and we would estimate Retail to be at least $15,000-$20,000. A more detailed list of the highlights is available on request.
Winning Bid $8,054.
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