Lot 129. Player and Stadium photos plus post card sized photos. Collection of 154 postcards and 12 postcard-sized photos plus seven 5x7 photos of mostly major league baseball players, almost all Ex or better. Highlights are Eight B&W postcards showing sports celebrities in or near airline planes, Leo Durocher with his movie star wife, Laraine Day (2), Sandy Koufax, Casey Stengel; boxer Joe Louis, tennis stars Bobby Riggs with Jack Kramer, Olympic champs Jesse Owens, Bob Mathias. There are also 2 very rare R313A Gold Medal cards (not Cardinals or Tigers) of Al Simmons and George Earnshaw. Contents include seventy-seven color include 46 larger deckle-edged modern stadium cards, including one Japanese. Players are by George Brace (1), Barry Colla, (21), Coral Lee (3), Doug McWilliams (3), Dexter Press (1), Colorpicture Publishers (1), anonymous (1) and include Carew, J. DiMaggio, Drysdale, Koufax, Mays, McCovey (3), Morgan, Perry, Ripken, Ryan, Sandbergh, B.Williams, Yasztremski and Yount. Ninty-six are B&W by Mike Anderson (28), George Brace (18), James Elder (8), McCarthy (1), Orcajo (1), Norm Paulson (1) and anonymous sources (24) and include Averill (2), Brock, Clemente (4), Cuyler (2), Dickey, Doerr, Ferrell, Grove, Hartnett (2), Herman, Hornsby, Hubbell, Lindstrom, Lombardi (3), Paige, Rizzuto, J. Robinson (2), Simmons, Speaker, Stengel, B.Williams, Wilson; Also includes 7 E. F. Collins 5x7 B&W photos;
Minimum Bid $300.
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