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Lot 257.  California, Stanford & Kezar Football Stadium Postcards and Photos Collection of 110. Outstanding historical collection of 110 different cards & photos showing interior or exterior views of football and other sports facilities and the campuses of two great San Francisco Bay Area rival universities, plus Kezar, San Jose State and Santa Clara stadiums. The University of California at Berkeley collection numbers 81 cards. 20 rarely seen cards show old California Field, opened in 1904, while 51 show Memorial Stadium built in 1923. Others depict Harmon Gym, Edwards track stadium, Edwards Field baseball stadium, the famous Cal football statue and several cartoon cards. The earliest football card, postmarked 1905, features photos of each 1905 Big Game captain in action. Thirty-two of the Cal cards are early B&W or sepia. Most of the color Memorial Stadium cards are pre-linen or linen. There are 20 Stanford University postcards. Twelve tough cards depict old Stanford Field, opened in 1905, and eight show Stanford Stadium built in 1920. Thirteen B&W and seven of Stanford Stadium are color, including 3 pre-linen and 3 linen. Two 5 x 7 B&W photos are of Stanford Field, one showing Big Game action in 1911 and the other the Stanford rooting section. In addition are a trio of 3x5 sepia photos, 2 at the 1919 Big Game at Stanford Field and one showing the 1928 Stanford Stadium ceremony in which Herbert Hoover accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for President. There are two San Francisco Kezar Stadium postcards, one an Ex-Mt linen of the original stadium and the second a slightly oversized mint view of the modern stadium that replaced the original in the 1980s. There are additional color postcards showing San Jose State’s Spartan Stadium and a deckle edged view of the University of Santa Clara’s Buck Shaw Stadium. Also included is a 5-page article describing the history of the Cal, Stanford and Kezar stadiums and their predecessors. Overall condition is Ex to Ex-Mint.
Winning Bid $656.


Lot 258.  Amos Alonzo Stagg’s Spalding Football Guide Collection 71 (with 18 Stagg signatures) books including near complete run 1890 to 1940 (missing only 1892 & 1893), including all 38 Eastern & Western regional editions (1906-25) plus 1876 Yale-Harvard rugby rules (reprint) and 1889 & 1890 Wright & Ditson Football Rules. This may be the most comprehensive and top quality Spalding Football Guide collection (1890-1940) ever assembled because of the inclusion of both annual Eastern and Western regional guides for the years 1906-1925. Each regional guide has photos and articles that differ from the other volume issued in the same year. Even the spectacular University of Notre Dame Hesburg Library collection is missing some of these East-West regional guides. Most collectors and dealers were unaware of the existence of the regional guides when the consigner assembled this run in 1999 and 2000. Detailed list of book conditions and a list of differences between the East & West editions are available upon request. A total of 68 Spalding guides plus the hardback 1876 rugby rules reprint (Ex), hardback 1889 (Vg) and 1890 (Vg-Ex) Wright & Ditson Football Rules. These three and 50 of the Spalding books are from the collection of Football Hall of Famer Amos Alonzo Stagg. Forty-three are hardback guides (1890, 1894-1904, 1906-08, 1911-12, 1914-16, 1918-40) and those starting in 1921 are presentation copies, with “A. A. Stagg” stamped in gold on the front cover. All hardbacks except 1914, 20 & 21 also are bound with original covers. The condition is outstanding because Stagg owned a complete second run of guides that he used for frequent reference. Thirteen books are signed by Stagg (total 18 signatures). Stagg was on the first All-America team in 1889 (Yale, end), had a 57-season career coaching record of 314-199-35 and was a member of the College FB Rules Committee for more than 50 years. A few of the early books in this significant collection have minor writing inside and are vg, but the rest are at least Excellent and many of the books from 1918 to the end of the run are at least Ex-Mt. Complete list of conditions available on request.
Winning Bid $3,300.


Lot 259.  1926 USC-Notre Dame First Program. An extremely rare program commemorating the first football game ever between the U. of Southern California and Notre Dame. Two years removed from the 4 Horsemen and 2 years before Rockne’s famous “Win one for the Gipper” Notre Dame defeated USC in their first game, 13-12 on December 4, 1926. As everyone knows, the rivalry continues today as one of the greatest in College football. The 32 page program was part of a bound edition and was trimmed. All the contents of the historic program are intact.
Winning Bid $400.


Lot 260.  Barnes and NCAA Football Guide collection of 32 from 1941 to 1983 (21 from Amos Alonzo Stagg collection). Collection of nine Barnes college football guides is complete from 1941-1949. Seven are Ex, two Ex-Mt. The 1949 hardback is signed by A. A. Stagg on the cover. The NCAA guides (1950-67, 69, 72, 76, 79, 83) total 23 including 15 from Stagg’s collection, with signed copies in 1954 (on title page) and 1955 (on cover), Ex to Ex+. Detailed list with conditions available on request.
Winning Bid $300.


Lot 261.  1931 Autograph album page (6” x 4 1/2”) signed by five famous collegiate football players, four with Yale university connections. The group includes 3 Hall of Famers ( Albie Booth of Yale, his Coach Dr. Mal Stevens, and Adam Walsh of Notre Dame’s 4 Horseman team). The other two were Yale player and coach Ducky Pond (formerly Stevens assistant and Charlie Comerford (also of Yale). The excellent condition sheet is from the John Smith Collection and was dated 1931. All 5 players are deceased.
Minimum Bid $200.


Lot 262.  1935 National Chicle football High Grade #15 Louis Ciccone, PSA 7 NM. Extremely nice Near Mint Card from the very popular 1930’s football set.
Winning Bid $242.


Lot 263.  1948 Bowman Football near set of 92 missing 16 cards. Missing cards are 9, 33, 36, 39, 60, 62, 63, 69, 71, 75, 87, 90, 96, 101-2 and 105. Highlights: 1-Treshinski (vg), 3-Lujack (vg), 7-Van Buren (vg), 12-Conerly (ex+), 22-Baugh (vg-ex), 26-Waterfield (ex-mt), 107-Luckman (ex-mt, badly off-center), 108-Ray (gd-vg). 20 Rare Series cards: average very good-excellent, 2 good; Balance: 9 cards ex-mt or better, 30 cards excellent, 20 cards very good, 5 cards good.
Winning Bid $1,000.


Lot 264.  Nice group of 16 different 1950 Topps Feltbacks. Group includes Makowski, Mataya, Nagel, O’Day, Kuhn, Rakestraw, Hall, Kerkorian, Perini, Stirckland, Wren, Lee, Boldink, Ulinski, Davis and Ward. The Kerkorian is good, the Kuhn has no back and the balance are excellent or better. There are no yellow backgrounds.
Winning Bid $949.


Lot 265.  1950 Bowman set of 144. High grade set with 75% cards excellent and better. At least 30 cards are near mint in the 72-144 series. Highlights: 1-Walker (vg), 5-Tittle (ex), 6-Groza (ex+), 9-Canadeo (good), 35-Perry (ex), 37-Layne (ex), 43-Motley (fair), 45-Graham (gd), 52-Hirsch (ex), 100-Baugh (ex+-mt), 132-Bednarik (nr mt). Balance: 101 cards excellent to ex-mt, 21 cards very good, 12 cards good.
Winning Bid $1,513.


Lot 266.  1952 Bowman Small set of 144. Nice above average set with over 60% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Van Brocklin (fr-gd), 2-Graham (ex), 14-Brown (ex-mt), 16-Gifford (ex-mt), 17-Tittle (vg), 23-Marchetti (ex), 29-McElhenny (vg-ex), 30-Baugh (ex), 46-Donovan (vg-ex), 48-Halas (vg-ex), 78-Layne (gd-vg), 85-Robustelli (fr-gd), 127-Matson (ex), 142-Landry (ex-mt), 144-Lansford (vg-ex); Balance: 33 cards ex-mt, 47 cards excellent, 27 cards good-very good, 22 cards poor-fair.
Winning Bid $1,612.


Lot 267.  Group of 80 1953 Bowman Football Color cards with some duplicates. Highlights: 1-LeBaron (x2, vg-ex, vg), 6-Walker (vg-ex), 11-Van Brocklin (x2, ex, vg), 20-Conerly (gd-vg), 22-Hirsch (vg), 32-McElhenny (x2, gd-vg, fair), 43-Gifford (ex, but for spot of paper loss in lower right corner), 53-Tunnell (gd), 56-Tittle (gd-vg); Balance: 9 cards excellent, 39 cards very good, 20 cards good.
Winning Bid $600.


Lot 268.  Collection of 11 Very High Grade 1955 Topps All-American Football, all SGC Graded. Includes Hickman (SGC 84 NM 7), 10-Dudley (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 14-Tinsley (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 15-Kaw (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 21-Whizzer White (SGC 84 NM 7), 35-Tom Harmon (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 51-Purvis (SGC 88 NM/MT 8) 76-Bertelli (SGC NM/MT 8), 78-Berwanger (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 85-Luckman (SGC 84 NM 7) and 100-"Fats" Henry (SGC 84 NM 7).
Winning Bid $726.


Lot 269.  1957 Topps High Grade Football Lot of 10, all SGC graded. All are Hall of Famers except Kyle Rote. Includes 22-Van Brocklin (SGC 84 NM 7), 28-Groza (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 31-Blanda (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 59 Rote (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 71-Robustelli (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 85-"Night Train" Lane (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5 , 94 Raymond Berry (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5), 124-Tom McDonald (SGC 86 NM+ 7.5) 138 Unitas (SGC 50 VG/EX 50 (well centered); 151-Hornung (SGC 60 Ex 5).
Winning Bid $600.


Lot 270.  1960 Fleers near set of 130 missing #’s 1 and 2. Highlights: 20-Baugh (nr mt), 58-Blanda (ex+-mt), 124-Kemp (nr mt); Balance: Almost all cards near mint, though some have some gum residue and a few are off center.
Winning Bid $799.


Lot 271.  Three Topps Canadian Football League sets of 88 from 1958, 1959 and 1960. All three sets were purchased by our consignor shortly after issue and remain in that near mint to mint condition with possible minor exceptions for centering.
Winning Bid $1,289.
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