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Terms of Sale: All items are subject to prior sale. All items are vintage, original and one of a kind. Prices do not include shipping. Shipping is usually Priority Mail by the USPS and is $5. Insurance is extra. Arizona residents must add 7% tax. 10 day return privilege.

Consignments. We will accept consignments for this page. Commission is a straight 15% for the consignor, no buying commission. Items must be in our possession. Contact us if you feel you have appropriate items.

Contact Information. Lew Lipset, P.O. Box 5092, Carefree AZ 85377. 480-488-9889, 480-488-4987 (FAX). Email: Click Here to Email Lew.


Historic Items

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Baseball Cards

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1888 Old Judge metamorphic Trade Card. Fold over, amusing Goodwin Old Judge trade card. Back of the trade card has instructions on how to redeem coupons in Old Judge cigarettes for old Judge Cabinets. Some pencil writing on back, otherwise excellent.     $150.00

1888 Old Judge metamorphic Trade Card "Rare variety". A second fold over, amusing Goodwin Old Judge trade card. Penciled initials on back, which has Goodwin advertising, otherwise near mint.        $600.00

Very rare barely known 1911 Type card of John McGraw. One of three similar cards found in the late 1980's. The card of McGraw, which is very much in the style of the Sporting News cards, is obviously trimmed, but measured 3 3/8" x 1 7/8 when issued. The card shows only “John J. McGraw” in the caption as the rest has been cut away. The rear has "A Picture Given with Every 5 CENTS In Trade at..." And then the name "Louis Plamondon" . The other two cards that were discovered were sold, one in the early ‘90’s and the second in our last auction (November 2007). It can be still seen on our web site. It was lot 48 of James Archer and went for $6,275. As rare as it gets.  $1,000.

Baseball Magazine Supplement " Christy Mathewson. The first few Baseball Magazines of 1915 carried supplements showing significant players on a glossy paper insert meant to be removed from the magazine. Few of these still exist today. The Christy Mathewson portrait was done by artist J.F. Kernan and is in excellent condition.    $2,000.00

R311 Glossy Premium Brooklyn Dodgers. One of the very tough R311s. Brooklyn wasn’t a great team but had some great characters " Casey Stengel, Van Lingle Mungo, etc. Excellent.    $250.00

F273-27 Kelloggs Sports Stamps- #7 Panel of 4. Includes Luke Appling (baseball), Gene Tunney (boxing), Gallant Fox (horse racing) and Dick Merrill. Excellent    150.00

F273-27 Kelloggs Sports Stamps- #16 Panel of 4. Includes Red Grange (football), Rick Ferrell (baseball), Leo Diegel (golf) and Barney Ross (boxing). Excellent.    250.00








Graded Baseball Cards

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Baseball Postcards

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The “Bleachers”, Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Incredibly rare tri-fold card showing fans in the bleachers at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. When Open, card is 8” x 6”. The back shows a postmark of August 10, 1911 with a detailed note. There are a couple of small pieces of archival tape on the back for support.    $1,250.00

PL-A12655 Braun Post Card Co., League Field, Cleveland,Beautiful condition unused postcard with a touch of wear at the lower corners, Ex+-mt    $95.00

Spalding card of Wrigley Field. From rare set of 3 cards featuring Wrigley, Polo Grounds and League Park. Postally used, minor writing on bottom of front, very good. $300.00

1911 Max Rigot Comiskey Panoramic. 24" x 5 1/4". Missing upper left corner. Light vertical creasing in 3 places asnd a piece of tape for reinforcement on the back. Date in pencil on back, July 4th, 1910 is probably when photo was shot. Unused post card back. $500.00

PC-Reyes Kiki Cuyler baseball pc from Catalina Island. Very rare! Rare set of Real Photo postcards issued by Reyes during the Chicago Cubs Spring Training at Catalina Island in 1931. The offered card of Hall of Famer KiKi Cuyler is excellent +. The date “1931” is written at the edge on the back in pencil.    $300.00







Baseball Publications

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1932 Portland Beavers Yearbook. Large 11 1/2” x 8 1/2” yearbook style book with President Thomas Turner on front cover. Inside shows pictures and bios of players, two to a page, with advertising. One autograph, in pencil, of catcher Joe Paslmisano in pencil. Front cover shows some soiling and a 1” tear along the bottom left spine.    $200.00

1934 Cincinnati Reds Handbook. Rare 32 page 5 1/4” x 7 3/4” yearbook style book with photos, records and a bio of each player. Excellent.    $400.00

1934 Chicago Cub Play Ball Ball booklet. 28 page, 4” x 6” booklet gives tips position by position and on aspects of the game  by leading Cub  players. Excellent.    $100.00

1934 Detroit Tigers in Pictures.Green monochromatic 6” x 9” book showing a photograph and history of each member of the 1934 Detroit Tigers. 32 pages. Excellent.    $250.00


1945 St. Louis Browns Yearbook. Unusual shape of a pennant.22 page book featuring the A.L. C hampion Browns. Photos of the entire team with short bios. A scorecard is in the centerfold. Very good.    $400.00


The Celebrant by Eric Role Greenberg. The Celebrant has become a cult classic of baseball writing. It focuses on a fictional immigrant family's life at the turn of the century interwoven with the real life exploits of Christy Mathewson, who graces the cover. Excellent first edition. $400.00







U.S. Open Programs

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Other Golf Programs

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Other Golf Publications

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Sept. 22, 1930 Time Magazine with Bobby Jones on cover. Issued when Jones had won the first 3 legs of the Grand Slam. Has 2 1/2 page article on Jones. Was in bound album, thus roughness at spine. Light vertical crease.. $700.00

January 10, 1949 Time Magazine with Ben Hogan on cover. Published after Hogan's U.S. Open victory at Riviera Country Club. Excellent. $150.00






Golf Tickets

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1927 P.G.A. First Round ticket , at Cedar Crest Country Club in Dallas, Won bt Hagan who defeated Leo Diegel 5 and 3 for the Championship. First round included Hagan, Sarazan, Turnesa, Farrell, Cruickshank, Barnes, etc. Excellent  condition    $1,750.00


August 24, 1932 large (3 3/4" square) ticket from the Exhibition match at Brae Burn Country Club betwen Gene Sarazen and Francis Oiumet. Very good condition.   $350.00


May 26, 1963 Sam Snead ticket for exhibition held at the Oglebay Golf Club. Excellent with original string.    $100.00









Golf Badges

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Collection of 30 badges representing USGA tournaments Jack Nicklaus has won. Highlights of the group includes U.S. Opens from 1962, 1967 and 1972; PGAs from 1971, 1975 and 1980; British Opens from 1966, 1970 and 1978; and the Masters from 1986. A complete list is available on request. $900.



Ryder Cup
1963 Ryder Cup at East Lake C.C. Badge is oversized and in Mint condition.    $200.00

British Open
1972 British Open Member Badge from the Open won by Lee Trevino at Muirfield. Nr mint with original string.$125.00

1975 British Open Press badge from the Open won by Tom Watson at Carnoustie. Near mint with original string.          $175.00

1976 British Open Press Badge from the Open won by Johnny Miller. at Royal Birkdale. Worn by Ben Wright. Very good with original string.    $80.00

1979 British Open Press badge from the Open won by Seve Ballesterous at Royal Lytham. Very good with original string.    $75.00

1980 British Open Guest badge from the Open won by Tom Watson at Muirfield. Excellent-mint with original string .    $75.00

1982 British Open Press badge from the Open won by Tom Watson at Royal Troon. Excellent-Mint with original string.    $70.00

2001 Competitor Badge from the British Open at Royal Latham and St. Annes. Won by David Duval Near mint badge with original string and No. 000061 on rear. Near mint    125.00

2002 Competitor Badge from the British Openat Muirfield won by Ernie Els. Won by David Duval Near mint badge with original string and No. 000017 on rear. Excellent with light horizontal wrinkle        $125.00

P.G.A.
1991 PGA Badge for the championship at Crooked Stick won by John Daly, near mint    $50.00

U.S. Amateur Badges
1949 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.. Won by Charles Coe.    $100.00

1955 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at  the Country Club of Virginia .. Won by Harvie Ward    $85.00

1956 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at the Knollwood Club in Lake Forest, IL  Second consecutive win for Harvie Ward.    $85.00

1960 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at St. Louis Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Won by Deane Beman.  Beautiful Seasons badge with COMMITTEE ribbon.    $125.00

1961 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Pebble beach where Jack Nicklaus won his second Amateur Championship. Sponsors Badge with minor tarnishing.  $450.00

1962 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Pinehurst Country Club,. Won by  Labron Harris. Seasons ticket modeled by the early 1960’s Masters Badges.     $100.00

1967 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado.. Won by Robert Dickson    $60.00

1968 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.. Won by Bruce Fleischer    $50.00

1969 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, PA. Won by Steve Melnyk    $50.00

1970 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Waverly Country Club in Portland, Oregon. Won by Lanny Wadkins    $50.00

1972 US Amateur ticketfrom the Championship at the Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, N.C.. Won by Marvin Giles.     A light crease with original string.    $40.00

1973 US Amateur ticket from the Championship at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Won by Craig Stadler.    A light crease with original string.    $50.00

1977 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Aronimink. Won by John Fought    $40.00

1978 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Plainfield Country Club in Plainfield, NJ. Won b John Cook    $40.00

1981 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Won by Nathaniel Crosby    $50.00

1982 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Won by Jay Sigel, hist 1st of 2 consecutive U.S. Amateur wins    $40.00

1984 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Oak Tree in Norman Oklahoma. Won by Scott Verplank    $40.00

1985 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Montclair GC. Won by Sam Randolph    $30.00

1986 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Shoal Creek . Won by Steart Alexander    $30.00

1987 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Jupiter Hills Club. Won by Billy Mayfair    $35.00
 
1988 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at the Cascades Course at the Homstead. Won by Eric Meeks.    $30.00
 
1989 US Amateur Badge from the Championship at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA. Won by Chris Patton    $30.00

1994 US Amateur Open Clubhouse badge for the Amateur won by Tiger Woods at Sawgrass. Its was Tiger’s first of three successive Amateur Championships. $300.

1998 US Amateur Badgefrom the Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.. Won by Hank Kuehne    $25.00

1998 US Amateur ticket pack with original envelope from the Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Won by Hank Kuehne    $35.00


Others
1994 Masters Contestant Badge #64 belonging to Curtis Strange. Tournament was won by Jose Maria Olazabel. Near mint condition.     $750.00

 







Golf Postcards

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Tom Morris in “Golf Club House and Fountain, St. Andrews” by Valentine. Morris is seen clearly holding the flag. Card is insued and in excellent conditiion.    $250.00

“Tearing Off” Gene Sarazen hitting off the tee at Coral Gables, Fla. Card is unused and has some paper loss along border on rear, otherwise ex-mt.    $100.00


1926 Walter Hagan-Bobby Jones historic Golf Match at Pasadena on the gulf, St. Petersburg in 1926. Called the "Match of the Century" 36 holes winding up at Hagan's home course in St. Petersburg. Unused and excellent.  $400.00

Golfing “The Swing” from a small set of cards showing unidentified prominent golfers.This one shows French golfer Arnaud Massy. Message starts on front of card and continues on rear. Otherwise excellent.    $175.00

Golfing at St. Andrews " Eighteenth Hole. Royal and Ancient Club House. Fletcher Series #17. Very rare series of 18 cards. Unused. Excellent    $300.00

Golfing at St. Andrews " Walkingshawn Green and Cat Traps” Fletcher Series #12. Very rare series of 18 cards. Unused. Small scrape at stamp area.  Very good.    $275.00

“The Big Six at Opening of Holly Hill Country Club, Davenport, Florida.” The big 6 are enumerated on the back of the unused postcard and include U.S. Open winner Cyril Walker. Ex-mt.    $75.00

7 North British Rubber Co. Ltd advertising postcards. From a set of 12 cards with colorful comic scenes. Each has the companies symbolic “chick on a golf ball in the stamp portion on the rear an d lower left or right corner on the front. Five cards have clean backs and two are addressed and have messages but were not sent through the mail. Excellent.    $150.00

5 postcards from “Valesque” Series of the Gleneagles Hotel and golf courses. Cards are numbered in lower right. Four cards are postally unused and all are in excellent condition.    $75.00









Golf Cards

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1897 J. Baines circular cards - Sandwich. Very rare! 2 3/4” diameter cards with golfing scenes and names of golf course below. The card of Sandwich is excellent.    $400.00

1897 J. Baines circular cards - Coombs.Very rare! Very rare! 2 3/4” diameter cards with golfing scenes and names of golf course below. The card of Coombs is excellent..     $375.00

1900 Clarke & Co. Golf Terms “A BULGER”. Rare turn of the century card from a set of 12. Card is very good.    $75.00

1901 Ogden’s Guinea Gold Series. Chas. Hutchings (gd-vg, chipping on sides) and Peter Paxton (ex+).    $75.00

4 1902 Ogden’s General Interest Series Plain backs, J. Ball (ex), Miss Armstrong (ex), Vardon v. Braid (vg-ex), H. Vardon (fair-gd)    $150.00

1923 Gallaher set of Champions including 4 golfers.Golfers are Arthur Havers, Roger Wethered, T.M. Bernell and Doris Chambers. Other notables are tennis star Sussaner Lenglen and Olympic runners Eric Liddle and Harold Abrahams (Chariots of Fire). Set averages very good+-excellent.    $250.00

1924 Wills Golfing set of 25 cards. All feature golf courses in the United Kingdom including St. Andrews, Troon, Turnberry, Royal St. Georges, Hoylake, Muirfield, Lytham & St Annes, etc. Nearly all ex-mt to near mint.    $400.00


1928 J. Millhoff set of 27 Famous Golfers, Real photo cards.The Bobby Jones is gd-vg, The Walter Hagan is vg, and the balance are almost all excellent or better with most ex-mt to near mint.    $600.00

1928 J. Milhoff & Co. #2 Walter Hagan, near excellent     $90.00

1934 Churchman Can You Beat Bogey at St. Andrews Set of 54. Missing the rare Joker card. Excellent condition game set.  Game set in excellent and better condition.    $400.00

1934 Churchman Jovial Golfers set of 36.Two 18 card subsets representing the inland course and the seaside course. Backs written by famous golf journalist Bernard Darwin. Near mint set.    $275.00
 


1959 T.P.K. Top Flight Stars Hogan, Cotton & Thompson. A complete subset of the three golf stars in this 35 card set. Henry Cotton, Ben Hogan and Peter Tompson. Thmpson and Cotton are near mint-mint and Hogan appears that way but has a couple of specks on the rear. $125.00  







Golf Books

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Miscellaneous Golf

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1900 Huntley & Palmer Golf Trade Card. Huntley & Palmer, an English  biscuit maker were also famous for their beautiful trade cards. Especially popular are their cards for baseball and golf. The turn of the century golf card offered here has an excellent front with a light brown paste stain in the rear measuring about 2” x  1/2”    $150.00

Circa 1930 original Helen Hicks Wilson Advisory Counter display advertising Piece. Measures 10” high and 7 1/2” wide and has original stand on rear. In mint condition.    $300.00

1931 U.S. Open Scorecard from Inverness. Unused near mint scorecard from the first Open played without Bobby Jones in years. Won by Billy Burke over George Von Elm. Near mint    $500.00

1935 Atlantic Richfield Oil “Goofy Golf” Puzzles, 2 different from set of 6. Comes in original envelopes ( 7 1/2” x  9 1/2”) with a golf instructional by Alex Morrison on one side and information on the puzzles on the other. The Puzzles are near mint and the envelopes are excellent.    $300.00

A group of 10 Byron Nelson Golf Instructional Booklets from 1951. Each booklet carries advertising for John Brooks Motors in Richmond, California and opens to a 15 1/2” x 9” poster.      $300.00




Golf Autographs

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Other Sports

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Basketball
Collection of approximately 775 signed 3 x 5 with basketball players, both college and Pro. The great majority of the lot comes from the collection of well known autograph collector Jeff Morey. Many Hall of Famers and ell known names. Forrest “Phog” Allen, Paul Arizon, Elgin Baylor, Ralph Beard (2), Roger Brown, Howard Cann, Bob Cousy, Dutch Dehnert, Ray Felix, Chet Forte, Sihugo Green, Alex Groza, Cliff Hagan (2), Tex Harrison, John Havlicek, Leon Hillard, Hot Rod Hundley, Wally “Wah Wah” Jones, Bill Kenville, Rudy LaRusso, Ed McCauley (2), Dick McGuire (3), Bud Palmer (3), Bob Pettit, Jim Pollard, Willis Reed, Pat Riley, Adolph Schayes, Frank Selvy (3), Ernie Vandeweghe, Jerry West (2), Jo Jo White, Sherman White, Max Zaslofsky. Comes with a Mastronet COA from when the lot was originally purchased. $2,500.







Non Sports

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