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Winter Premier Auction 2021

Auction closed on 4/3/2021. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #1: HIGHLY IMPORTANT 1938 LOU GEHRIG GAME USED H&B LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BAT (GIFTED TO EARLE COMBS & DERIVED FROM THE EARLE COMBS FAMILY) - PSA/DNA GU 10

  

  # Bids: 26

  Min Bid: $50,000

  Final Price: $715,120

• Lot #2: RECENTLY DISCOVERED 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES AUTOGRAPHED TEAM PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE ESTATE OF DON MILLER - PSA/DNA TYPE 1 & AUTHENTIC & BECKETT LOA

  

  # Bids: 22

  Min Bid: $50,000

  Final Price: $444,031

• Lot #3: 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES AUTOGRAPHED PITCHERS PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDING SHOCKER & MILLER FROM THE ESTATE OF DON MILLER- PSA/DNA TYPE 1 & AUTHENTIC & BECKETT LOA

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: $14,153

• Lot #4: FINE BABE RUTH, JOE DIMAGGIO AND MICKEY MANTLE SIGNED BASEBALL WITH EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL OWNER PROVENANCE - PSA/DNA

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Price: $60,667

• Lot #5: HISTORIC AND UNIQUE ORIGINAL HOME PLATE FROM YANKEE STADIUM CIRCA 1923 (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $50,000

  Final Price: $303,277

• Lot #8: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT JACKIE ROBINSON AUTOGRAPHED LETTER CONTAINING EXTREMELY SENSITIVE HOLOCAUST AND SLAVE TRADE CONTENT (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $25,000

  Final Price: $70,745

• Lot #10: 1978 THURMAN MUNSON NEW YORK YANKEES GAME WORN HOME JERSEY - CATFISH HUNTER PROVENANCE (CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR)

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $25,000

  Final Price: $137,866

• Lot #11: BOBBY THOMSON'S 1951 NEW YORK GIANTS CAP WORN TO HIT "THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD" (IMPECCABLE PHOTO PROVENANCE - EX NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME) (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $25,000

  Final Price: $137,866

• Lot #12: 1926 ALL-AMERICA TEAM HERB PENNOCK CERTIFICATE INCL. INCREDIBLE GEO. H. "BABE" RUTH AUTOGRAPH - PENNOCK FAMILY PROVENANCE - BECKETT LOA

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: $20,724

• Lot #13: BABE RUTH HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO MISTRESS, CIRCA 1922 (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $25,000

  Final Price: $201,851

• Lot #20: SIGNIFICANT AARON WARD SINGLE SIGNED BASEBALL - THE FIRST YANKEE TO GET A BASE HIT ON OPENING DAY IN 1923 (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: $2,396

• Lot #22: ICONIC BABE RUTH POLO CAP WORN BY THE BAMBINO (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #23: EXQUISITE LARGE BABE RUTH SIGNED 17 X 21" PHOTOGRAPH (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA & JSA LOA

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $7,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #24: EXTRAORDINARY LOU GEHRIG SIGNED 8 X 10 PHOTOGRAPH (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA MINT 9

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: $15,569

• Lot #25: JULY 4, 1941 LOU GEHRIG MEMORIAL DAY TICKET STUB (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $350

  Final Price: $1,463

• Lot #26: JACKIE MITCHELL GILBERT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BASEBALL (STRUCK OUT BABE RUTH & LOU GEHRIG IN 1931 WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD) (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $750

  Final Price: $7,352

• Lot #28: RARE 1948 ORIGINAL PHOTO "THE BABE BOWS OUT" BY NAT FEIN (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA TYPE I

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $7,500

  Final Price: $25,686

• Lot #34: HISTORIC BRONZE MEMORIAL LARGE PLAQUE THAT MARKED THE BIRTHPLACE OF LOU GEHRIG - DEDICATED IN 1953 (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Price: $18,840

• Lot #35: UNIQUE JOE DIMAGGIO AUTOGRAPHED LETTER TO MARILYN MONROE - (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: $51,450

• Lot #36: EXQUISITE 1967 LEROY NEIMAN ORIGINAL ARTWORK OF MICKEY MANTLE (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: $38,653

• Lot #38: CIRCA 1942 TED WLLIAMS AND HANK GREENBERG ACETATE NEGATIVE ON KODAK SAFETY FILM - EX/MT-NM VINTAGE (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: $300

• Lot #39: 1950 RED SOX TEAM SIGNED OAL BASEBALL WITH (2) WILLIAMS AUTOGRAPHS ON THE SWEET SPOT (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - BECKETT LOA

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: $704

• Lot #44: CIRCA 1915-1920 CHRISTY MATHEWSON AMERICAN CHICLE COMPANY "FADEAWAY" BALL GUM DISPLAY BOX INCLUDES ORIGINAL GUM BALLS (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $1,500

  Final Price: $5,656

• Lot #45: JANUARY 21, 1949 TY COBB SIGNED AND HANDWRITTEN FOUR-PAGE LETTER (AL TAPPER COLLECTION) - PSA/DNA LOA

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $3,000

  Final Price: $7,019

• Lot #46: 1939 PLAY BALL COMPLETE SET (161) WITH WILLIAMS - PSA EX MT 6, DIMAGGIO - SGC EX+ 5.5 & (8) OTHERS SGC GRADED (AL TAPPER COLLECTION)

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $3,500

  Final Price: $14,510