Hake’s Americana & Collectibles Auction #213 Now Online And Open For Bidding at
www.hakes.com.
The auction closes November 11-13, 2014. In addition to baseball items, there are vintage collectibles in over 200 collecting categories, with a total of 2,753 items up for bid.
Hake's has been the premier source for Pop Culture and Americana since 1967 and in recent years has offered some of the rarest and most sought after baseball items including those pertaining to the Cuban and Negro Leagues, with many coming from the legendary Richard Merkin Collection.
Merkin Collection highlights this auction include:
1915 BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING PHOTO WITH BABE RUTH IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON.
1946 TAMPICO ALIJADORES MEXICAN LEAGUE TEAM SIGNED PHOTO WITH RAYMOND BROWN.
1923 HAVANA LIONS CUBAN NEWSPAPER PREMIUM PHOTO W/HOF MEMBERS POP LLOYD, DIHIGO & TORRIENTE.
HAVANA LIONS CUBAN BASEBALL TEAM NEWS SERVICE PHOTO WITH MARTIN DIHIGO & ALEJANDRO OMS.
1926 KANSAS CITY MONARCHS BROADSIDE WITH TEAM PHOTO.
TAMPICO ALIJADORES MEXICAN LEAGUE TEAM REAL PHOTO POSTCARD WITH HOF MEMBER WILLIE WELLS.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES 1913 CABINET PHOTO WITH HONUS WAGNER.
JIM THORPE NEW YORK GIANTS BASEBALL NEWS SERVICE PHOTO.
1931 TOUR OF JAPAN BASEBALL TEAM PHOTO WITH SEVEN HOF MEMBERS INCLUDING LOU GEHRIG.
NY YANKEES 1923 SPRING TRAINING NEWS SERVICE PHOTO WITH BABE RUTH.
LEFTY GOMEZ SAN FRANCISCO SEALS PRE-ROOKIE NEWS SERVICE PHOTO.
ROBERTO CLEMENTE PITTSBURGH PIRATES PRE-MLB DEBUT 1955 SPRING TRAINING PHOTO.
Other baseball highlights include:
1923-1924 TOMAS GUTIERREZ CUBAN LEAGUE ALBUM.
WILLIE "BILL" FOSTER NEGRO LEAGUE STAR AND HOF MEMBER CANDID PHOTOGRAPH.
BALTIMORE BLACK SOX NEGRO LEAGUE TEAM PHOTO WITH JUD WILSON.
KANSAS CITY MONARCHS MULTI-SIGNED NEGRO LEAGUE TEAM PHOTO PRINT.
JACKIE ROBINSON KC MONARCHS SPORTING NEWS PHOTO SGC ENCAPSULATED.
MONTE IRVIN & RAY DANDRIDGE c. 1942 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD.
1948-1949 PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE ADVERTISING CALENDAR WITH HOF MEMBERS HILTON SMITH & WILLARD BROWN.
CY YOUNG FRAMED HANDWRITTEN NOTE DISPLAY.
TY COBB SIGNED BOOK PAGE.
WALTER JOHNSON SIGNED CARD.
BABE RUTH MOVIE PROMOTIONAL RARE 1930s BUTTON.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES & STEELERS HOME STADIUM - FORBES FIELD FACADE HAUNCH.
NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS C. 1909-1910 LOT OF 68 DIFFERENT ORIGINAL PHOTOS.
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS C.1908-1910 LOT OF 50 DIFFERENT ORIGINAL PHOTOS.
JIMMY COLLINS 1898 CAMEO PEPSIN GUM BUTTON.
"GRIFFITH/P. CHICAGO" BUTTON FOR HALL OF FAME MEMBER FROM CAMEO PEPSIN GUM SET.
1913 T200 FATIMA CIGARETTES CLEVELAND AMERICANS CARD WITH SHOELESS JOE JACKSON & NAP LAJOIE.
BOSTON RED SOX 1921 TEAM PHOTO WITH HOF MEMBERS HERB PENNOCK & HUGH DUFFY.
1933 GOUDEY BASEBALL CARDS PSA GRADED LOT.
BOSTON BRAVES C. 1943 SIGNED PHOTO OF COACHING STAFF & PRESIDENT INCLUDING STENGEL & KELLY.
CLEVELAND INDIANS MAZZOLINI "CHIEF WAHOO" STATUE.
ROBERTO CLEMENTE "SUPER PRO" BOXED SNEAKERS.
This is just a sampling of the baseball material offered in this auction, and in addition to this, there are items for other sports, non-sport gum card & related and so much more.
Every Hake’s auction covers the widest range of Pop Culture and Americana offered at a single time by any auction house.
Contact Heather for a complimentary copy of the 400 page full color catalog at 866-404-9800 ext. 1612.
The auction is now online and open for bidding at
www.hakes.com and closes November 11-13, 2014.