Hake’s Auction #230 is online and open for bidding NOW at
www.hakes.com. Hake’s is America’s first collectibles auction house, serving the hobby since 1967.
The auction closes September 23-24 with ALL baseball lots ending during the first session, Sept. 23.
In total there are over 2,000 lots covering a wide range of Pop Culture collectibles and Americana.
Featured are 200 pinback buttons and related items from the legendary Paul Muchinsky Collection.
Leading the way is the only known example of the 1916 Boston Red Sox World Champs advertising button featuring Babe Ruth. If you are looking for a one of a kind Ruth item for your collection, look no further.
Other Muchinsky highlights, including numerous rarities and his book examples, include:
1915 Schmelzer’s Sporting Goods series buttons, eight different including keys: Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson
1896 Paterson Silk Sox with HOF’ers Honus Wagner & Ed Barrow
1903 Boston Americans/Royal Rooters with HOF’er Cy Young
1952 Mickey Mantle Fan Club button and membership card
1905 Philadelphia A’s real photo button with HOF’ers Plank, Bender & Wadell
1906 Chicago Cubs Champs with HOF’ers Chance, Brown, Tinkers, Evers
1947 Jackie Robinson “Hi Teammates” litho
Not only are we presenting the premier baseball button collection ever assembled, but Hake’s continues its long standing tradition as the industry leader in offering Negro League baseball memorabilia by auctioning these incredible items-
1936 Negro League East All-Stars team photo with Paige, Gibson, Bell, Charleston, Johnson, Mackey. The only example known of this historic photograph.
1927 Philadelphia Royal Giants Vs. Hawaii Asahi (Tour Of Japan) Panoramic Photograph with HOF’ers Mackey & Cooper.
And for card collectors-
1923-24 Nacionales Cigarros Complete Cuban card album with the highly sought after 40 card baseball subset including HOF’ers Cooper, Mendez and Torriente. Another “only known example” and from the Richard Merkin Collection.
That is just the tip of the iceberg for the baseball (and other sports) section.
In addition to this there are hundreds of CGC-Certified comics books including Superman #1, Batman #1 and many other key issues from the Golden Age to Modern era as well as political items, original art, rare Star Wars figures and so much more.
Please visit
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