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I was a close friend of John Mayeron, who recently passed away. John was a leading baseball book seller and book collector, and collected everything else from ceramic baseball nuns to GU equipment. John had the most extensive baseball book collection in the country with over 2,000 unique titles, including some of the rarest baseball books in existence. Some of his rare books are being donated to the HOF.

John's collection has been consigned to Heritage Auctions. Due to the size and diversity of his collection, it will be featured in various Heritage auctions over the next two years, starting with Heritage's Platinum auction this weekend. In the Platinum auction, there are 17 items from John's collection, including a 9.5 graded Keeler GU bat, a 10 graded Mays bat, a John McGraw SS ball, a signed Ruth book, a signed J. Robinson book, a 1915 Federal League Pass, an 1896 NL Pass, a 9 graded Bicentennial Brett GU bat, GU bats of Carew, Kaline, Gwynn, and Puckett, and GU jerseys from the Vikings Purple People Eaters.

Most of his collection will be featured in its own section of Heritage's Fall auction on November 17-18. He will likely have additional items in Heritage’s Platinum auction that ends in February 2023.

The sheer size of the collection has prevented Heritage from taking on the entire collection. Accordingly, there will be many items (especially books, cards, signed photos, and signed baseballs) left after the consignments to Heritage auctions. We will prepare a list of "for sale" items shortly.

Thanks for your interest.