Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards
Catalogue Information: 348 lots with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: AUTOGRAPHED GROUP OF (8) 1871/72 BOSTON RED STOCKINGS CABINET CARDS BY WARREN STUDIOS
each measures 4 1/4 in. by 6 1/2 in.In 1869, led by visionary Harry Wright, the Cincinnati Red Stockings took the field as baseball's first all-professional team. Drawn to Cincinnati from cities far and wide to play for pay, the team included many of [...more]
Lot 2: 1903 BOSTON PILGRIMS (RED SOX) FIRST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLION
In an effort to end a bitter two year rivalry and promote unity in baseball, the veteran National League and newly established American League decided to bury the hatchet and come together for a new kind of season finale. Nine years earlier, the two [...more]
Lot 3: ENGRAVED INVITATION TO BOSTON'S 1903 CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG RAISING CEREMONIES AT HUNTINGTON AVENUE GROUNDS ON OPENING DAY OF 1904 SEASON
measures 7 in. by 9 in. unfoldedApril 18th, 1904 was a day of celebration in Boston as it saw the raising of the first World Championship flag, on opening day of the 1904 season at the Huntington Avenue Grounds. It is likely that nobody reveled in ce [...more]
Lot 4: SCORECARD FROM CY YOUNG'S 1904 PERFECT GAME VS. RUBE WADDELL (FIRST PERFECT GAME IN AL HISTORY)
PROPERTY FROM THE HUNTER KAPLAN COLLECTIONOne of the most consistent and durable pitchers the game has ever known, Denton True "Cy" Young won 511 games -- almost 100 more than any other pitcher in history. His greatest single performance, however, wo [...more]
Lot 5: 1912 WORLD SERIES PROGRAM AT BOSTON'S NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FENWAY PARK
PROPERTY FROM THE HUNTER KAPLAN COLLECTIONA scarce horizontal format program for the 1912 World Series games played at Boston's Fenway Park in it's first year of operation. Behind the heroics of Smokey Joe Wood, The Red Sox defeated Christy Mathewson [...more]
