Mastro Auctions’ October Classic Collector Sale Surpasses $2.1 Million Hobby favorite keeps collectors coming back for more high quality Sports and Americana items
5 went for $1,789; a 1911 T9 Turkey Red Cabinets PSA-graded collection (6 different) including Jeffries sold for $1,626; a 1951 Topps Ringside complete set (96) realized a final price of $1,343; and a Muhammad Ali signed full-sized ring bell went for $1,343.
HOCKEY HIGHLIGHTS
A 1911/12 C55 Hockey Players near set (43/45) went for $3,493; a 1959/60 Topps partial set (48/66) and 1960/61 Topps complete set (66) sold for $2,623; a 1950s-1970s Topps, Parkhurst and O-Pee-Chee grab-bag collection (900+) realized a final price of $2,384; a 1951/52 and 1952/53 Parkhurst HOF rookies SGC 80 EX/NM 6 pair (2 different) including Howe and Horton went for $1,969; a 1959/60 Topps partial set (31/66) and 1960/61 Topps complete set (66) went for $1,789; and a 1962/63 Topps near set (59/66) and 1962/63 Parkhurst near set (52/55) sold for $1,789.
MORE AMERICANA
Additional highlights for numerous Americana lots are provided in the following arranged by auction category.
PRESIDENTIAL AND POLITICAL PERFECTION
A May 6, 1850 Abraham Lincoln signed legal pleading went for $2,886; a 1964 Dwight Eisenhower single signed ball sold for $2,384; a Franklin Pierce 1863 signed letter realized a final price of $1,343; a Martin Van Buren 1829 signed letter as New York Governor - a position he held for only three months sold for $1,109; and a John Tyler 1858 signed letter responding to an autograph request went for $1,109.
NON-SPORTS CARDS
A 1950s Ed-U-Cards "Lone Ranger" complete set of 40 panels (120 total cards) in 8 original display boxes went for $2,623; a 1951 Bowman "Jets, Rockets, Spacemen" complete set (108) sold for $2,384; a 1967 Topps "Who Am I?" high grade complete set (44) went for $2,167; a circa 1910 non-sports tobacco cards and boxes collection (423 items) realized a final price of $1,969; a 1950s-1970s non-sports near sets and singles (985 cards and stickers) went for $1,969; a 1966 Topps "Batman - Riddler Back" PSA-graded complete set (38) sold for $1,969; a 1952 Topps "Look 'n See" complete set (135) went for $1,789; and 1967 Topps "Wacky Packages" die-cuts unopened five-cent wax pack - GAI Mint 9 went for $1,789.
COIN COLLECTIBLES
A vintage Morgan and Peace dollars collection (24) including three GSA CC's sold for $2,886; a Morgan silver dollars graded collection (37) went for $2,167; and an assorted vintage commemorative and 19th century type coin lot sold for $1,008.
HISTORICAL ITEMS/AUTOGRAPHS
A collection of Hugh Hefner signed 2004 "Playboy" 50th Anniversary edition hardcovers (4) went for $832; a 1945 "Enola Gay" crew signed photo in framed display sold for $756; a Booker T. Washington 1906 signed letter on "Tuskegee" letterhead plus original envelope went for $624.
ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
A substantial Hollywood celebrities signed photos collection (400+) went for $2,167; a Bettie Page signed 8" x 10" photos collection (11 different) sold for $1,477; a musicians single signed balls collection (8) plus Ringo Starr signed drumhead went for $832; a celebrity signed photos collection (225) including Helen Gurley Brown and Christopher Plummer went for $756;
