1860's BASEBALL STEREO CARD. Stereo view (3 1/4" x 6 3/4"), yellow mount. "Base Ball Day" Central Park (New York); E.& H. T. Anthony & Co. Paste on label on back.  A rather unexciting baseball photo (playing in the far distance), however important as one of the first commercially reproduced photos with baseball in its subject. Good: two small (1/8" x 1/8") scars in rt image, small discoloration in sky, mount with avg wear and soiling. (Sp.106) $165.

1859 FULL PAGE HARPER'S BASEBALL WOODCUT. 16" x 22, )ct 15, 1859. Views of a Cricket match and the Baseball match at the Elysian Fields, Brooklyn. Has a one column article briefly breaking down rules of both cricket and baseball.  Also in the issue is a full page woodcut of the British Cricketeers, also with a one column article about the team. Overall condition is fine, on minor page in back has tear. (Sp.128); $85. SOLD

1895 REACH BASEBALL GUIDE. 4 3/8" X 6 5/8" 156 pp Wraps (softcover). Beautiful stone lithograph on front cover. All the National league stats , schedules ,etc. along w/ the other leagues (Western League, Texas League, etc). Rules of the game, along w/ 24 pages of Reach sporting goods, including several illustrated gloves ads. Bright, attractive cover illustration, internally VG+. These 19th c. guides are becoming increasing harder to find. (SP.189); $595.

JUDGE KENESAW MOUNTAIN LANDIS- Stereo card. Stereo card (3 1/2" x 7") grey mount, Keystone View Company. "No. 32815 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Czar of Organized Baseball in Characteristic Pose, at Yankee - Cub 1932 World Series Games, Chicago " printed on bottom of mount. Long description of Landis and history on verso. Extremely scarce card. Light wear to corners, rubbing on back slightly affecting a few letters on the left margin, image VG-F. (SP.103); $385.  

BASEBALL PLAYER CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH. Ca. 1900 , 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" cabinet card photograph of catcher in action pose. Blindstamp of California photographer on mount (appears to be Oakland). A bit soft focused at the feet,  exhibits good clarity and contrast, overall Fine cond. (Sp.110); $SOLD.  

BABE RUTH. Babe Ruth’s Big Book of Baseball. Chicago: Reilly & Lee ; The Quaker Oats Company, 1935. First edition. 7 5/8" x 5 1/8", 63pp. A premium from The Quaker Oats Company. Color  illustrated wraps, internally with text, photos, illustrations and ads.  Somewhat pulpish paper,  dime size piece missing b/r corner, o/w good. (Sp.153); $95.

EPWORTH SEMINARY BASE BALL TEAM 1899. Gelatin photon 4 5/8 x 6 5/8 on 7" x 9" mount. Nicely posed image on imprinted mount  with school name and roster.  Image Fine cond., mount has crack along top left side (along with corner missing), soiling and a bit of dampstaining. (Sp109); $265.

1895 FOOTBALL MAGAZINE POSTER. 12"x 17" Illustrated advertising paper poster for Outing Magazine, with its' feature article "Football, A Review of the Season of 1895 by Walter Camp". Has nice graphic of football player punting the ball. (Sp.303); $295.

CA. 1900 SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" gelatin photograph on 7 1/4" x 9 1/4" gray mount. No school or photographer identified.  Mount probably trimmed at some point, overall Vg - Fine cond. (Sp.301); $75. 

1963 FOOTBALL SHEET MUSIC. Mister Great (Ernie Davis). complete. 9" x12" 1963 . Scarce football related sheet music. Good graphic cover of the Syracuse University back (1959 through 1961), has full page of stats and accomplishments on back cover. Davis tragically died of leukemia in March 1963. I recently had the opportunity to purchase a small amount of vintage unused store stock, in which there was a very small quantity of this title included. It is mint and unused. (Sp.304); $14.95

CURLEY LAMBEAU TLS. Typed letter signed, 11" x 8 1/2", with envelope.  Jan 31, 1951 on Chicago Cardinals imprinted letterhead. Letter to John Packo expressing interest in playing foe the club, and asking draft status. Overall Fine. (Sp.326); $650. 
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (189801965) was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the  Green Bay Packers football team. Lambeau coached the Packers as an NFL team from 1921 to 1949, after which he went on to coach the  Chicago Cardinals for the 1950 season and most of the 1951 season.  After leaving the Cardinals, Lambeau went on to coach the last two years of his career with the Washington Redskins. He was a member of the 1963 inaugural class of inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

BOXING JAMES CORBETT. Scientific Boxing, 1912, 6 5/8” x 4 ½” 110pp + 19pp illustrated sporting book advertising. Wraps, red paper cover showing photograph of Corbett in boxing stance. Richard K. Fox Publishing Co., New York. Contains 50 black and white photos. A look at the science of boxing including training hints and the official rules. Series: Fox Athletic Library 9. Some pencil markings on front cover (on body of Corbett), small ¼” tear rt side, clean and tight internally, overall very good and uncommon in this condition.(Sp.380); $175.

CORBETT VS. FITZSIMMONS FIGHT FILM. 2 3/8" x 2 3/8", consisting of two frames of the 1897 film.  Shows fighters in ring, purportedly man in bowler hat in foreground is Bat Materson. Exhibits faults, fair- good condition. (Sp. 385); $85.
On St. Patrick’s Day March 17, 1897 in Carson City, Nevada heavyweight champion of the world James J. Corbett lost the heavyweight title to Bob Fitzsimmons in what came to be known as “The Fight of the Century.” The event was  Nevada's first legally-sanctioned boxing contest. Enormous crowds and some of America's wealthiest and best-known people were expected, and that included Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson . 
The filming of the Corbett vs. Fitzsimmons fight was one of the milestones in motion-picture history. The screening lasted nearly two hours and more than 3 miles of film was used to cover all the preliminary contests and the fourteen rounds of the heavyweight championship fight. The movie was made by Enoch J. Rector, formerly of Edison Labs, who designed a trio of unique motion cameras and paid $13,000 for film rights to the contest. Immediately after the Corbett - Fitzsimmons fight was over, Rector hurried his film into distribution.

19th C. BOXING PHOTOGRAPH. Ca. 1890 large format 8"x 6" albumen image on 9 3/4" x 7" mount, ; large period id on bottom of mount " Jimmie Dime".  Very handsome photo of young  boxer, strong tones, very good contrast and clarity. Taylor, Amsterdam, NY photographer's backmark. Mount has very minor crease t/l corner, some age toning along perimeter, overall F. (Sp.383); $450. 

JACK DEMPSEY SIGNED ORIGINAL PEN AND INK ILLUSTRATION. 7 1/2" x 4" original pen and ink drawing by Manton, affixed to 9" x 7" piece of paper, with ink inscription on bottom " Best Regards Jack Dempsey". This illustration was tipped into one of the endpapers of the book "Strange as it Seems" (which was very similar to Ripley's Believe or Not) by John Hix, and sent to a fellow illustrator W. A  Manton. Apparently Manton had sent several illustrations to Hix; the book was inscribed to Manton from Hix, and had a few other autographed illustrations tipped in. Included with this signed piece will be a few xeroxs of accompanying papers.(Sp.381);  $475. 

CA. 1860 BOXING TINTYPE. Quarter plate tintype, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 , encased image of two boxers. Nice early image, original to mat, preserver and half case. Though not viewed in scan, if one holds it at an acute angle, the photographer brush strokes of the emulsion can be seen (the image has not been brushed and does not affect the image quality). Overall VG-F cond. (Sp.379); $365.

Provenance of these signatures.
This autograph was originally part of a autograph book , from a Los Angeles nightclub called the Pom Pom. Due to the physical nature of the book, ( the original leather front cover and spine missing, and the pages were somewhat loose) the pages have been disbound. The volume measured 8" x 5", had app. 75 total leaves (150 pages), of which roughly the first fifty had comments and signatures, and spanned approximately a two year period, from mid1928 to 1930. The nightclub itself, either was owned, or the entertainment produced by a Bill Meiklejohn (several of the annotations are directed to him). There was a Bill Meiklejohn in Los Angeles in the thirties, who was an Hollywood agent (including a young Ronald Reagan). The club apparently had a spirited (and risqué) revue . One visitor gave this vivid account: "about forty minutes of the greatest entertainment rolled from behind a curtain I’ve ever seen, anywhere. Smooth- fast- with every turn Clicking! I had no idea there was anything like it west of Broadway. The most impressive thing of all is the "classy" taste left, in spite of, or perhaps on account of the costumes" . The club catered to an affluent and varied clientele; I would say the majority of the autographs were in film, however it also hosted on several occasions aviators (including the crew of the Graf Zeppelin), sports figures and politicians. Xerox copies of various pages will also be supplied with this original page to help understand the Pom Pom. 

GOLF PHOTO- SILENT SCREEN ACTRESS ALLENE RAY. Ca. 1920s  8" x 10" toned silverprint photograph of Ray in golfing pose. "Allene Ray, Pathe, Hollywood Cal." imprinted on back. American silent-screen heroine Allene Ray (born Allene Burch) became the Pathé company's leading serial star in the 1920s. The last of the silent serial queens, Allene Ray ultimately met a peril from which there was no escape: talkies. Overall Fine cond. (Sp.405); $185. 

1902 GOLF COVER ART. May 1902 Ev'ry Month Magazine has beautiful art nouveau cover art. 12 1/2x 9 3/4"  Complete magazine (though no story associated with artwork).  Some age toning of paper, a few edge tears, b/r corner has light crease, overall has good graphic appeal and is in VG cond. (Sp410); $85. 

MARKSMEN AND TARGETS. Ca. 1890 cabinet card photograph (6 1/2" x 4 1/8"), View of two men , rifles at side, pointing to their targets. There is a pen id on verso," on right, A.A. Lane); though a quick internet search did not bring up any information.  Thos John, Odon, Ind Photographer's imprint. Scarce subject, have not seen a similar image.  Some light wear along top edge and b/l side of image with some  loss of emulsion, not affecting appeal of the image.  (Sp.262). $550.

FISHERMAN WITH HIS CATCH. Ca. 1870's Cdv (4 1/8" x 2 1/2"), view of man with his pole, wicker creel, and a great days catch. Selinsgrove photographer's backmark. Some light soiling and wear, overall VG-F. (Sp. 267); $225.

CABINET CARD - BLACK MAN WHITE CHILD GONE FISHING.    Cabinet Card. 6 " x 4 1/4" Wonderful view of a black man and white child holding the catch to the camera, Pen inscription on back "Catch of Seth Owens, July 25, 1894 1 hours catch at Lindstrom on Chicago Lakes.". Nelson's, Anoka, Minn backmark.  Exhibits strong tonality, contrast and clarity, overall Fine+ cond. (Ten04); $325. 

YOUNG GIRL WITH WICKER CREEL< FISH AND POLE. Photograph,  5 1/2 " x 4 " on 8" x 6" mount. Ca. 1900 image of young girl holding her pole, pointing to her catch. No photographer's id.  Exhibits some soilng and wear, a tad soft focused, overall VG+. (Sp.271); $175.

1852 BOOK OF SPORTS. The Boy's Book of Sports and Games. 1852. Authored by "Uncle John". 5 34" x 5") 192 pp.  HC Cloth, embossed with gilt cricket players, embossed spine and back. A few b/w illustrations. Contains rules and instructions on various games including rounders, cricket, golf and hockey (along w/ some esoteric games (Spanning, Cup and Ball, Stool Ball), Fishing, Gymnastics, Swimming, and others. A good source book. VG condition. (SP.38) $295. 

19TH C. HOCKEY (SHINNEY) PLAYER. Ca. 1880's cabinet card photograph (6 1/2" x 4 1/8")Maroon mount. View of young boy with shinney stick, ball and on skates. Very scarce 19th c. photographic subject.  West eineted(?), Conn photo backmark. Some light foxing, else G-VG. (Sp.676). $245 
According to the 1852 Boy's Book of Sports and Games rules for "Hockey, or Shinney : ...to provide yourselves with a stick having a hook at one end, and also a ball...attempts to strike it to touch an opponents goal. This game affords excellent amusement and sport when the game is played by skaters, but they must be good ones, or it is dangerous. This is called shinney from players striking each other shins...".

BOWLING ALLEY INTERIOR. Ca. 1920's toned silverprint photograph, 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", view of several bobbed haired women making the spares inside a bowling alley. Overall vg, some very light creases, overall VG (Sp.576); $95.