Christies: American Greats: Vintage Sports and Hollywood from the Dr. G.B. Espy Collection, 24365, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 22, 2025 - October 22, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS BASEBALL TEAM LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH |
1906 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 762.00 | ||
| 203 | FOUR BASEBALL TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS |
1910-1930 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 508.00 | ||
| 211 | BILLY SUNDAY | BILLY SUNDAY AUTOGRAPHED "FAREWELL OFFERING" CHECK (PSA/DNA 7 NM) |
1922 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 127.00 | |
| 212 | TY COBB | FINE TY COBB AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 | ||
| 213 | TY COBB | TY COBB FULL NAME AUTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA 8 NM-MT) |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,143.00 | ||
| 214 | TY COBB | TY COBB HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH BABE RUTH CONTENT (PSA/DNA 7 NM) |
1935 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 215 | TY COBB | TY COBB HANDWRITTEN THREE-PAGE LETTER WITH MENTION OF HALL OF FAME (PSA/DNA 9.5 MINT+) |
1957 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 216 | CHRISTY MATHEWSON ARMY REPORTING TELEGRAM |
1918-08-26 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,270.00 | ||
| 217 | GIANTS VS. BRAVES "CHRISTY MATHEWSON TESTIMONIAL" GAME PROGRAM |
1921-09-30 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 218 | COLUMBIA COLLEGE "THE COLUMBIAN" YEARBOOK WITH LOU GEHRIG |
1924 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,651.00 | ||
| 219 | RARE NEW YORK YANKEES VS. WASHINGTON SENATORS PICTORIAL ADVERTISING BROADSIDE |
1924 | USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | ||
| 220 | FIVE NEW YORK YANKEES SCORECARDS |
1925 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 889.00 | ||
| 224 | BABE RUTH AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH BY THORNE STUDIOS (PSA/DNA 7 NM - "TYPE III") |
CIRCA 1930 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,334.00 | ||
| 229 | BABE RUTH AND JACOB RUPPERT PHOTOGRAPH |
LATE 1920'S | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 127.00 | ||
| 230 | BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG, AND OTHERS PHOTOGRAPH |
LATE 1920'S | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 127.00 | ||
| 231 | NINE BABE RUTH PHOTOGRAPHS |
CIRCA 1930'S | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 381.00 | ||
| 232 | BABE RUTH AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH |
1933 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 254.00 | ||
| 233 | BABE RUTH SHEET MUSIC WITH RELATED PIN |
CIRCA 1928 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 3,302.00 | ||
| 234 | BABE RUTH | BABE RUTH AUTOGRAPHED PERSONAL CHECK (PSA/DNA 7 NM) |
1942 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 | |
| 235 | LOU GEHRIG | LOU GEHRIG JAPANESE LANGUAGE BOOK |
CIRCA 1930 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 127.00 | |
| 238 | LOU AND ELEANOR GEHRIG | LOU AND ELEANOR GEHRIG HOLIDAY CARD |
1930'S | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 239 | ELEANOR GEHRIG | ELEANOR GEHRIG AUTOGRAPHED LETTER (PSA/DNA 10 GEM MINT) AND PHOTOGRAPH |
1938 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 240 | LOU GEHRIG | CHOICE LOU GEHRIG AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA 6 EX-MT) |
CIRCA 1938 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 241 | BABE RUTH AND OTHERS | BABE RUTH AND OTHERS AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE (PSA/DNA 7 NM) |
CIRCA 1930'S | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 | |
| 243 | H.M. WAGNER CONNIE MACK | CONNIE MACK AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH BY H.M. WAGNER (PSA/DNA: SIG. NM, PHOTO EX) |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 381.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
