ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF VINTAGE SPORTS MEMORABILIA

ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF SPORTS COLLECTIBLES

FROM THE COLLECTION OF JON ENGLISH

OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

JOIN US SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 FOR AN ABSOLUTE AUCTION OF SPORTS COLLECTIBLES FROM THE VAST COLLECTION OF JON ENGLISH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS SALE HAS OVER 250 LOTS OF VINTAGE SPORTS ITEMS AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FISHING, TENNIS, BOWLING & MORE AND INCLUDES ITEMS FROM VANDERBILT, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, NY YANKEES, AS WELL AS GUITARS AND OTHER COLLECTIBLE ITEMS.

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER ITEMS FROM 1950'S UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOOTBALL GREAT, FRANK FULLER, WHO LATER PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL WITH THE LA RAMS. COACHED BY PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT, HIS TEAM PLAYED IN THE 1952 COTTON BOWL. PLAYERS WERE GIVEN A COTTON BOWL BLANKET AS A "PERK." MR. FULLER'S STILL HAS THE GARMENT TAG ATTACHED!

ALSO FEATURED IS A VINTAGE 32-FOOT HAND-PAINTED CHRISTMAS/WINTER SCENE. IT IS BELIIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM A MIDDLE TENNESSE DEPARTMENT STORE AND IT HAS ITS OWN WOODEN PACKING CRATE FOR EASY STORAGE. TRULY A 1-OF-A-KIND DISPLAY ITEM!

A LARGE PORTION OF THIS SALE WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON PROXIBID.COM

Partial List: Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Louisville Slugger Bat Banner with Ted Williams signature bat, Kayo “Boxing” Tin Sign, 1952 Cotton Bowl University of Kentucky Football great Frank Fuller blanket, Museum Display of Michigan back Tom Harmon, 1892-1975 NY Times Sports Stories Compilation, 32’ Hand-Painted Christmas/Winter Scene, various game jerseys, Turn of the last century African-American Depiction of Baseball, Vintage Baseball Ad featuring custom suits, large selection of vintage team photographs, Hand-painted Baltimore Orioles Banner, Vintage Ammunition Advertising Tins, All-Star Facsimile Baseball, Univ. of Tennessee Football Jacket Pins, Football-shaped tobacco pipes, Vanderbilt Athletic Arm Bands, Vintage Athletic postcards, Spalding Model # 1445 Catcher’s Mitt with box, copper Spalding baseball relief, Original Elvis Presley Pinback, Catcher Tobacco Tin with Tobacco Tag, Antique Brownbilt Shoe Tin Store Display, 1900’s Athletic Event Ribbons, Apollo 11 Lunar Module Battery-Operated Metal Toy with box, various metal battery-operated and wind-up toys, Zebco Model 202 Spinning Reel with original box, Zebco Cardinal Model 6 Spinning Reel, Late 1800’s Van Osten & Day Concert Co. lithograph, 1937 Wrigley Field Ticket Stub, 1934 World Series Ticket Stub, Vintage Arlene Dahl Faygo Beverage Poster, 1958 Milwaukee Braves World Series Ticket Stub, 1970’s Linda Ronstadt concert poster from Nashville, TN, Vintage Athletic Trophies, 1957 Rose Bowl Program with Ticket Stub, 7-Up Die-Cut Store Displays, Winston Advertisement, 1960’s St. Louis Cardinals Player Photographs, nice selection of 1950’s movie posters, “Umpire” Sheet Music, large collection of vintage magic magazines, counter-top gumball machine, large assortment of fishing items including poles, lures, store displays, over 30 vintage board games with sports themes, TPM Trius Pitching Machine, vintage Harmony electric guitar, vintage Kay acoustic F-hole guitar, vintage Ibanez electric guitar, large assortment of sports-related porcelain planters, bookends, ashtrays, glasses, case of 1983 Coca-Cola Kentucky Derby bottles, various vintage bottles, various sports pennants, plus much, much more!