July 5th, 2012 by diane

Important Sports & Entertainment Collector’s Estate Sale – 2 days

Sat, Dec 29^th – 9am – 4pm  Numbers handed at 8:30 am and

Sun, Dec 30^th -10am – 3pm  Numbers handed out at 9:30 am

This is the largest private collection of sports & entertainment autographs in New England.

58 Charles River Drive, Franklin, MA

Thousands of items related to baseball, football, hockey, basketball, tennis, soccer, golf, NASA, Nascar and Formula One car racing, movie industry, music industry and more.  This collection was assembled over a 40 year period by Leland Campbell, one of the original volunteers to start the New England Sports Museum, now the Boston Sports Museum at TD Garden.  He was a frequent visitor to the Baseball Hall of Fame and got to know many of the sports figures on a personal bases.  This is list of just some of the items in our Dec 29^th  and 30th sale:                                                    

Baseball items include baseballs signed by 70 Hall of Famers – Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Dom Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Duke Snyder, Ernie Banks, Sandy Koufax, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Don Drysdale, Mike Schmidt, Gaylord Perry, Bob Feller, Pedro Martinez, Warren Spahn, Enos Slaughter.  Large collection of baseball bats – some game used and HOF including 1975 Red Sox championship bat.  Numerous autographed Red Sox photos to include Wade Boggs, Tom Brewer, Bill Campbell, Dom DiMaggio, and Walter Moose Drapo, signed baseball hats and gloves, signed photos including Yogi Berra and Willie Mays.  Signed Red Sox programs, 150 signed by Red Sox players and HOF.  Large collection of baseball cards, some signed.  Large framed signed  photo of Carlton Fisk hitting the game winning home run in the 1975 World Series.  Thousands of vintage sports related books, many signed by authors and players.  Mitchell and Ness baseball jerseys, jackets and coats.  Signed Ted Williams poster.  Red Sox & Celtics mugs.

Basketball items including Boston Celtic autographed ball, jacket, jerseys and ephemera, Larry Bird & Dennis Johnson signed photos.

Football items including numerous Patriots autographed photos by Curtis Martin and Kevin Faulk.  Patriots team autograph football John Hannah, Steve Grogan, Craig James, Sam Cunningham and others.  Football signed by Adam Vinatieri, 1960’s Dallas Cowboys team autographs, 1962 Dallas Texans team autographs, Don Shula signed photo.  Signed miniature football helmets.

Hockey items including Bruins hockey pucks signed by Bobby Orr and Gerry Cheevers, signed posters, photos and miniature hockey sticks.  Golf, tennis, figure skating, soccer, boxing and bowling items too.

Astronaut Chuck Yeager signed model of the XI rocket research plane, also with signed book, photo and letter.

Collection of high quality metal model airplanes.  Signed Apollo collectibles.  Signed NASA collectible posters and photos by John MacBride and Alan Shepperd, Pete Knight, Scott Crossfield.

Actors  – 100’s of celebrity signed photos to include Star Trek stars, Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley, Elle MacPherson (topless), Twiggy, Lana Turner, Barbara Billingsley, Janet Leigh, Werner Franz, the Munster family, Frank Malzone, Tom Zimmer, Ray Nitschke, Alex Karras, Bob McAdoo, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Quan, Katarina Witt (topless), Bonnie Blair, Lee Remick, Anna Nicole Smith, Cindy Crawford, Peggy Lee, David McCallum, Patti Page, Chuck Berry, Farrah Fawcett, Barbara Eden, Bo Derrick, Robert Duval, Linda Evans, Kim Nowak, Blaze Starr, Ruth Lee, Mary Astor, Neil Simon, Lawrence Welk, Red Skelton, George C. Scott, James Garner, Bob Newhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Leave it to Beaver stars, McHales Navy stars, Richard Dreyfuss, Ben Johnson, Charles Schultz signed cartoons.  Three Dog Night, Monkees, Beatles memorabilia including signed records and toys.  Modern Yellow Submarine slot machine.  Hundreds of leather bound first edition books signed by the authors published by Modern Easton Press.  Harley Davidson bar stool.  Buckingham Palace collectible Scots Guards Jacket belonging to LCPL Bell, size 42.  Boy Scout collectors, Vietnam items including uniforms, map, gas can, etc.  Sports Illustrated, Playboy and Life magazines, some signed.  Rock n Roll albums.

Clean high quality items –  Flatscreen TVs, nice furniture,  Sony radio cassette player, Kenwood stereo, Pioneer RT1011L reel to reel tape player, Argus, Vivatar and Nikon cameras, Royal typewriter, Jason model 311 telescope on stand, collector’s society bronze limited edition western figures after James Earl Fraser, computers and computer equipment, ipads, entertainment cabinet, king size bed, mahogany bedroom set, wicker chairs and tables, high quality reproduction broadsword.  Collection of Lilliput collectible houses, pair of stress-less leather and laminated chairs and ottoman, high quality upholstered sofas and chairs, sterling flatware set at Gorham in the Melrose pattern, silver plate, Royal Doulton Carlyle pattern set, mahogany Queen Anne style dining set, glassware, high quality leather recliners, Dyson air multiplier and cordless vacuum, Toro lawn mower with leaf attachment, surfboard, vintage Coke machine, hundreds of Coke bottles in original holders, tools including drills, chop-saw, Sawzall, planer, hand tools, garden tools, etc.  Every day we are finding more photos that were hidden away.

Payment: Cash, good check, credit cards.  All items discounted 25% to 50% on Sunday.  No early birds.  Look for pink signs.

PART II of this estate   –  SPORTS & AUTOGRAPH AUCTION – FEB 23, 2019  (Photos for the auction are not yet available)

Marion Antique Auctions & Turkey Creek Auctions will be auctioning off more great items from this estate on February 23, 2019 at Turkey Creek Auctions in Citra, FL.  Hundreds of lots.  Items can be viewed online beginning Feb 1.

To view go to: www.marionantiqueauctions.com or www.antiqueauctionsfl.com

Live bidding at www.liveauctioneers.com or www.invaluable.com