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Lot # 940: Time & Life Magazines w/Sporting Covers Including Some High Grade (39)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 18 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2023 Summer Classic",
which ran from 7/16/2023 7:00 PM to
8/5/2023 10:00 PM



Time (which is celebrating its 100th anniversary) and Life Magazine collection features all "sporting covers" and includes thirty-nine (39) hobby fresh and highly collectible examples. 

Time magazine portion of the collection includes September 10, 1923, w/Jack Dempsey; August 30, 1926, w/James Tunney (2); November 7, 1927, w/Coach Rockne; July 9, 1928, w/R. Hornsby; July 29, 1929, w/Jimmie Foxx; September 22, 1930, w/Bobby Jones; April 15, 1935, w/Dizzy Dean; October 7, 1935, w/Mickey Cochrane; July 13, 1936, w/Joe DiMaggio; October 5, 1936, w/Gehrig & Hubbell; September 29, 1941, w/Joe Louis (2); July 2, 1945, w/Mel Ott; September 22, 1947, w/Jackie Robinson (2); October 4, 1948, w/Joe DiMaggio; January 10, 1949, w/Ben Hogan; June 21, 1954, w/Sam Snead; February 17, 1961, w/Oscar Robertson (3); March 22, 1963, w/Cassius Clay; August 19, 1985, w/Pete Rose; and July 10, 1989, w/Pete Rose.

The Life collection includes October 24, 1938, w/Sid Luckman (2); September 1, 1941, w/Ted Williams; August 1, 1949, w/Joe DiMaggio (3); May 8, 1950, w/Jackie Robinson (2); June 8, 1953, w/Roy Campanella; July 9, 1934, w/Lefty Gomez (2); August 18, 1961, w/Maris & Mantle; and August 2, 1964, w/Sandy Koufax (3).

Many of the magazines are all newsstand copies; conditions range from VG to NM.

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