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February 2013 Auction Ends Wednesday, February 6th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 2/6/2013. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #44: Arthur Ashe's 1971 Wimbledon Medal -- For Men's Doubles Runners-Up With Partner R.D. Ralston

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $21,013

• Lot #181: Arthur Ashe's Large ''Sports Illustrated'' Sportsman of the Year Award From 1992 -- One of The Most Prestigious Honors Across All Sports

  

  # Bids: 22

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $14,351

• Lot #8: Arthur Ashe's Jacket From the 1962 U.S. Junior Davis Cup

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $13,045

• Lot #104: Arthur Ashe's U.S. Davis Cup Team Vest -- Embroidered With His Name

  

  # Bids: 18

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $7,361

• Lot #257: Arthur Ashe's Davis Cup Jacket

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $7,361

• Lot #255: Arthur Ashe Davis Cup Jacket

  

  # Bids: 15

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,691

• Lot #105: Arthur Ashe 1981 Davis Cup Finals Robe -- From Ashe's Year as Captain of the U.S. Davis Cup Team

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,691

• Lot #34: 1968 U.S. Open Trophy Won by Arthur Ashe -- The Tournament of His First Race Barrier-Shattering Win

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

• Lot #161: Arthur Ashe's Emmy Award for Writing the TV Adaptation of His Book, ''A Hard Road To Glory'' -- Chronicling the History of Black Athletes From 1619-1985

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

• Lot #214: Arthur Ashe's Silver Olympic Order -- The Highest Award of the Olympic Movement, Awarded Posthumously to Ashe in 1993

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $5,118

• Lot #92: Arthur Ashe's Davis Cup Award From 1979 -- The Year the U.S. Team Won First Place

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $5,027

• Lot #123: Arthur Ashe Davis Cup Chalice -- 1982 From Perth, Australia

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $5,027

• Lot #199: Arthur Ashe's Death Certificate

  

  # Bids: 22

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $4,652

• Lot #256: Arthur Ashe Custom Davis Cup Jacket

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

• Lot #86: Wimbledon Centennial Commemorative Piece Issued to Arthur Ashe in 1977 -- Designed by The Queen's Goldsmith

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

• Lot #41: Arthur Ashe 1970 Passport -- Containing The Stamp From His Historic First Entry Into Apartheid South Africa

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

• Lot #385: Arthur Ashe UCLA Letter Sweater

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

• Lot #66: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1975 -- The Year of His Monumental Win at Wimbledon & One of His Most Outstanding Years in Tennis -- Ashe Writes "WIMBLEDON STARTS" Boldly on 23 June!

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

• Lot #7: 1962 Arthur Ashe Trophy -- Won in the American Tennis Association's National Championships -- ATA Was Formed by and for Black Tennis Players

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

• Lot #136: Arthur Ashe's Davis Cup Runner-Up Trophy From 1984

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

• Lot #209: Certificate That Accompanied Arthur Ashe's Presidential Medal of Freedom -- Signed by Bill Clinton as President With Rare ''William J. Clinton'' Signature

  

  # Bids: 32

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $3,493

• Lot #107: Arthur Ashe's U.S. Davis Cup Team Vest

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

• Lot #3: Early Silver Trophy Won by Arthur Ashe as a High School Student in 1960

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

• Lot #367: Arthur Ashe's Handwritten Notes for a Speech to Black Graduates -- ''...Affirmative action for me was a last resort...The rest of America basically doesn't like us...''

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

• Lot #326: Arthur Ashe Notebook of Contacts -- With Notes in His Hand -- ''...Clinton letter...Send Davis Cup outfit to Hall of Fame...'' & Dated Entries From The Last Week of His Life

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,049

• Lot #67: Arthur Ashe 1975 Dewar's Cup Trophy -- Awarded to the Tennis Star at the Height of His Career -- The Same Year He Won Wimbledon as the First African American in History

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,049

• Lot #196: The Last Award Bestowed Upon Arthur Ashe During His Lifetime -- The Associated Black Charities Award in Honor of Fellow Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,049

• Lot #258: Arthur Ashe USA Davis Cup Pants

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,049

• Lot #198: Arthur Ashe's 1993 Journal, the Last Year of His Life -- His Final Days Include a Reminder to Complete Farewell Letter to His Daughter & "Olympic Mtg. Cancellation" the Day Before His Death

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #193: Arthur Ashe Signed ''Sports Illustrated'' Magazine -- One of The Last Items he Ever Signed -- Ashe Graced The Cover as Sportsman of The Year in December of 1992 & Died in February of 1993

  

  # Bids: 23

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $2,623

• Lot #72: Arthur Ashe's World Championship of Tennis Finalist Medal From 1975 -- The Year He Defeated Bjorn Borg & Won the WCT Championship

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $2,623

• Lot #143: Arthur Ashe's International Tennis Hall of Fame Medallion

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,520

• Lot #225: Arthur Ashe's ABC Sports Broadcaster's Jacket -- With a Photo of Ashe Wearing It on Set

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,520

• Lot #71: Arthur Ashe's Passport, Issued 1975 -- With Original Signed Passport Photo of the Tennis Legend Intact

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,342

• Lot #28: Arthur Ashe's Trophy Cup From the 1968 Fidelity Bankers Life Tournament -- The Same Year Ashe Made History as Winner of the Men's Singles Title at The U.S. Open

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,291

• Lot #99: Arthur Ashe's 1980-85 U.S. Passport -- With Original Signed Passport Photo Intact

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,129

• Lot #13: Arthur Ashe 1964 ''Eastern Grass Court'' Championships Trophy -- Awarded to the Burgeoning Tennis Legend Early in His Career

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,082

• Lot #197: Bill Clinton Typed Letter Signed on White House Stationery Offering Condolences to the Family of Arthur Ashe the Week He Passed Away -- ''...I enjoyed my visits with Arthur...''

  

  # Bids: 20

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,969

• Lot #369: Arthur Ashe's Handwritten Outline for a Speech on Black Athletes -- ''...White America, for the first time, saw...records...smashed by members of a group they assumed to be inferior...''

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,934

• Lot #325: Arthur Ashe's Notebook From 1987-1990 -- Filled Out in His Hand With Contacts' Names & Numbers, His Health Information, Bible Quotes, Details of a Scholarship Program, Etc.

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,892

• Lot #324: New York Knicks Uniform Personally Owned By Arthur Ashe

  

  # Bids: 19

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,789

• Lot #14: Arthur Ashe Trophy Plate From 1965 -- The Year He Led UCLA to the NCAA Championship

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,789

• Lot #10: Arthur Ashe ''National Hardcourt'' Men's Singles Trophy -- Awarded to the Young Star as a UCLA Student

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,758

• Lot #81: Arthur Ashe's Finalist Medal From the 1976 World Championship of Tennis

  

  # Bids: 18

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,626

• Lot #182: Arthur Ashe Handwritten Outline For a Provocative Speech on AIDS -- Just Months Before His Death -- ''...Our...morality tells us...there's something wrong with dispensing condoms and needles...''

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,597

• Lot #368: Arthur Ashe Handwritten Draft of a Speech on Black Youth From the End of His Life -- With a Program From The Event -- ''...many are willing to 'write [young black men] off'...they are so wrong...''

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,597

• Lot #23: Arthur Ashe West Point Robe

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,562

• Lot #33: Arthur Ashe U.S. Open ''Singles Champion 1968'' Badge

  

  # Bids: 20

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,477

• Lot #242: Arthur Ashe Personally Owned Turquoise Cuff Bracelet

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,477

• Lot #106: Arthur Ashe's 1981 Davis Cup Chalice -- USA v. Australia -- Fine

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,452

• Lot #140: Arthur Ashe 1985 American Tennis Association Commemorative Trophy

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,420

• Lot #227: African Art Piece Personally Made For & Given to Arthur Ashe For His Anti-Apartheid Work -- Engraved "SIPHO", the Nickname for Ashe Meaning "Gift"

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,343

• Lot #366: Arthur Ashe's Southern California Tennis Association Silver Trophy Bowl -- Honoring His 1963, 1975 & 1978 Wins at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,290

• Lot #747: Chester A. Arthur Internal Revenue Document Signed During the First Year of His Presidency in 1881

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #259: Arthur Ashe U.S. Davis Cup Patch

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #277: Arthur Ashe Ray-Ban Sunglasses -- Ashe Was Famously Known for His Stylish Sunglasses

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #87: Arthur Ashe's Personally Owned 1977 Wimbledon Pen -- Commemorating the Tournament That He Won in 1975 as the First African American

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #51: Arthur Ashe's 1972 Finalist Medal From the World Championship of Tennis

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #52: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1973 -- Part of The Year He Chronicled in His Book, "Portrait in Motion" About His Whirlwind Years of Tennis

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #46: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1972 -- The Year He Was Denied Entry Into South Africa for the South African Open -- Also Includes Fantastic Handwritten Note by Ashe About "Pan-Africanism"

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #61: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1974 -- The Year He Chronicled in His Book "Portrait in Motion" -- "beat Borg 6-3; 3-6; 6-3"

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #4: Arthur Ashe N.E.T.A. Open Men's Singles Championship 1960 Trophy

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #5: Early Arthur Ashe Tennis Trophy Won by Ashe as a Teenager in 1960

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #2: Silver Plate Issued to Arthur Ashe by a Black Newspaper in Missouri Where He Attended High School -- ''The St. Louis Argus''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #88: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner With Extensive Handwritten Entries by Ashe -- From 1978

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #83: Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe's 1977 Day Planner -- He Starts the Year Off With "Beat McNamara"

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #76: Arthur Ashe's 1976 Day Planner -- His Busy First Year Following His Historic Championship Victory at Wimbledon -- Also the Year He Set Record Number of Wins at Rotterdam Open

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #103: Arthur Ashe 1981 Davis Cup Semifinals Silver Cup -- Ashe Coached the U.S. to Victory That Year as Captain of the Davis Cup Team

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #108: Arthur Ashe's 1981 Day Planner -- The Year He Captained the U.S. Davis Cup Team to Victory

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #97: Arthur Ashe's 1980 Day Planner -- The Year He Retired After Suffering an Unexpected Heart Attack

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #93: Arthur Ashe's 1979 Day Planner -- The Last Year of His Professional Tennis Career as He Suffered a Heart Attack & Underwent a Quadruple Bypass Surgery

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #137: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1984 -- With Entries in His Hand on Nearly Every Page While Ashe Spoke on Racial Issues, Commentated at the Summer Olympics, Etc.

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #134: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Championship Medallion Awarded to Arthur Ashe in 1984

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #142: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1985 -- The Year He Was Inducted Into The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Also Arrested for Protesting Apartheid in South Africa

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #147: Arthur Ashe's 1986 Day Planner -- "GREATEST BASEBALL GAME EVER METS 7 ASTROS 6"

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #149: Arthur Ashe's 1986 Sportsmen's Tennis Club Festival Program -- With Handwritten Notes by Ashe -- ''...I am asked about what I do to increase black participation in tennis...''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #124: Arthur Ashe Davis Cup Chalice -- 1982 From Perth, Australia

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #132: Arthur Ashe's 1983 Day Planner -- The Year He Underwent His 2nd Bypass Surgery Where He Contracted HIV

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #126: Arthur Ashe's 1982 Day Planner -- When Ashe Segued Into Sports Announcing After His 1980 Retirement

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #230: Arthur Ashe's American Express Platinum Card

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #240: Arthur Ashe's Sterling Silver Bracelet -- Engraved ''Arthur''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #179: Arthur Ashe's 1991 Day Planner, Two Years Before His Death -- Before Going Public About Having AIDS, One Entry Reads, "MAGIC JOHNSON GOES PUBLIC WITH AIDS!!!"

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #186: Arthur Ashe 1992 Day Planner, the Last Full Year of His Life -- Includes His Announcement to the World That He Contracted HIV

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #171: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1990 -- Ashe Records ''MANDELA RELEASED!!'' & ''NELSON MANDELA ARRIVES'' -- Also Writes of Significance of Louis Willie's Acceptance Into Shoal Creek Country Club

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #168: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1989 -- Personal Entries Regarding His Schedule, Family Life & Mention of Agassi -- Also With His Regular Blood Test Stats

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #151: Arthur Ashe's 1987 Day Planner -- Ashe's Busy Year Includes Organizing a $1,000,000 Round Robin Between McEnroe, Lendl, Cash & Edberg!

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #159: Arthur Ashe's Day Planner From 1988 -- The Year the Tennis Great Was Diagnosed With HIV

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #226: Arthur Ashe's Personal Address Book -- With Handwritten Entries by Ashe of His Friends & Acquaintances -- Including Muhammad Ali, O.J. Simpson, John McEnroe, Walter Cronkite & Many More

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #382: To Honor His Boycott of South African Tennis, Arthur Ashe's Award From TransAfrica -- Also With His Handwritten Acceptance Speech, ''...'Some of my best friends are black'...''

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #378: WITHDRAWN

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: W/D

• Lot #348: Arthur Ashe Signed 8'' x 10'' Photo of Himself as Wimbledon Victor

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #319: Gold Necklace Personally Worn by One of the World's Greatest Tennis Players of All Time, Arthur Ashe

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #95: Arthur Ashe's U.S. Indoor Championship Men's Singles Runner-Up Trophy From 1979 -- The Last Year of His Stellar Tennis Career

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #16: Arthur Ashe 1965 Trophy From the 66th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament -- Awarded to the Young Star as a UCLA Student

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #45: Arthur Ashe's Crystal Vase Award From The Association of Tennis Professionals -- The Organization He Helped Found in 1972

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #160: Arthur Ashe's Award From His Induction Into the Eastern Tennis Association Hall of Fame

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,066

• Lot #177: Arthur Ashe Tennis Racquet Award From Doral -- 1990

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,066

• Lot #279: Arthur Ashe's Silver Trophy Cup From the Fidelity Bankers Life Invitational Tennis Tournament

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,066

• Lot #43: Arthur Ashe's Medal From the 1971 World Championship of Tennis Finals

  

  # Bids: 16

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• Lot #68: Gerald Ford Presidential Letter Signed With Postscript to Arthur Ashe -- ''...You are a fine example for our youth and we are proud of you...''

  

  # Bids: 18

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008