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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $13,045

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,758

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $21,013

• 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"

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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

  

  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"

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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!

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,342

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $5,027

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,129

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $7,361

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,691

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,452

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $5,027

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

• 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.

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  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...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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!

  

  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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• 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!!!"

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $14,351

• 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...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,597

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: Pass

• 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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #255: Arthur Ashe Davis Cup Jacket

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,691

• Lot #256: Arthur Ashe Custom Davis Cup Jacket

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $7,361

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• 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...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,120

• 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...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,597

• 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...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,934

• Lot #378: WITHDRAWN

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: W/D

• 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'...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #385: Arthur Ashe UCLA Letter Sweater

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,153

• Lot #421: World Champion 1954 New York Giants 14'' x 11.25'' Team Photograph With 36 Signatures Including Willie Mays -- From the Personal Estate of Larry Jansen

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,578

• Lot #428: Jackie Robinson 1947 NAACP Annual Merit Award -- His Personal Copy, Commemorating His Brooklyn Dodgers Debut Season as the First African American to Play Major League Baseball

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #433: Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig ''Official League'' Signed Baseball -- Signed by Ruth on the Sweet Spot -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #495: First-Ever Soccer World Cup Trophy -- Gifted to Urugayran President Dr. Juan Campisteguy in 1930

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $30,768

• Lot #530: Columbia Mini-Oscar From the 15th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures in 1935 -- The Year the Studio's Hit Film ''It Happened One Night'' Took 4 of The Top Categories at The Academy Awards

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $8,908

• Lot #553: Exceptionally Rare ''Gone With the Wind'' Jewelry Collection Issued to Promote the Film During the 1939 Christmas Season

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $5,027

• Lot #571: Lena Horne's Personally-Owned Tony Award -- ''Distinguished Achievement in Theatre'' Award for ''Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $37,230

• Lot #574: Moe Howard's Own "Three Stooges" 1936 Production Script -- For the Film "A Plumbing We Will Go" -- From Moe Howard's Personal Collection

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #576: Moe Howard's Own Three Stooges' Columbia Pictures Script -- For Their 1951 Film, "Corny Casanovas" -- From the Personal Estate of Moe Howard

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #579: Original 1940 Advertisement for Al Jolson's Last Ever Stage Show, ''Hold On To Your Hats'' -- Measures 33'' x 64.5''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #588: Martial Arts Screen Legend Bruce Lee's Personally Owned & Worn Platform Shoes

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $17,365

• Lot #601: Marilyn Monroe's ''Something's Got to Give'' Personal Copy of the Final Script -- The Final Film She Starred in Before Her Tragic Death in 1962

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $25,428

• Lot #617: George Reeves Signed Photo as Superman -- The First On-Screen Portrayal of the DC Hero -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

• Lot #646: John Wayne's Personally Owned Cargo Field Pack Used in the Hit 1968 Film ''The Green Berets'' Which Wayne Starred In & Directed

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,934

• Lot #647: John Wayne's Personally Owned U.S. Army Field Bag From the Hit 1968 Film He Directed and Starred In, ''The Green Berets''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $3,775

• Lot #648: John Wayne's Personally Owned U.S. Army Duffel Bag From the Hit 1968 Film He Directed and Starred In, ''The Green Berets''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #649: John Wayne Personally Owned Canvas Vest From the 1968 Film ''The Green Berets'' Which Wayne Directed and Starred In

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #655: Kate Winslet Screen-Worn Coat From ''Titanic'' -- Worn During Her Dramatic Scenes of the Ship Sinking

  

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Price: $164,520

• Lot #662: Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 10'' x 8'' NASA Photo -- Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #663: Scarce Apollo 13 Flown Robbins Medal -- From Astronaut Ed Gibson's Collection With His Signed COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #693: Engine Start Button From the Mercury-Atlas 7 Spacecraft

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #716: Original Animation Cel From Walt Disney's ''Pinocchio'' -- From ''Jealous Figaro'' Scene With Pinocchio, Figaro the Cat & Mister Geppetto

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $8,908

• Lot #717: Paul Gauguin Autograph Letter Signed to Camille Pissarro -- Extraordinarily Scarce Letter Accepting an Invitation to Join the Impressionist Painters

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #720: Jim Henson Handwritten Character Description of the Premiere Version of Miss Piggy From Her 1974 Television Debut -- With Polaroid Photos

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #721: Jim Henson Handwritten Notes of a ''Muppet'' Segment From a Very Early TV Special -- ''PUPPET COMEDY PIECE'' -- With Original Polaroid of Gonzo & Beautiful Day Monster

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #734: Norman Rockwell Limited Edition Lithograph of President John F. Kennedy -- Signed by Norman Rockwell

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #737: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip From the 4th of July 1955 -- With Charlie Brown & Lucy ''Fussbudget''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #738: Schulz ''Peanuts'' Hand-Drawn Comic Strip From 1977 Starring Charlie Brown & Snoopy -- Also Early Strip Referencing Computer Technology

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $15,786

• Lot #739: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Strip, Featuring Charlie Brown & Snoopy

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $15,786

• Lot #743: John Adams 1800 Land Grant Signed as President -- Awarding Revolutionary War General William Woodford 2,500 Acres in Ohio

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $6,083

• Lot #745: Presidential Seal Used Aboard Air Force One During the 1970's

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $8,098

• Lot #751: George W. Bush Personally Owned & Signed Tie & LOA -- ''...The blue...tie...has been donated from my personal wardrobe to the Youth for Christ fundraiser...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #754: Bill Clinton Autograph Letter Signed as President to Robert McNamara -- With Additional Autograph Note Signed by Hillary & Signature by Chelsea -- Scarce

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #760: Official U.S. Consulate Sign Circa Early 1900's -- Scarce

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #763: The Most Famous Newspaper Mistake of All Time -- ''Dewey Defeats Truman''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #765: Electric Typewriter Given by President Eisenhower to His Secretary in 1957

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,934

• Lot #766: Dwight Eisenhower Letter to Mamie After the Birth of Their Son -- ''...I am...anxious to see the young rascal...if we don't have more fun with that boy than with a barrel full of monkeys...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass