Philadelphia, KC, Oakland Athletics Yearbooks Programs & Guides

Condition - Covers & contents have been carefully inspected for spine wear, tightness, staple stress, cover wear, general handling etc & Strictly Graded accordingly

All below are complete & intact - Major Condition issues, tears, creases etc if any are noted under Comments

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Yearbooks

All Yearbooks below are "Original" Stadium Sold Issues - No Reprints

Year Grade Price Front Cover in Bold Black - Comments
1951 nm - 140.00 Philadelphia A's
1953 NM M 50.00 Philadelphia A's
1953 nm - 40.00
1964 NM M 65.00 kansas city A's
1965 NM M 65.00 kansas city A's
1968 nm 100.00 oakland A's - "premier YB", 1st year
1972 nm 40.00 vida blue, dick williams - 1972 WS champs, Oakland's 1st
1973 nm 30.00 hunter, fingers, williams, reggie jackson, campaneris - 1973 wS champs
1974 nm 30.00 1974 wS champs
1975  nm - 30.00 includes separate 8 page YB player addition supplement + Score Card & line-up insert - 1975 Division Champs
1976 nm m 25.00  
1977 nm 20.00  
1978     See "Programs" - reads "1978 official SC book" - same format as 1979 YB
1979 NM M 20.00  
1982 NM M 15.00 c/w attached 1981 Hi-Lite Stereo 33 1/3 RPM record
1983 NM M 15.00  

Programs - World Series WS - Championship Series CS - West Div Series DS

WS Programs - "Generic" WS Programs some with bar codes were first offered in 1974 & sold at Magazine Stands or through TV ads during games - The following are "Original" Game Day Stadium Sold Issues - Not Generic or Reprinted

All below are Un-Scored

Year Grade Price  Comments
1972 NM 60.00 CS - vs Detroit Tigers - 2 of 5 games played in Oakland
1973 NM M 70.00 CS - vs Baltimore Orioles - 3 of 5 games played in Oakland
1973 NM 70.00 WS - vs New York Mets - "Original" Game Day Stadium Sold Issue
1974 NM M 50.00 WS - vs LA Dodgers - "Original" Game Day Stadium Sold Issue - with supplement A's team pages & local ads - 80 pages + cover
1981 NM M 75.00 DS - vs KC Royals - 1 of 3 games played in Oakland

Programs & Score Cards - Regular Season

Where possible game dates (e.g. 5/18) are noted - All are Un-Scored unless noted as SCORED

Game details of Un-Scored programs & SC's are also included if known, obtained from Media Guide & internet research

Binding Tape On Spine, BTOS - Narrow Cloth Tape used for Book Binding has been neatly applied to entire length of spine to stop small splits from further deterioration, otherwise it's in nice condition - See example BTOS

Year Grade Price Front Cover in Bold Black - Comments
1940 EX NM 40.00 2nd Issue - vs Boston - neatly scored, Red Sox win 4-1, Ted Wiilliams & Jimmie Foxx are both 3-4
1941 ex nm 60.00 FC Connie Mack Day, May 17, 1941 - 2nd Issue - vs Detroit (Connie Mack Day verified by inside schedule vs Tigers)
1941 VG ex 20.00 FC Connie Mack - 2nd Issue - 5/18-20 vs Cleveland
1941 VG ex 20.00 Faces of all players  - 3rd Issue- vs Cleveland
1945 EX NM 35.00 vs Yankees - 1st Issue
1945 EX NM 35.00 vs Washington - 1st Issue
1947 vg 10.00 1st Issue - 5/30 vs Yankees - 1st game of DH very neatly SCORED in pencil - Spud Chandler has a perfect game over 6 innings, retires 18 in a row, allows 3 hits, A's score a run in 7th, Joost doubles & scores on Valo's hit, Fowler (A's) pitches CG, 5 hit 1-0 shutout, DiMaggio 1-4 - 2nd game, Joe Coleman 4-0 shutout, Joost HR - FC has tape stain & writing "May 30 Best games of Best Games" o/w would grade EX+, nice spine, no creases
1949 vg+ ex 18.00 Opening Day Program - 1st issue - 4/19-21 vs Boston - FC has small spine split, BTOS neatly applied, o/w FC & pages EX+ NM, no creases or surface wear - see example BTOS
1952 ex - 20.00 vs Indians
1954 nm - 60.00 Last Philadelphia A's Program Issued - Sept 17-19 vs NY - final home series before move to KC - 9/18, neatly scored, Yankees win 6-5, Mantle is 1 for 3
1960 ex 15.00 vs Boston - neatly scored - 7/16 Ike Delock hurls 1-0 shutout beating Ray Herbert, Ted Williams 0-4 - FC EX / EX+, pages EX NM
1962 ex+ nm 18.00 vs Boston - partly scored - the KC score page was used to score a Phillies game o/w is in nice condition
1967 nm 30.00 Last Year in KC - vs Tigers
1968 nm - 40.00 Oakland 1st Year - Score Card - 5/21-22 vs Cleveland
1970 nm - 15.00 Foldout Score Card - 7/24-26 vs NYY - A's sweep 3, by scores of 11-0, 1-0 & 4-3
1971 ex+ nm 15.00 neatly scored - 8/22 vs Boston - Diego Segui vs Sonny Siebert, A's start & end with a HR, tied @ 1 run, Reggie Jackson's dramatic walk-off HR in 9th with 2 out wins it 2-1, Campaneris led off bottom of 1st with HR - 1971 Division Champs, Oakland's 1st Post Season
1978 nm m 15.00 YB format - with additional score card insert for 6/7 double header vs Angels

Media Guides

Year Grade Price Front Cover in Bold Black - Comments
1974 NM - 12.00 1974 WS Champs, 3rd Straight
1976 NM - 10.00  
1977 EX+ nm 8.00  
1978 nm - 10.00  
1979 nm 10.00  
1980 nm 8.00  
1981 nm - 8.00 1981 Division Champs
1983 nm 8.00  

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Note: Regular Season Programs include game issues from: Nolan Ryan's 1st No Hitter (see Royals) - Hank Aaron's 715th HR - Pete Rose's 2500 Hit, 3000th Hit, NL Hit record & many others.

YB's, Programs, MG's - Angels | Colt 45's / Astros | Athletics | Braves | Brewers | Cardinals

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Bargain Bin - Baseball Programs / Scorecards

 

Baseball Autographs

1978 Grand Slam Cards (2000 sets issued) # 1 - 100 | 101 - 200

1979 Diamond Greats Cards (1000 sets issued) # 1 - 100 | 101 - 200 | 201 - 300 | 301 - 400

1979 TCMA Cards, History Series, The 1950's # 1 - 100 | 101 - 200 | 201 - 289

1978 TCMA Cards, History Series, The 1960's # 1 - 150 | 151 - 293

Signed Cards - Bowman 1951 & '55, Diamond Stars + Miscellaneous

Signed Cards - O-P-Chee 1972, '75, '77, '78, '79, '81, '83, '85

Signed Cards - Topps - 1952, '54, 55, '56 | 1957 & '58 | 1959 # 7 - 249 | 1959 # 252 - 506

1960 & '61 | 1962 & '63 | 1964 + '64 Giants, '66 to '68, '70, '71, '73, '74, '75, '77, '78

1979 # 10 - 198 | 1979 # 206 - 400 | 1979 # 402 - 600 | 1979 # 604 - 725, + 1980, '82 to '86

1953 Canadian Exhibits - Signed & Unsigned Exhibits

Perez-Steele - Signed & Unsigned P-S Singles

Perez-Steele - Signed & Unsigned "Celebration" Sets

HOF Plaques - Signed & Unsigned

Signed / Un-signed Postcards & Small Photos - McCarthy + Misc | Rowe & Brace

Angels to Dodgers | Expos | Giants to Phillies | Pirates to Yankees

Signed 3 x 5 Index Cards - A - B | C - F | G - K | L - M | N - R | S - T | U - Z

Baseball Business Cards - Signed & Unsigned

Signed "Gateway Stamp" Cache Envelopes (BB, FB, NHL, Racing)

Players A - K + '78 & '79 World Series + 500 HR + '84 Olympic BB Team, McGwire

Players L - Y + Perez Steele + Z Silk Issues + TCMA Issues

8 x 10's Signed / Un-signed - Includes Rawlings Issues, HOF Induction Cards etc

Signed Yearbooks - Mets | Padres | Pirates | HOF Induction Yearbooks

Signed Baseballs - Team, Multi Signed & Single Signed

Signed Limited Edition Fine Art Lithographs - "Decathlon Sports Prints"

Mantle, Ted Williams, Aaron, Mays, Spahn + Nolan Ryan

Unsigned Baseball Cards

Baseball Card Sets - Bowman, Donruss, Fleer, Kellogg's, Score, Topps, Upper Deck

Baseball Card Singles - 1955 Bowman, 1952, 1954, 1955 Topps

Topps - 1956 | 1957 & 1958 | 1959 # 1 - 250 | 1959 # 251 - 546 | 1960 & 1961 # 1 - 300

1961 # 301 - 583 | 1962 & 63 | Topps / OPC 1964 to 1978 + Grand Slam, Diamond Greats, TCMA

 

Baseball Bobble Heads SGA's

Toronto Blue Jays / Skydome - Stadium Give-Away (SGA)

The Following Will Be Added: Baseball Cards Sets - Minor League CMC, TCMA

Baseball Books: Hard & Soft Cover, including Sporting News Guides, Price Guides

Baseball Publications: H&B Famous Slugger YB's, Inside Sports, Sports Illustrated, Sporting News etc. Collector Magazines, Legends Sports Memorabilia, Topps Magazine etc.

 

Hockey Autographs (to be posted)

Signed - Cards - Postcards & Small Photos - 8 x 10's - Team Album Pages

Signed & Unsigned - Beehive Corn Syrup Photos

Signed - 1954 / 55 Detroit Red Wings Team Photo - Stanley Cup Champs w/ Sawchuk, Howe etc

Signed - HHOF Induction Programs - Toronto Maple Leafs Programs & Media Guides

Signed - 3 x 5 Index Cards

Unsigned Hockey Items (to be posted)

Hockey Card Singles - 1970 / 71 - OPChee & Topps | 1971 / 72 - OPChee | 1972 / 73 - O Pee Chee

Wayne Gretzky - Graded Rookie Cards - 1979 / 80 - OPChee & Topps

Miscellaneous - Cards - Food Issues - Small Photos - 8 x 10's

Team - Programs - Media Guides - Various Publications | Ticket Stubs & Schedules

 

Football - Golf - Olympics - Boxing - Wrestling - Entertainment

(to be posted)

Autographs - Various Sports & Entertainment - Programs & Mags - Football CFL, WFL, Boxing