Gateway Gallery Auction of Chambersburg, Pa., held a successful Sports Cards & Memorabilia auction on May 7. Among the items sold were a 1972 Topps set in an album, including a Fisk rookie card. The album sold for $975. A 1970 Topps set in an album, including a Munson rookie card sold for $950.
An autographed baseball from the 1947 World Series Champion Yankees, JSA authenticated, with letter, with 23 signatures on the William Harridge ball including such players as Joe DiMaggio, Larry Berra, and Phil Rizzuto, sold in a holder for $850.
A Mickey Mantle 1954 Bowman No. 65, PSA-graded 6, EX/MT sold for $650 and a Willie Mays 1954 Bowman No. 89, PSA-graded 5, EX, sold for $375. A 1973 Topps set in an album, including a Schmidt rookie card brought $525, while a 1971 Topps set in an album went for $410.
Of local interest, a group of vintage football equipment including two early Waynesboro Tigers jerseys and one set of leggings and a football from a Waynesboro Tigers/Chambersburg Cardinals game in 1949 (Game 6 of undefeated Tigers' season), and also a yellow jersey which belonged to Paul Decker Sr., longtime trainer for Tigers, sold all together for $390.
To learn more about regular Sports Cards and Memorabilia speciality sales at Gateway, call 717-263-6512 or visit www.GatewayAuction.com.