FLASH GORDON: BUSTER CRABBE Color 24x30 poster of a montage of six images including Dale Arden and Ming the Merciless, surrounding Crabbe appearing as Flash Gordon in serials and films (1936-1940) signed by Buster Crabbe. Poster signed: "Buster Crabbe". Color, 24x30 overall, image 22x27½ (one surface). A montage of six images, including Dale Arden and Ming the Merciless, surrounding Crabbe appearing as Flash Gordon in serials and films (1936-1940). ©The Nostalgia Merchant for his signature. Crabbe (1908-1983), who won the Gold Medal in the 400-meter swim at the 1932 Olympic games, went on to star in over 100 adventure films, many set in outer space (most as Flash Gordon), and the Wild West (as Billy "the Kid" Carson). In 1933, Crabbe also starred as Tarzan in the Principal Pictures 16-part serial film. Ironically, in winning his Olympic medal, Crabbe had broken the record set by MGM's rival Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller. Lightly creased and soiled at lower right blank margin. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. read more...

NEW YORK YANKEES: 1961 Color 37¼x25 printed limited edition #51 out of 1000 image of the New York Yankees of 1961, one of the dynasty's greatest seasons. Large Printed Image signed: by Hall of Famers "Mickey Mantle", "Yogi Berra", and "Whitey Ford" and Manager "Ralph Houk", "Bill Skowron", "Hector Lopez", "Bill Stafford", "Jesse Gonder", "John Blanchard", "John Sain" (coach), "Clete Boyer", "Bobby Richardson", "Jim Coates", "Billy Gardner", "Bob Turley", "Ryne Duren", "Ralph Terry", "Art Ditmar", "Bud Daley", "Bob Hale", "Joe DeMaestri", "Tom Tresh", "Tex Clevenger", "Deron Johnson", "Hal Reniff", "Al Downing", "Jack Reed"," John James", "Luis Arroyo", "Rollie Sheldon", "Bob Cerv", "Earl Torgeson" and "Danny McDevitt". Color, 37¼x25 overall, image 35¼x21 (one surface). Also signed by the artist of the original painting: "Ron Lewis" at the lower right. Numbered Limited Edition #51 in a series of 1000. The Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games to win the 1961 World Series. Fine condition. read more...

BURT REYNOLDS 24x30 color publicity poster of a montage of eight images of Burt Reynolds. Poster signed: "Warmly/Burt/Reynolds". Color, 24x30 overall, image 22x27½ (one surface). A montage of eight images of Reynolds, including a baby picture. © The Nostalgia Merchant for his signature. Burt Reynolds' (born in 1936) breakthrough film was Deliverance (1972), which established him as both a star and serious actor. That same year, Reynolds became a major sex symbol when he was featured as the first nude male centerfold in the April edition of "Cosmopolitan". He went on to become the biggest box-office attraction in America for several years, starring in films such as Hustle (1975), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) (as well as its two sequels), Starting Over (1979) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982). In 1997, Reynolds was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Jack Horner in Boogie Nights. Switching to TV, Reynolds starred in the popular sitcom Evening Shade, for which he won an Emmy Award. Fine condition. read more...

JOHNNY MIZE and OTHERS Varnished Spalding baseball signed by Hall of Famer and 10-time All Star Mize. Ball also includes signatures of 10 other players Baseball signed "Eddie Pellagrini" and "Wes Schulmerich" in the sweet-spot and "Johnny Mize", "Hugh Casey", "John Lucadello", "George Dickey", "Tom Ferrick", "John Winsett", "Barney McClosky", "Joe Grace" and "Marvin Felderman". 2½-inch diameter. A.G. Spalding & Bros. Official League ball. This baseball is signed by 10-time All Star and Hall of Famer Johnny Mize and includes the signatures of 10 other Major League ball players. Ball is varnished. Varnish is lightly toned and chipped. Otherwise, fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. read more...

DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. Appointed on December 18, 1944. Comprises: (1) Photograph signed: "Douglas MacArthur" as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers occupying Japan. B/w, 9x7. General MacArthur is pictured with another officer leaving a government building. MacArthur was Allied Supreme Commander in the Southwest Pacific (1942) and of Occupational Forces in Japan (1945-1951). Lightly creased. Fine condition. (2) TLS: "Jean MacArthur", 1p, 5¼x9. Tokyo, 1947 March 24. To Corporal Wise. In full: "As you can see I am returning the signed pictures [one is present] for you and your friends, which the General was glad to autograph for you. I thank you for the nice note enclosed with the pictures and I send good wishes to you and also to both Corporal Southwick and Corporal Cook. Nicked at upper left corner. Paperclip impression at upper right. Lightly creased and soiled. Overall, fine condition. JEAN MACARTHUR (1898-2000) and DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880-1964) were married from 1937 until the General's death in 1964. Two items. read more...

HOLLYWOOD STARS: ERROL FLYNN, CARY GRANT, GENE AUTRY, HOAGY CARMICHAEL and MANY, MANY OTHERS Book page from Movie Lot to Beachhead (1945), filled on front and verso with signatures of film celebrities Book Page signed: (on first side) "Errol Flynn", "Cary Grant", "Gene Autry", "Hoagy Carmichael", "Linda/Darnell" , Charles Coburn", "Donald Berry", "Monty Woolley", "Charles Winninger", "Henry O'Neill", "Jimmy McLarnin", "Lou Nova", "Alexis Smith", "Charlie Kenyon", "Huntley Gordon", "Howard Hill", "Helen Gerald", "'Big Boy' Williams", "Harry Von Zell" and 6 unidentified signatures; and on verso: "Robert Barratt", "Richard A. Carroll", "Gordon Edwards", "Clyde Geronimi", "Eddie Cline", "Victor McLeod","WT Lackey", and numerous unidentified signatures, 2 pages (front and verso), 6½x9½, originally blank pages. In 1945, the editors of Look magazine published Movie Lot to Beachhead, a studio of the movie industry's response to World War II. read more...

PSYCHO MOVIE CAST: ANTHONY PERKINS and JANET LEIGH Black and white publicity photograph of a reproduction of a poster for the 1960 movie Psycho Photograph signed: "Anthony Perkins", in blue felt tip and "Janet Leigh", in black ink. B/w, 8x10. Reproduction of a poster for the thriller picturing director Alfred Hitchcock holding a banner proclaiming: "The Big News is that/'PSYCHO'/is Hitchcock's Greatest Chiller!" Surrounding Hitchcock is a photo montage of Perkins, Leigh and others in scenes from Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho was nominated for four 1961 Academy Awards, including one for Best Supporting Actress (for Leigh as Marion Crane) and one for Hitchcock for Best Director. The mother of actresses Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis with former spouse Tony Curtis, JANET LEIGH (1927-2004) was one of Hollywood's biggest stars from the late 1940s into the 1960s. Best remembered for her Oscar-nominated murder victim in the shower in read more...

CARL YASTRZEMSKI His personal model Louisville Slugger bat (pink in color to promote Cancer Care), signed by him with the years he became team captain and entered the Hall of Fame Baseball Bat signed: "Carl Yastrzemski/HOF 1989/TC 1967". Louisville Slugger bat, Carl Yastrzemski personal model, colored pink to promote Cancer Care, signed on the barrel. Carl Yastrzemski replaced Ted Williams, shown here, in left field for the Boston Red Sox in 1961 and followed him into the Hall of Fame in 1989. When he retired after 23 years (1961-1983), Yastrzemski ranked first in career games (3,308), third in at-bats (11,988) and walks (1,845), sixth in total bases (5,539), seventh in hits (3,419) and doubles (646), and ninth in RBI (1,844). He was the first American League player with both 3,000 hits and 400 homers. Although he won three batting titles, played in 18 All-Star games, and was acknowledged as the finest defensive left fielder of his time, "Yaz" will be primarily remembered by Red Sox rooters for his Triple Crown/MVP 1967 season. That was the year of The Impossible Dream in which the Sox, 9th place in 1966 and dormant for more than a decade, took the powerful St. read more...

ALEX RODRIGUEZ Rawlings Big Stick baseball bat signed and engraved with his name Baseball bat signed "Al Rodriguez" in blue ink. Authentication label underneath signature. 32¾x2½. Rawlings Big Stick bat with blue stripe. Engraved on barrel: "Alex Rodriguez - NYY". Shortstop for the Seattle Mariners (1994-2000) and the Texas Rangers (2001-2003), Rodriguez, born Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez in New York City in 1975, moved to third base when he was traded to the New York Yankees before the start of the 2004 season. He led the A.L. in batting in 1996 (.358) and home runs in 2001 (52), 2002 (57), 2003 (47) and 2005 (48). A 9-time All-Star through 2005, A-Rod won the American League's Most Valuable Player award in 2003, 2005 and 2007. His $22 million annual salary made him baseball's most highly paid player three years running (2001-2003). Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. read more...

BOBBY BRAGAN Lengthy, glowing testimony to Jackie Robinson by a  member of his first Brooklyn Dodger team, written neatly in blue ink on a Major League Baseball: "Great Man. Good Friend. I thank God I was his teammate." Annotated Baseball signed: "Bobby Bragan". Rawlings Official Major League Baseball, Allan H. Selig, Commissioner. Written in very legible blue ink, taking up most of the surface of the ball. In full: "In 1947 - Branch Rickey - owner and General Mgr. of the Brooklyn Dodgers chose the 1st Black player to play in Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson from U.C.L.A. was his choice - and the right one. Not all of the team liked the idea - but after the 1st road trip - by train - all of us loved him. He was our best player. His character, his attitude, sold everyone. I saw how he handled abuse. He ignored it and never let it get to him. Great Man. Good Friend. I thank God I was his teammate."  Bobby Bragan (1917-2010) was a weak hitting Major Leaguer with the Phillies and Dodgers who prolonged his career by switching from shortstop to backup catcher, a position the Dodgers needed. read more...

Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, and Tommy Byrne sign a Hillerich & Gradsby K-35 baseball bat that was actually used in Game Four of the 1950 World Series by Whitey Ford and was possibly turned expressly for him. This bat, imprinted with "World Series 1950 Pitchers New York Yankees", was inscribed by DiMaggio "To my good friend and teammate - Best Pitcher - With Warm Personal Regards". "Best Pitcher" was obviously Ford in his stellar 1950 rookie season. This bat highlights a sometimes neglected era in New York Yankees history - Ford's dominance on the mound near the end of DiMaggio's career - which is usually eclipsed by the start of Mickey Mantle's career. read more...