Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Cincinnati Reds

An Assortment of Cincinnati Reds Baseball Memorabilia and Promotional Ephemera - This collection features an assortment of Cincinnati Reds baseball memorabilia and promotional ephemera spanning from the early 1970s through 2020. A primary highlight is a flattened 1992 Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal box, 25 oz size, featuring Tony the Tiger in a Cincinnati Reds jersey with a promotional offer for MLB team decals. The group includes several unused food packaging items, specifically multiple Marty and Joe’s kettle-cooked potato chip bags and a Grippo’s Bar-B-Q potato chip bag. Notable documents include a typed letter dated December 14, 1973, on Cincinnati Reds letterhead from team President Robert L. Howsam addressed to San Diego Padres President Buzzie Bavasi, and a handwritten note on team stationery signed by former owner Marge Schott. The lot also contains a 1975 Spring Baseball Clinic certificate featuring printed facsimile signatures of the Big Red Machine era roster, including Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, and Sparky Anderson. Commemorative items consist of programs and prints for the number retirement ceremonies of Pete Rose (number 14, dated June 26, 2016) and Barry Larkin (number 11, dated August 24-26, 2012). Additional ephemera include a 1980 season ticket calendar, a 2020 team calendar, a Kahn’s meats tribute to the Boone family, Cincinnati Enquirer reprints celebrating Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall, a Johnny Vander Meer 75th anniversary commemorative print, and various promotional brochures related to Riverfront Stadium and Great American Ball Park. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB329