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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 #1: Arthur Ashe's Birth Certificate on Microfilm

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• 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 #6: Arthur Ashe Personal Photo of an Early Girlfriend -- With a Note From Her Written on the Back

  

  Min Bid: $100

  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 #9: Early Arthur Ashe Trophy -- Silver Plate Won by The Tennis Legend at The LBTC National Hardcourt Tournament in 1963

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• 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 #11: Early Arthur Ashe Award Plate From 1964's International Lawn Tennis Club of The U.S.A. Tournament

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #12: Early Arthur Ashe Tennis Trophy -- From His Win at the Perth Amboy Tennis Tournament in 1964

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #13: Arthur Ashe 1964 ''Eastern Grass Court'' Championships Trophy -- Awarded to the Burgeoning Tennis Legend Early in His Career

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,082

• Lot #14: Arthur Ashe Trophy Plate From 1965 -- The Year He Led UCLA to the NCAA Championship

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,789

• Lot #15: Arthur Ashe Thunderbird Invitational Trophy From 1965

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #16: Arthur Ashe 1965 Trophy From the 66th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament -- Awarded to the Young Star as a UCLA Student

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #17: Arthur Ashe Tennis Trophy Plate From 1965 -- Awarded to the Young Star as a UCLA Student

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• Lot #18: Arthur Ashe East-End Civic League 1966 Citizenship Award

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #19: Arthur Ashe's Award Plaque Presented to Him by the Forest City Tennis Club in 1966 -- For ''Being A Great Guy & A Great Tennis Player''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #20: Arthur Ashe Schmidt's Sports Award Plaque Bestowed on Him in 1966

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #21: Arthur Ashe's Trophy Cup From the Thunderbird Tournament as a UCLA Student in 1966

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #22: Arthur Ashe Runners-Up Doubles Trophy Awarded During the 1966 Dallas Invitational -- Awarded at the Young Age of 23 as a UCLA Student

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #23: Arthur Ashe West Point Robe

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,562

• Lot #24: Early Arthur Ashe Award From 1967 Given to Him as a Lieutenant in The U.S. Army -- Year Before His Record-Breaking Victory at The U.S. Open

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #25: Arthur Ashe's Tennis Award From 1967 -- Won Just as the Young Star's Career Was Taking Off

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #26: Arthur Ashe Personal Photo -- Depicting the Young Star Wearing His Medal After a Match

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #27: Arthur Ashe's Armed Forces Interservice Award From 1968 -- The Year He Became the First African American Athlete to Win Men's Singles at The U.S. Open

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #28: Arthur Ashe's Trophy Cup From the 1968 Fidelity Bankers Life Tournament -- The Same Year Ashe Made History as Winner of the Men's Singles Title at The U.S. Open

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,291

• Lot #29: Award Presented to Arthur Ashe at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1968 During His Military Service

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #30: Arthur Ashe's 1968 Personal Bank of America Check Ledger

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #31: ''Newsweek'' Magazine Announcing The Death of Martin Luther King -- Kept by Arthur Ashe and Bearing His Name on Subscriber's Mailing Label

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #32: 1968 Official Resolution Awarded to Arthur Ashe by the City of Richmond, Virginia, Ashe's Hometown

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $262

• Lot #33: Arthur Ashe U.S. Open ''Singles Champion 1968'' Badge

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,477

• 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 #35: Arthur Ashe's Army Discharge Document

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #36: Arthur Ashe's Own 1969 Davis Cup Commemorative Leather Wallet

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #37: Arthur Ashe's 1969-71 Personal Check Ledger

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #38: Arthur Ashe Balboa Bay Club 1969 Invitational Men's Singles Trophy

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $799

• Lot #39: Arthur Ashe ''U.S. National Indoor'' 1970 Doubles Winner Plaque

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #40: Arthur Ashe's Silver Trophy Plate From the Caribe Hilton Tournament in 1970 -- The Year He Won The Australian Open

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $832

• 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 #42: Skandia Cup 1971 Trophy Awarded to Arthur Ashe

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #43: Arthur Ashe's Medal From the 1971 World Championship of Tennis Finals

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• 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 #45: Arthur Ashe's Crystal Vase Award From The Association of Tennis Professionals -- The Organization He Helped Found in 1972

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• 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 #47: Arthur Ashe's Trophy From the 1972 Kemper International Tournament -- Part of the World Championship Tennis Circuit

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $726

• Lot #48: Desktop Keepsake Commemorating Arthur Ashe's Participation in The 1972 RFK Memorial Tennis Tournament -- From Ashe's Personal Estate

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $468

• Lot #49: Arthur Ashe ''1st National Tennis Classic'' Trophy Cup Awarded in 1972 -- Won at the Height of the Tennis Legend's Career

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #50: Doubles Tournament Trophy Plate Won by Arthur Ashe & Robert Lutz -- From the Pinnacle of Ashe's Extraordinary Career in 1972

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $832

• Lot #51: Arthur Ashe's 1972 Finalist Medal From the World Championship of Tennis

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• 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 #53: Arthur Ashe Award From 1973 by His Fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi -- For ''His Superior Achievements as International Tennis Star And World Citizen''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #54: Elegant Photo of Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe -- With Printed Apartheid-Related Poem by His Friend, South African Don Mattera -- Regarding Ashe's 1973 Admittance to the South African Open

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $916

• Lot #55: Arthur Ashe Tennis Classic Runner-Up Award -- 1973

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $385

• Lot #56: Arthur Ashe Tennis Classic Runner-Up Award -- 1973

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $317

• Lot #57: Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe Pewter Trophy Cup From 1973 -- Won in The Junior League of Durham Tournament

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #58: Arthur Ashe 1973 Kemper International Tennis Tournament Champion Trophy

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #59: Arthur Ashe's ''A'' Monogrammed Silver Cup Platter -- From the Aetna World Cup 1974

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #60: Award Plate Won by Arthur Ashe in a 1974 Tennis Tournament in Bologna

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• 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 #62: Arthur Ashe Republic of Kenya Vaccination Booklet

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #63: Arthur Ashe Runner-Up Award Plate -- Torino, Italy -- 19 February 1974

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #64: 1974 Trophy Awarded to Arthur Ashe at the Height of His Career

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #65: Arthur Ashe World Championship of Tennis Finalist Medal -- 1974

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $916

• 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 #67: Arthur Ashe 1975 Dewar's Cup Trophy -- Awarded to the Tennis Star at the Height of His Career -- The Same Year He Won Wimbledon as the First African American in History

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,049

• Lot #68: Gerald Ford Presidential Letter Signed With Postscript to Arthur Ashe -- ''...You are a fine example for our youth and we are proud of you...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,008

• Lot #69: Arthur Ashe's Jean Becker Tennis Trophy From 1975

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $799

• Lot #70: Medallion Won by Arthur Ashe in the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships of 1975 -- The Year He Won Wimbledon

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• 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 #72: Arthur Ashe's World Championship of Tennis Finalist Medal From 1975 -- The Year He Defeated Bjorn Borg & Won the WCT Championship

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $2,623

• Lot #73: Arthur Ashe's MVP Trophy From the 1976 Aetna World Cup

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #74: Certificate Creating ''Arthur Ashe Day'' in Los Angeles From Ashe's Personal Estate -- Signed by The 1976 Mayor of LA

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $832

• Lot #75: Arthur Ashe's Personally Owned Regulations Booklet for The 1976 Davis Cup

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $120

• 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 #77: Award Given to Arthur Ashe by His College Fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi in 1976 -- the Richmond, Virginia Chapter, Ashe's Hometown

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #78: Christmas Card Sent by President Gerald Ford to Arthur Ashe in 1976

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #79: Arthur Ashe Award Trophy -- Robert F. Kennedy Pro-Celebrity Tournament From 1976

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #80: Plaque Acknowledging Arthur Ashe's Service on the Board of Trustees of The National Recreation And Park Association in 1976

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #81: Arthur Ashe's Finalist Medal From the 1976 World Championship of Tennis

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,626

• Lot #82: Arthur Ashe Plaque Awarded in 1977 by His Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• 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 #84: Arthur Ashe Trophy Cup Awarded During the 1977 Robert Kennedy Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #85: Arthur Ashe's United Negro College Fund Tennis Benefit Silver Bowl

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• 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 #87: Arthur Ashe's Personally Owned 1977 Wimbledon Pen -- Commemorating the Tournament That He Won in 1975 as the First African American

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

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

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #89: Arthur Ashe Winner's Plate From the Palmas Del Mar Tournament in 1978 -- One of His Last Wins Before Retiring the Following Year

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• Lot #90: Arthur Ashe 10th Anniversary World Championship of Tennis Award -- Nicely Framed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $756

• Lot #91: Arthur Ashe's MVP Trophy From One of the Very Last Tournaments of His Epic Career -- From The 1979 Aetna World Cup -- Stunning Gorham Silver Bowl Is Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $600

• 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 #94: Hospital ID Wrist Band Worn by Arthur Ashe While Admitted to the Jacksonville Memorial Hospital

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #95: Arthur Ashe's U.S. Indoor Championship Men's Singles Runner-Up Trophy From 1979 -- The Last Year of His Stellar Tennis Career

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $1,172

• Lot #96: Arthur Ashe 1979 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Award

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $624

• 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 #98: Arthur Ashe Honorary Degree From Dartmouth College -- 1980

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $145

• 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 #100: Arthur Ashe 1980 French Silver Platter Award -- Engraved ''To Arthur from the French...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $832