Mastro of the Midway Plays Game of Horseshoe

Shoe from Derby winner Barbaro among the notable items under the gavel at Mastro

Mastro Auctions, the Chicago auction house perhaps best known to many for its stellar sports collectibles auctions, has several terrific auctions underway at the moment. Among them is the sale of the Lionel Carter baseball card collection. Also up for bids is the Americana Premier catalog (which includes some amazing and very rare comics) and a shoe from a very famous horse.

As we discuss in our new podcast, the baseball card collection of Lionel Carter (considered the pioneer of the hobby) consists of some 50,000 cards collected by the Evanston, Illinois man over 72 years. Included in this lot are such rarities as a 1911 T3 Turkey Red Cabinets SGC-graded complete set of 100 cards plus one variation. (Current bid as of this posting is $102,939.00.) See more at the Mastro Auctions web site.

Other intriguing items under the Mastro gavel:

- Barbaro horse shoe, worn when he won Derby and later when the late equine favorite injured himself

- Elvis Presley pendent, he designed, estimated between $10,000 to $15,000

- Gold Marilyn Monroe dress from the Elaine Barrymore estate, estimated between $3,000 to $5,000.

(Barbaro photo from CBC.ca)