January 2026 Premier Live Internet Auction
Monday, January 12th at 12:00 pm ET
Welcome to the online catalogue for the January 2026 Premier Live Internet Auction
Online pre-bidding for the Live Auction, Lots 1-564, ends on Sunday, January 11th at 10:00pm ET. Pre-bids/ceiling bids left at huntauctions.com will be executed during the live auction on Monday, January 12th at 12:00pm ET. After online pre-bidding closes on our website, the auction will move to the live format, with bidding available via telephone, absentee, and online interactively via Invaluable (see below). If you wish to phone bid during the Live Auction please call 610-524-0822 or email info@huntauctions.com before January 12th. Please note, you do not have to pre-bid in order to bid during the live auction. Online Only lots 565-end, close on Monday, January 12th at 10:00pm ET with bidding continuing for 20 minute intervals. Bidding for lots 565-end is only available online at huntauctions.com
If you have any trouble bidding on auction day, January 12th, please call our office at 610-524-0822 so we can assist you as quickly as possible.
Live Interactive Online Bidding will be available to all registered Hunt Auctions bidders.This bidding platform will provide Hunt Auctions bidders the ability to participate with real time interactive online bidding during the live auction. The interactive bidding will be powered by Invaluable and may be accessed via a link that will be available closer to the date of the auction. Bidders must have a valid Hunt Auctions username and current email address to bid interactively online during the auction. Please note, unless you have already received premiere bidding status and plan to bid live online for item(s), $75,000 is the total bidding limit, you will need to be preapproved as such.
Willie Mays Collection
Hunt Auctions is honored to present Part II of the personal collection on behalf National Baseball Hall of Fame
member, Willie Mays. Per Mr. Mays' wishes, all proceeds from this auction will go to delivering education, training,
and health services for youth through the Say Hey Foundation which Willie Mays founded in 2000.
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. began his meteoric rise within the game of baseball as an outstanding multi-sport athlete at Fairfield Industrial High School. He would quickly turn fully towards the game of baseball signing with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948. The New York Giants would sign Mays to his first MLB contract in 1950 and after a brief stint in the minor leagues he would join the club in 1951 leading the Giants to a National League pennant earning him Rookie of the Year honors. After serving for two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Willie Mays rejoined the Giants in 1954 to lead the club to a World Series title and NL MVP Award honors. Mays would follow the Giants to San Francisco in 1958 beginning a lifelong love affair with the Bay Area that continued long after his playing career ended. Many athletes who reach the most elite level of their particular sport for any lengthy period of time historically end their career with impressive cumulative statistics. Willie Mays was different with categories of statistics virtually invented due to his unique all-around skill set some of which earning records that still stand today. As often quoted, Ted Williams famously remarked, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." Although impossible to completely capture Mays' career accomplishments, they are truly unequalled in total by any other player. During his career between 1951 and 1973 Willie Mays collected 3,293 Hits, 661 Home Runs, 1,909 RBIs, Two NL MVP Awards, 1954 World Series championship, Twelve NL Gold Glove awards, twenty-four NL All-Star team selections, MLB All-Century Team, Induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. His career may well be best summarized in a quote by Willie Mays himself, "Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was." Each lot will be accompanied by a certificate of provenance from the Willie Mays Collection.
Stuart Frederick Collection
Lots #204-226 originate from the personal collection of Stuart Frederick. Stuart has not only been a valued client to Hunt Auctions but he is a dear friend. Stuart is well known within the hobby as one of the leading collectors of Mickey Mantle and related New York Yankees memorabilia. If you’ve ever heard someone at a show ask a dealer “Do you have any new Mantle items?�, then you have likely met Stuart. His collection is incredibly diverse yet amazingly consistent with regard to quality and condition grade. Separately, Stuart embodies all that is good with this hobby. He has always been willing to share his knowledge is a collaborative manner and is focused on the items themselves rather than on their value or grade.
DR G.B. Espy Collection
Goodman Basil 'G.B' Espy began his lifetime of collecting early, exploring his mother's antique shop. An avid athlete and sports lover, he initially collected college football memorabilia before expanding to other sports. Dr. Espy was a pioneering collector of historic memorabilia during the formative years of the medium within the industry. He had a great eye, and an encyclopedic interest in America. For decades, the Espy Collection has occupied a position within the hobby as one of the most important of its type. Beyond building his extensive collection, Dr. Espy was a respected physician and humanitarian who traveled the globe on medical missions. It is with great pride that we present the collection of our long-time client and respected hobbyist Dr. G.B. Espy.
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