Haul· June 5, 2026· Found in Anniston, Alabama
Woodstock Avenue Estate, Anniston — Faith and Football
The Hardy Hill Estate Sales crew ran a three-day sale on Woodstock Avenue in Anniston last week, and we made it out on the final morning. The house had the feel of a long-settled home — the kind where things accumulate with intention rather than impulse, and where the bookshelves tell you something real about the people who lived there.
The religious material alone would have made the trip worthwhile. A tall stack of Oliver B. Green Gospel Hour commentaries — The Gospel According to Matthew, the Pauline epistles, Hebrews, James — runs easily a dozen books deep, all matching cloth-bound editions in solid condition. Alongside those sit a full-color KJV Study Bible and The Moody Bible Commentary. There's also a Saks Baptist Church LP from what appears to be the mid-century, featuring illustrated cover art of the congregation and credited to Rev. Sherman Harper as pastor. Local religious ephemera like that rarely surfaces twice.
The Alabama football collection is the other anchor of this haul. The framed 1934 Mythical National Championship print — complete with that season's full score log — is the centerpiece, but it has company. A Birmingham News memorial edition from the week Bear Bryant died, headlined "At Bryant home, a night for sad, fond memories," is in readable shape and still resonant. The book stack includes The Crimson Tide, Bama Under Bear, Third Saturday in October, Bowl, Bama, Bowl, and A War in Dixie, among others — a solid shelf of Alabama football history in one go. Three framed signed photographs of Alabama players round things out, one inscribed "To Jerry" in what looks like a receiver's hand. There's also a framed signed photo of what appears to be a Clemson coach posing at Howard's Rock, inscribed "Go Tigers" — an odd companion piece, but those turn up in Alabama homes more often than you'd think. A Parade magazine with Derek Henry (I think) on the cover fills out the football paper.
Will Rogers' Weekly Articles in a handsome hardcover edition was the unexpected literary note in the pile. Items from this haul will be listed across our storefronts over the coming days — follow along to catch them as they go up.
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SoldDaniel Verse by Verse Study Oliver B Greene Hardcover The Gospel Hour 1979
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Sold on eBay · June 9, 2026