Offered is a limited-edition 1961 New York Yankees team-signed lithograph with 31 signatures as well as a Roger Maris signed cut in a framed display. Among the signatures on this litho print are Hall of Fame New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford The 31 Yankees signatures are in blue marker across the lower margin of the lithographic print of a 1990 painting by noted baseball artist Ron Lewis, which itself was based on the 1961 New York Yankees black & white team photo. Signatures include, from left to right, top row: Mickey Mantle, John James, Bob Cerv, Bill Stafford, Johnny Said, Rollie Sheldon, Jim Coates, Bud Daley, Al Downing, Ralph Houk, Luis Aroyo, Tex Clevenger, Jesse Gander, Joe DeMaestri; second row, Earl Torgeson, Ryne Duren, Yogi Berra, Hector Lopez, Moose Skowron, Tom Tresh, Whitey Ford, Bob Hale, Hal Reniff, Clete Boyer, Bobby Richardson, John Blanchard; bottom row, Duke Maas, Ralph Terry, Jack Reed. The artist, Lewis, signed his name in the lower right of the print in black marker. The print is inscribed “56/1000” in black marker. The 24 x 36-inch color print is mounted in a navy-blue matte. At the lower right of the display is mounted a 2 x 3-inch ivory cut signed by Roger Maris in blue pen. At the center of the display is a 2¼ x 5¼-inch white caption printed in blue, black and red with the Yankees “top hatted baseball” logo and the legend “New York Yankees 1961 World Series Champions”. The multi-signed litho and Maris-signed cut is displayed in a 31½ x 41½-inch black wood with glass frame.

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