Offered in this lot are 15 tickets from Los Angeles Dodgers games won by Sandy Koufax during the final three seasons of his storied career. The first five tickets are from the 1964 season. The first is from the Dodgers opening day contest on April 14th. Koufax shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 to earn his 94th career win via his 21st career shutout. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded an EX 5 by PSA (20451634). The second ticket is from a 3-0 Dodgers home win over the Cardinals on June 12th. This was Koufax’s 101st career win and 23rd shutout. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded an EX 5 by PSA (19677661). The third and fourth tickets are from July 1st, when the Dodger defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 at Dodger Stadium. This was Koufax’s 104th career win and his 11th of the season. Both ticket stubs are encapsulated by PSA, with one graded an EX 5 (19677669) and the second deemed authentic (26137616). The final 1964 ticket in this lot is from a 1-0 Dodger victory over the Houston Colt .45’s on July 22nd at Dodger Stadium. Koufax struck out 12 in a four-hit complete game shutout, his 108th career victory. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded an EX 5 by PSA (19677671).

The following five tickets are all from Koufax’s penultimate season of 1965. The first is from a Dodgers-Cubs game on May 22nd, when Koufax won his 112th career game after a 12-strikeout performance in a 3-1 road victory. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded a VG 3 by PSA (19677673). The second 1965 ticket is from the Dodgers 12-5 home victory over the Cincinnati Reds on May 30th. This was Koufax’s 119th career win. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (25293173). The next ticket is from the Dodgers 5-0 road victory against the New York Mets on June 12th. Koufax tossed his 29th career shutout to earn career win number 121. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (25292311). The penultimate 1965 ticket is from a 4-1 Los Angeles victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium. Koufax struck out 12 Pirates in this game, his 124th career victory. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded an EX 5 by PSA (19677675). The final ticket is from Koufax’s 25th win of the 1965 season, a 5-0 shutout defeat of the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. This was Koufax’s 35th career shutout and 137th victory. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (23421992).

                The final five tickets in this lot are all from the 1966 season, Koufax’s final year in baseball. The first is from April 26th, when Koufax led the Dodgers to a 4-2 home victory over Bob Gibson’s Cardinals. This was Koufax’s 141st career win. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (21142305). The next ticket is from the Dodgers 6-1 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium on May 10th. This was Koufax’s 142nd career win and his fourth of 27 victories that season. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (25292281). The next ticket is from the Dodgers 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on June 18th at Dodger Stadium. Koufax struck out 10 Giants as he earned his 150th career victory. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded a VG-EX 4 by PSA (19677615). The second-to-last ticket in this lot is from the Dodgers 6-2 victory over the Mets at Dodger Stadium on July 23rd. Koufax won his 155th career game in this contest. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (22299434). The final ticket in this lot is from the Dodgers 5-1 victory over the Pirates on September 16th at Dodger Stadium. Koufax pitched in only four more regular seasons after this game, when he claimed his 162nd of 165 career victories. This ticket stub has been encapsulated and authenticated by PSA (25293172).

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